Published: June 20, 2026 at 6:32 pm
Fourth seed Zoha Qureshi capped a memorable week by pulling off the biggest win of her career as she clinched the Under-14 girls’ singles title at the Tirumala Sreedhar Garu ATF 14 & U Grade A (South Asia) tennis tournament at the Lake View Tennis Academy in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Up against top seed Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar, no one expected the little Zoha Qureshi to put up a lion-hearted fight. Padmapriya, who had cruised right through the tournament, found Zoha a tough material to handle.
Zoha has nerves of steel
Zoha matched her rival stroke to stroke and never let Padmapriya out of her sights. In a keenly fought encounter, both players kept the audience on the edge with their stroke play and fighting spirit.
In a battle of nerves, Zoha showed that she had a steel ones as she scored the big points when needed. Zoha took the first set at 7-5 but the next one proved an even tougher one.
However, Zoha prevailed in the tie-breaker to clinch the title with a 7-6(1) victory. Padmapriya, however, had the satisfaction of winning the doubles title on the previous day.
In the boys’ section, Puneeth Manohar brooked no challenge against Aarav Chhallani. The match was quite a contrast to the girls’ final.
Puneeth cruised to a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win as Aarav failed to put up a decent fight.
Puneeth and Aarav had won the doubles title the previous day.
P Ramesh meets Zoha in girls’ singles final; Puneet to clash with Aarav in boys’ final
Results (finals): Girls’ singles: 4-Zoha Qureshi beat 1-Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar 7-5, 7-6(1).
Girls’ doubles: 1-P Daungkhiaw (THA) / Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar beat 4-Vattaprambil / Krishika Gautem 6-3, 6-3.
Boys’ singles: 1–Puneeth Manohar beat Aarav Chhallani 6-2, 6-3.
Boys’ doubles: 1-Aarav Chhallani / Puneeth Manohar beat S Laoamormpanich (THA)/ Ho Wan Yeung (HKG) 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.
