By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 30 : Manipur University Men's tennis team finished runners up at the AIU East Zone Inter University Tennis Men and Women's Tennis Tournament 2024 hosted by KIIT University in Bhubaneswar.
MU team suffered a 1-2 loss to hosts KIIT University to settle for the second spot today.
Bhicky Sagolshem gave MU a good start defeating Atharva Sharma 6-3, 6-3 in the opening singles match but Bushan Haobam faltered and lost 3-6, 3-6 to Kabir Hans in the second singles match extending the game to doubles.
In the doubles match, Bushan and Bhicky went down 4-6, 5-7 (5-10) to Kabir Hans and Atharva Sharma to settle for the runners up spot.
Jadavpur University finished third in the men's competition as KISS University finished fourth.
KIIT University team of Abhilasha Bista and Rutuparna Choudhury edged Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University 2-1 in the women's final to seal the top honour.