What everyone witnessed was a treat to any tennis enthusiast with long rallies, amazing forehands, deft drop shots and what not. Any account of that epic game would not do justice to the quality of tennis which was on display.
The game started with Nagesh serving his fast and fierce serves, which were too hot to handle for Vinu and Apurva hence allowing Nagesh and Supriya to take an easy 1-0 lead. It was then Vinu’s turn to serve and all his serves in the first game were patiently and deftly returned by Nagesh and Supriya. Vinu could not hold on to his serve and in the blink of the moment Nagesh and Supriya were seen leading the game 3-0. After some amazing rallies and great service games, the score read 5-2 in Nagesh-Supriya’s favor. However Vinu and Apurva were not to be left behind and they came back strongly with some strong baseline game by Vinu and some slick drop shots by Apurva. They made a strong come back in the match with just 1 game difference and the score reading 6-5 in Nagesh-Supriya’s favour. They had a golden opportunity to equalize as next was Vinu’s chance to serve. If Vinu keeps his serve it would be 7-7 for both teams, but Nagesh-Supriya had other intentions in mind as they did not want to give the other team any chance to come back in the game. Their determined returns on Vinu’s splendid serves accompanied with some amazing game at the net by Nagesh won them this game with score reading 8-6. After this Nagesh-Supriya just had to maintain the game difference in check to win the tournament, and they did the same finally winning the HunFord Open 2010 with the final score 10-7.
The spectators were witness to a very determined and consistent play from Supriya and Nagesh’s amazing reach being returned in equal fervor by some amazing baseline shots from Vinu accompanied by very effective and neat net play by Apurva. Finally it was the game of tennis which won with the memories of the grand finale etched into everyone’s reminiscence for ages to come.A small prize distribution ceremony was organized after the game with guest of honors and everyone’s beloved Camille Miller and respected parents of Aditya D. The winner prize was a stunning looking Nike cap and the runner’s up prize was given a very beautiful and cool water bottle.
Firstly the Event-1 prizes were distributed by Camille with the winner prize being given to the most consistent and strong team of Raj-Sampath. The runner’s up were the graceful team of Kanchan-Nishanth. There was also a prize for the best upcoming tennis player in the whole camaraderie, and by everyone’s consensus the prize was given to one of the most promising stars of Event-1 Kanchan.
The Event-2 prizes were distributed by Adi’s parents with the winner prize being given to again the most consistent and strong team of Supriya-Nagesh. The runner’s up was the never-give-up team of Apurva-Vinu. There was another prize for the most consistent tennis player in this event and by consensus it was given to the ever-so-dependable Supriya.
A token of appreciation was given to our very own Mani for being the photographer of the tournament. Another thank you gift was given to Ajeet for making our tournament world-renowned by writing those interesting blogs.
A grand and epic tournament thus came to an end. It was an event which enjoyed a magnificent participation from the players and spectators alike. There were just 4 victors but no one ended up disappointed as it was the game of tennis which won as it brought everyone together, on a tennis court off course, as was promised in our first communication. Didn’t we all succeed!!!Until we meet again!!!
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