Telangana’s Sunskrithi Damera has been selected for the Asian School Tennis Championship tournament in the Under-18 category as she proved to be top gun in the selections which were held at Balewadi Stadium in Pune. Sunskrithi defeated Maharashtra’s Swarda Parab, Joshna from Maharashtra and Karnataka tennis player Snigdha. Sunskrithi defeated local favourite Swarda with the 7-5 verdict. It was a neck and neck competition since the first whistle of the match. Both were gritty enough to walk into Asian tennis tourney but Sunskrithi got a little lucky to score straight games.
Sunskrithi’s encounter with Joshna was as comfortable as cakewalk due to the result posted 6-0. Sunskrithi was in total command from start to finish as her approach was very dominating. She (Sunskrithi) restricted her rival to a lowly nil. Sunskrithi edged past Karnataka’s Snigdha with the scoreline 6-4. She was called for the team selection camp for the Asian school games trial along with the other medal winners as she won the (SGFI) gold medal this year in the individual event Girls U-17 category. Further the team will leaving to Indonesia to take part in the tourney.
