Dhakshineswar steers Kites to WTL title

Dhakshineswar Suresh starred for Aussie Mavericks Kites because it beat AOS Eagles 22-19 to win the fourth version of the World Tennis League, on the S.M. Krishna Stadium right here on Saturday.

Going into the ultimate rubber towards compatriot Sumit Nagal, Dhakshineswar had the duty to protect a slender 15-13 lead for his group. And the 25-year-old performed a positive set, which culminated with an ideal tie-break that he gained to 4 factors.

On the day, Dhakshineswar gained two of three matches he performed, and carried a facet that had appeared down and out after dropping the primary two round-robin fixtures and had sneaked into the ultimate by the narrowest of margins.

Earlier within the night, one other Indian Shrivalli Bhamidipaty impressed for the Eagles, each in her singles contest versus Marta Kostyuk and the doubles encounter partnering Frenchman Gael Monfils towards Kostyuk and Dhakshineswar.

The 24-year-old Shrivalli was the higher participant towards Kostyuk within the preliminary section, even breaking the World No. 26’s serve as soon as.

The Ukrainian 23-year-old finally broke down Shrivalli’s power-packed recreation by working the angles and utilizing top-spun balls, however not earlier than the Indian ensured that the vacation crowd had a house title to chant.

The end result (remaining): Aussie Mavericks Kites bt AOS Eagles 22-19 (Marta Kostyuk bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-4; Kostyuk & Dhakshineswar Suresh misplaced to Shrivalli & Gael Monfils 3-6; Nick Kyrgios & Dhakshineswar bt Sumit Nagal & Monfils 6-3; Dhakshineswar bt Nagal 7-6).