New Delhi: Odisha’s rising talent Debasis Sahoo won the Under-16 boys’ doubles title at the Fenesta Open here on Saturday.
The top-seeded pair of Debasis and Haryana’s Tejas Ahuja overcame Gujarat duo Prabir Muke Chavda and Vraj Hitesh Gohil 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Chanvda and Gohil had knocked out second seeds Tanush Ghildyal (Karnataka) and Dhruv Sachdeva (Haryana) in the quarterfinal.
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Debasis and Tejas passed their toughest test in the semifinal, defeating Hitesh Chauhan and Shankar Heisnam 7-6 (2-6), 2-6, 10-6.
Debasis was part of the Junior Davis Cup team which qualified for the World Finals for the first time.
