Hyderabad kids champs

Hyderabad: Hyderabad's Srivatsa Ratakonda and S. Dharna Mudaliar emerged boys and girls' champions respectively at the all-India ranking Talent Series tennis tournament for under-16 boys and girls, organised by the GMR Tennis Academy on their premises at Vanasthalipuram in Hyderabad.

Srivatsa won the boys' final defeating Jude Leander 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 while in the girls' summit clash, Dharna served up a double bagel, crushing B. Nishitha Srinivas 6-0, 6-0.

Dharna seemed unstoppable right from the beginning. She immediately unleashed a flurry of strokes, pushing Nishitha into a corner. In virtually no time, she won the first set 6-0, a blow from which Nishitha never recovered as she lost the second 0-6 to surrender the title to Dharna.

Srivatsa began the boys final well, reeling off several winners to take the first set 6-2. However, Jude hit back in the second, taking it 6-2 to restore parity. However, Srivatsa regained his touch, and despite Jude's best efforts, won the decider 6-3 to seal the match and with it, the boys title.

Roller-skating Vivek, Dhruv make Hyderabad proud
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?Hyderabad: Skaters Vivek and Dhruv Patel were instrumental in Hyderabad winning gold medals at the 25th silver jubilee inter-district inline and roller-hockey championship, held at the Osmania University Cycling Velodrome in Hyderabad.

First, Vivek scored the golden goal as Hyderabad defeated Visakhapatnam 3-1 to win the roller hockey championship in a comprehensive manner. Then, Dhruv reigned supreme in the inline championships, as did Vivek, as both the brothers won a gold medal each for Hyderabad.

Dhruv and Vivek are currently pursuing their B.Tech at the Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT) and the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Hyderabad) respectively in the city.