27-Dec-2007 72
Orissa girl Seeulee Uapadhyaya and Andhra Pradesh boy Surya Pawan won the singles titles in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Championship Series Tournament at Modern Public School courts in Balasore today.
In the girls` final, local favourite Seeulee upset top seed Surya Tejaswini of Andhra Pradesh in straight sets. ``It is a double delight for me as the CS title here came after I was selected as the first girl from Orissa to join the Mahesh Bhupati Academy,`` an overwhelmed Seeulee said.
In the boys` final, top seed Surya Pawan defeated ninth seed Siddharth Reddy of Tamil Nadu convincingly. Surya went on to clinch a double by winning the boys` doubles crown with Anshu Kumar Bhuyan (Orissa) as his partner.
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