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PANJIM: Neil Tanawala and Simran Khan emerged champions in the men’s singles and women’s singles event respectively at the Cidade de Goa Open 2017, at Bambolim, on Sunday.
With his friends cheering him and his sheer determination Neil overpowered Santosh 6-0, 6-3.
After pocketing the title, Neil Tanawala said “I started playing tennis when I was seven and this tournament particularly wasn’t easy since majority of the crowd supported Santosh. I am grateful that my friends had my back and it’s because of them I won this tournament. ”
Simran powered through and defeated Saumya 6-3, 6-0 to lift the women’s single trophy. Meanwhile Neil Tanawala and Vibhu Goel were a perfect pair as they understood each other’s game and defeated Raju and Manu Chabra 3-6, 7-6, 11-9 taking home the men’s double title. Bulu Godinho and Kevin Rebelo took title Veteran Double title by easily downing Sachin Dukle and David Mendonca(6-3, 6-2) bringing the tournament to a spectacular end.
Spreading the love for carnival, Cidade de Goa Open 2017 organized a tennis carnival for young children with the aim of improving the quality of the sport among young tennis enthusiasts and rewarding them with goody bags and chocolates.
During the prize distribution, tennis enthusiast and Chief Guest Raja Sekar, executive housekeeper of Cidade de Goa said, “It’s a great pleasure and honour to have you all at the Cidade de Goa Open 2017 closing ceremony. We hope you enjoyed and are grateful to all participants. I would like to thank the GSTA for hosting this tournament and look forward to next year. ”
Cidade de Goa Open 2017 commenced with a total of 126 entries coming in across 10 categories.
The tournament is organised by Cidade de Goa Resort in partnership with Goa State Tennis Association (GSTA).
