Jannifer makes city proud again

11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 4,-11, 11-5 verdict.

Jennifer started the final on a positive taking the lead in the first game but Taneesha kept on fighting, cutting short her opponent’s lead. At 8-8, Jennifer upped her game and took three successive points to take the first game 11-8.

Taneesha started the second game aggressively and did not give Jennifer any chance to take control of the game. She collected points easily and won the game 11-4.

Jennifer started the third game with a changed mindset and took a handsome lead of 8-1 to boss over Taneesha. With hardly any fight from the Nashik lass, Jennifer cruised to a 11-7 win. But Taneesha once again fought back brilliantly to level the scores at 2-2 taking the fourth game 11-4.

In the decider, Jennifer regrouped and brought her ‘A’ game to claim the fifth game 11-5 and title match 3-2.

Earlier in the semis, Jennifer crushed Sayali Wani 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-5) while in the quarters, she got the better of Hanka Kodet of Czech Republic 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7).

In the Round of 16 battle, the Nagpur girl, who trains under R Rajesh in Chennai, beat Karolina Holda of Poland 3-2 (11-4, 13-15, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) after she thrashed Loy Ming Ying of Singapore

3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9).

Her opening battle too was a tough one going into five games where Jennifer overcame a stiff challenge from Andreea Baiasu of Romania 3-2 (8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9). The come from behind win gave her confidence which she took till the summit clash and delivered her best.

Late last month Jennifer had won a gold in the U-19 mixed doubles event in the WTT Youth Contender in Vadodara and also bagged a silver medal in Under-17 girls singles event.

Jennifer will be travelling to Berlin for her next tournament.