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World Tennis Tour J30 Tournament: Aashravya Mehra, Adhiraj Thakur and Aditya Mor shone brightly in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour J30 Tournament held at Pokhara in Nepal. Aashravya Mehra secured the singles title while the doubles pair of Adhiraj Thakur and Aditya Mor clinched the doubles title overcoming their compatriots Aarav Chawla and Ojas Mehlawat in the final.

In the singles category, seventh seed Aashravya comprehensively beat Nepal’s Aarav Samrat Hada 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets. In the semifinals, Aashravya stunned the top seed Xiuyuan Guo of China 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets to book his place in the final. He overcame, the higher-ranked Adhiraj in the quarterfinals 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 in a three-set thriller.

In the doubles final, number one seeds Adhiraj and Aditya Mor got the better of Aarav and Ojas 7-5, 6-2 to walk away with the title. Adhiraj and Aditya beat the Indian pair of Showrya Samala and Prakaash Sarran 6-3, 6-3 while Aarav and Ojas got the better of the Nepalese pair of Pranav Manandhar and Raj Bir Pradhan 6-2, 6-4 to book their places in the finals.