India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran capped an impressive week in a befitting manner, emerging the girls singles champion at the ITF J300 event while Korean player Donghyon Hwang grabbed the boys singles title at the DLTA Complex on Saturday.
The 15-year-old Maaya, thus, won her first singles title since December 2023 by edging past Ekaterina Tupitsyna 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the intense final.
Tupitsyna began with a bang, putting the home favourite on backfoot. However, the Indian showed tremendous grit and effected a turnaround to force a decider.
Tupitsyna probably lacked the energy to fight in the final as she ran out of steam while Maaya ran away with the contest, building on the momentum.
Maaya had won a title in Pune last year when she triumphed in Pune. Since then making the semifinal in Durban in September 2024 was her best show as she struggled in the first half of the season.
“I had beaten her 4-5 months ago but I was not at my 100 percent today. I almost lost the second set, I had to focus and take risk, I am glad I pulled it off,” Maaya said after her match.
In complete contrast Hwang was dominant in the singles final, winning 6-1 6-1 over Roshan Santhosh, who was surprisingly subdued in the match that mattered.
