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Tennis<br />
The Tennis event which featured men’s single, men’s doubles, women’s<br />
singles, women’s double and mixed double competitions was held from<br />
7th to 11th February 2016 at the All Assam Tennis Association Complex<br />
and featured 30 male athletes from all 8 South Asian Countries and 20<br />
female athletes from all nations except Afghanistan and Maldives. These<br />
athletes were supported by 18 team officials.<br />
Hosts India, which has been the regional superpower in tennis, completely<br />
dominated the event winning Gold and Silver in each of the<br />
5 competitions. Sri Lanka with 6 bronze medals and Pakistan with 4<br />
bronze medals won the rest of the medals on offer. In the men’s single<br />
event the young Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated the experienced Saketh<br />
Mynemi, Ramanathan also won the doubles event with his partner<br />
Vijay Sunder and also defeated the experienced pairing of Divij Sharan<br />
and Sanam Singh. In the women’s section favourite Ankita Raina lived<br />
up to the expectations winning the Gold against Prerna Bhambri. Ankita<br />
then partnered with Divij Sharan to win the mixed doubles finals as<br />
well. Even the presence of experienced Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi could not<br />
lift the performance of Pakistan Tennis team.<br />
The 4 day event was technically conducted by 2 ITOs, 38 NTOs and<br />
Competition Director Shri Ankush Dutta.<br />
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12 th SOUTH ASIAN GAMES | POST GAMES REPORT
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