Hyderabad: Fancied Maharashtra player Nitin Kirtane and teenage talent Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh carved out contrasting victories to win the men's and women's tennis singles titles at the 32nd National Games on Sunday.

Kirtane, the top seed, had to battle it out before getting the better of local favourite Punna Vishal 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4) in the men's singles final while Mirza coasted to a 6-0, 6-0 win over an indisposed state mate Manisha Malhotra before a packed-to-capacity SAAP tennis complex.

Malhotra, roped in by the host state from Maharashtra for the Games, could barely stand on her feet as she was down with high fever, gifting the in-form Mirza almost a walkover on the centre court.

The match lasted only 32 minutes, with the final set turning out to be the shortest one of the tournament as Malhotra's increasing ordeal got over in barely 12 minutes.

Kirtane, on the other hand, won the opening set in style but came up with a stiff second set resistance from Vishal.

Egged on by the vociferous crowd, Vishal took the set to level the issue, before giving his opponent a run for the money in the decider, which rolled into the tiebreak.

The cool Maharashtra boy kept his composure to take the tiebreak 7-4 and clinch the gold.

PTI