Bengaluru teen Srishti wins fourth World Junior ITF title
Bengaluru: 13-year-old tennis player Srishti Kiran from Bengaluru won her fourth consecutive ITF World Junior singles title on Sunday.
Srishti won in the singles category at the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors J30 tournament held in Huamantla (Mexico) during January 19-25. She registered 21 wins during the tour and dominated the singles final, defeating Canada’s Natalie Tsatsalashvili in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1.
Her journey to the title included a tough semi-final against Natalia Elena Martinez from USA where the game went to three sets -7-5, 1-6, 7-5 - with Kiran emerging victorious.
Srishti also made a strong impression in the doubles event. Partnering with Mexico’s Tamara Herman, she finished as runners-up in the doubles category.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
