France wasn’t India’s first option as India headed into the home stretch of their preparations. Former all-rounder Madan Lal has his fingers crossed before the start of the season. However, upon reaching Paris, the Indian coaches found out that no other nation was there. asija Sevastova, opened up a 3-0 lead and ended the contest on the first match point when the American sent a backhand wide. Their forwards started the match on an attacking note and made some threatening sallies into the opposition half. The youngster won the second game with the same margin before Gandhi made a comeback in the match. Patna slowed down for a few minutes after that but were back in the game when they inflicted an all out in the 17th minute. In the boys’ senior singles final, Sachit ended the challenge of Ryan Gandhi of KB DAV School, Sector 7 with a narrow 3-2win to win the title. In his two-page letter, Ghavri has written about two issues in particular, firstly 73-year-old Niran. He was rebuked by team management for posting a video of himself on social media jumping off a balcony into a swimming pool.