The Indian workforce beat France 3-1 within the closing to clinch the gold medal within the World Railways tennis championship in Abena, Bulgaria.
The four-member workforce of PC Vignesh, Nitin Kumar Sinha, Prithvi Sekar and P Siddharth had Shiva Kumar Reddy because the coach. It was additionally accompanied by two officers, Anuj Kumar Tayal and Pawan Kumar.
“We are pleased to win the gold again”, stated essentially the most skilled participant within the workforce, PC Vignesh.
Interestingly, Vignesh has been competing within the World Railways championship since 2007 and has 4 gold and a silver from 5 appearances.
“We got the silver in 2011”, he recalled.
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The Indian workforce gained its league matches in opposition to Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to prime the group. In the semifinals, India beat Germany 4-0.
Except for the brand new member of the workforce, P Siddharth, the remainder of the three gamers didn’t drop a match in the entire event, by which every tie was performed on a four-singles format.
Prithvi Sekar shall be becoming a member of the workforce in time to acclimatise properly for the workforce occasion of the World Deaf tennis championship on clay in Greece, scheduled within the first week of October.
The outcomes (closing)
India bt France 3-1 (Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Ludwig Pellerin 6-3, 4-6, [12-10]; Prithvi Sekar bt Christophe Nguyen 4-6, 7-5, [10-8]; PC Vignesh bt Roman Zappa 6-1, 6-3; P Siddharth misplaced to Yann Boisset 6-1, 4-6, [5-10]).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com