Prithvi Sekhar with the Australian Open Deaf tennis championship trophies in Melbourne on Sunday.
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India’s Prithvi Sekhar had a memorable outing in the Australian Open Deaf Championships, successful the singles title and ending runner-up, with Glen Flindell in doubles, in Melbourne.
“It was great to win the singles title this time, beating the same player Gabor Mathe of Hungary, to whom I had lost in the semifinals last year. I also had a shoulder injury then. This time I was better prepared and very motivated”, mentioned Prithvi, who spent just a few weeks in Australia along with his relations earlier than taking part in the three-day occasion in Melbourne that concluded on Sunday.
It may have been a double crown for Prithvi and accomplice Glen, however for them lacking their possibilities from being up 6-0, 5-2 towards Mathe and Esah Hyat in a league match.
“We had a match point on deuce, and a few other chances but we made mistakes”, recalled Prithvi, about the 6-0, 5-7, [7-10] loss in the second league match. The duo gained the third league match simply to take the runners-up trophy.
“I prepared well and played with superb intensity and proper tactics against every opponent. I had the rhythm and momentum to win all my singles matches”, mentioned Prithvi who dropped one set in 5 matches.
Prithvi acquired to observe numerous matches that includes high gamers at the Australian Open. He additionally acquired to observe the matches of Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal other than Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
In truth, Prithvi acquired to coach for just a few days in Sydney with Anirudh and Vijay earlier than they went for his or her match.
“I also had five days of training before my event in Melbourne with the other players. I had a lot of support as many relatives of mine watched my matches and cheered for me on all the three days, as I could arrange the passes in advance”, mentioned Prithvi.
He couldn’t watch Bopanna and Matthew Ebden taking part in the doubles closing, as Prithvi was busy along with his personal matches.
Prithvi does compete in the common ITF males’s circuit and felt assured of performing higher in future because of the morale-boosting accomplishment in Melbourne.
The outcomes:
Singles: Final: Prithvi Sekhar bt Gabor Mathe (Hun) 6-1, 6-3; semifinals: Prithvi bt Mike Laurent (Fra) 6-2, 6-2; league: Prithvi bt Esa Hyat (GBrR) 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-7]; bt Oliver Grave (Fra) 6-0, 6-3;bt Marino Kegl (Slo) 7-6(3), 6-4.
Doubles (league): Prhtivi & Glen Flindell (Aus) bt Marino Kegl (Slo) & Oliver Grave (Fra) 6-0, 6-1; Prithvi & Glen misplaced to Gabor Mathe (Hun) & Esa Hyat (GBR) 6-0, 5-7, [7-10]; Prithvi & Glen bt Mike Laurent (Fra) & Andy Vasquez (Ecu) 6-2, 6-3.
