India finished with a sparkling 5-0 record to capture the title at the 2023 IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge Worldwide Finals on Nov. 11 at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. The Indian team defeated Argentina 4-2 in Round Five to conclude the international junior tennis competition in first place.
India put an exclamation point on its fifth-straight victory as Manas Dhamne and Rushil Khosla clinched the match in Boys’ Doubles with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 victory over Argentina’s Juan Morresi and Ramiro Toninelli.
“They played their hearts out. I’m proud of these four kids. They played well. I never consider this to be an easy tournament because all these kids are so good. USA and Great Britain have very strong teams,” said team captain Vikram Anand. “It could have gone either way. We got lucky in some of the matches. We didn’t come here thinking we were going to win it. I’m just glad it turned out this way.”
India began its run to the tournament title earlier in the week with a 4-2 win over Great Britain, followed by a 5-1 victory over the United States and a 4-2 win against Italy. On Friday, India defeated South Africa 5-1.
“The scoreline doesn’t tell you how tough it was. In the Italy match, one of the doubles matches went to a (match) tiebreaker. It was anybody’s game,” Anand added. “The key was the doubles. Despite losing some of the singles matches, the girls won the doubles. It was good to see them play strong doubles.”
In other Round Five action on the final day of the tournament, Italy finished in second place with a 4-1 record as they routed South Africa 6-0. Italy dominated from start to finish as Italians Lorenzo Angelini, Michele Mecarelli, Ylenia Zocco, and Ilary Pistola all won singles matches without the loss of a set.

Great Britain captured third place with a 3-2 record after easing past the United States 5-1. Joseph Mazingham and Arthur Attrill defeated American Stiles Brockett and Jonah Hill 6-1, 7-6 (5) in Boys’ Doubles to clinch the victory.