MU men's team emerge East Zone Inter University tennis tourney champions
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 26 2019:
Manipur University (MU) men's team have earned a place in the All India Inter University Tennis Tournament for Men as they finish at the top in the East Zone Inter University event which was held at Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh from December 19 to 21 last.
Manipur University team consisting of Luching Lukram, H Becker, Atap Leishangthem, H Shellangam Meitei and Rajiv Thiyam outlasted Centurion University, Odisha 2-0 in the Pool C knock-out stage to reach the final league stage.
In the first encounter of the final league match, MU team edged past Banaras Hindu University, UP by 2-1 margin and beat KIIT, Bhubaneshwar by the same margin in the second clash.
In the last final league clash, MU team continued their fine form to down defending champions and hosts, Pt Ravishankar University 2-1 .
MU along with runners up KIIT, third placed Pt Ravishankar University and fourth place Banaras Hindu University will be competing in the All India Inter University Tennis Tournament to be held at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra from Janunary 8 to 11, 2020, said a press note issued by Department of Sports, Manipur University.
The note also added that the same team also qualified for 1st Khelo India University Games, 2020 which will be commencing from February 22, 2020 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
MU's Vice Chancellor, Sports Committee and all community in the university also extended congratulations to the team for the huge success at the zonal event and qualifying for the All India event.
The team was led by L Gokul Sharma of Department of Sports, MU as manager and Dingku Irengbam as coach, the press note added.