Samoa :

Mysuru girl Dhruthi T. Venugopal, representing India in the V Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 at Samoa Islands, won a grand double by clinching the girls singles and mixed doubles titles on the concluding day of the tennis championships on yesterday.

Top-seed Dhruthi won the girls singles title beating Lesedi Jacobs of Namibia 6-3, 6-0 to win the gold. Dhruthi completed a fine double when she teaming up with India’s Sasi Kumar Mukund won the mixed doubles title with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over the Scottish pair of Louie-Ada Mccelland and Ewen Lumsden in the final.

Sasi Kumar Mukund continued his fine run as he also won the youth boys singles gold with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ewen Lumsden of Scotland in the final.

Incidentally, Dhruthi had beaten Violet Apisah (Png) 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 in the youth girls singles semi-finals. In the quarter-finals, Dhruthi got the better of Joely Lomas of Wales 6-1, 6-3 to progress further.

Daughter of Venugopal and Vanamala Venugopal, residents of Mysuru, Dhruthi is a product of the Mysuru Tennis Club. Presently, she trains under former India Davis-Cupper Nandan Bal at Pune.

India made a clean sweep in the tennis event by winning three golds in three events they participated.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Friday – September11th, 2015