Kolkata March 25 (IANS) Bengal s Yubrani Banerjee stayed true to her form by clinching the girls singles under-18 title at the Rendez-Vous A Roland Garros national series tennis tournament here at the red clay courts of the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) on Saturday.
Third seed Yubrani broke no sweat to drub Karnataka s Pratibha Prasad Narayan 6-3 6-4.
Yubrani apart from pocketing 75 national ranking points also received a special award of Rs 25 000 from the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA) as a token of appreciation for her outstanding performance.
The boys under-18 singles final witnessed second seed Rishabh Sharda from Chandigarh beat Assam s Parikshit Somani 6-7(2) 6-0 7-6(5).
Yubrani and Rishabh will now join the winners from Pune to play the Delhi Masters.
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Yubrani, Rishabh emerge victorious tennis meet
