Results of the Finals are as under
Category : 45+ Singles
Finals
1. R Nagraj Bt. Himanshu Gosavi 6-2,6-2
Category : 55+ Singles
Finals
1. Laxman Randhir Bt. Ajit Bhandarkar 6-4,6-2
Category : 55+ Doubles
Finals
1. KPS Chauhan/Laxman Randhir Bt. Prakash Malhotra/Khushru Shroff 6-4,7-5
Category : 65+ Singles
Finals
1. Madhukar Rana (NEP) Bt. HD Ballal 6-0,6-0
The prize distribution took place at the hands of Smt. Pushpalata Ranade, immediately after the tournament, in presence of Mr. Nitin Joshi, Organising Secretary and Ms. Leena Nageshkar, ITF Supervisor.
- Mukund Joshi
Saturday, December 13, 2008
RAJABHAU RANADE DAY 4
Category : 45+ Singles
Semi Finals
1. R Nagraj Bt. Achim Gass 3-6,6-2,6-3
2. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. Sharad Tak 6-3,6-2
Category : 45+ Doubles
Finals
1. Himanshu Gosavi/R Nagraj Bt. Rakesh Kohli/Sharad Tak 6-1,6-2
Category : 55+ Singles
Semi Finals
1. LAxman Randhir Bt. CR Gangadharan 6-3,6-4
2. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. KPS Chauhan 6-2,6-4
Category : 55+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. KPS Chauhan/Laxman Randhir Bt. Shyam Dalvi/Pradeep Kunchur 6-2,6-3
2. Prakash Malhotra/Khushru Shroff Bt. Cr Gangadharan/SD Gurjar 4-6,6-2,7-6(4)
Category : 65+ Singles
Semi-finals
1. Madhukar Rana (NEP) Bt. Dilip Parulkar 2-, (con)
2. HD Ballal Bt. Ashok Muley 6-4,6-1
Category : 65+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. Arun Date / Ashok Mulye 6-0,6-0
2. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao Bt. P Ramakrishnan/BL Somayazulu 6-1,7-5
Finals
1. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao 6-4,6-2
Semi Finals
1. R Nagraj Bt. Achim Gass 3-6,6-2,6-3
2. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. Sharad Tak 6-3,6-2
Category : 45+ Doubles
Finals
1. Himanshu Gosavi/R Nagraj Bt. Rakesh Kohli/Sharad Tak 6-1,6-2
Category : 55+ Singles
Semi Finals
1. LAxman Randhir Bt. CR Gangadharan 6-3,6-4
2. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. KPS Chauhan 6-2,6-4
Category : 55+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. KPS Chauhan/Laxman Randhir Bt. Shyam Dalvi/Pradeep Kunchur 6-2,6-3
2. Prakash Malhotra/Khushru Shroff Bt. Cr Gangadharan/SD Gurjar 4-6,6-2,7-6(4)
Category : 65+ Singles
Semi-finals
1. Madhukar Rana (NEP) Bt. Dilip Parulkar 2-, (con)
2. HD Ballal Bt. Ashok Muley 6-4,6-1
Category : 65+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. Arun Date / Ashok Mulye 6-0,6-0
2. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao Bt. P Ramakrishnan/BL Somayazulu 6-1,7-5
Finals
1. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao 6-4,6-2
Thursday, December 11, 2008
RAJABHAU RANADE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
RAJABHAU RANANDE MEMORIAL ITF VETERANS TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2008
Results at the end of day 3
Category : 45+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. Achim Gas (Germany) Bt. Shyam Mehendale 6-3, 6-1
2. Uttam Mane Bt. RAju Mulay 6-1,6-1
3. R Nagraj Bt. Deonam Lama 6-2,6-2
4. Rohinton Irani Bt. Bhupendir Oberoi 6-3,6-1
5. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. Kuber Chaure 6-2,6-4
6. Rakesh Kohli Bt. Ajit Sancheti 6-0,6-0
7. Prashant Gosavi Bt. PK Mahapatra 6-1,6-1
8. Sharad Tak Bt. Rajeev Page 6-0,6-1
Quarterfinals
1. Achim Gas (Germany) Bt. Uttam Mane 6-2, 6-0
2. R Nagraj Bt. Rohinton Irani 6-1,6-1
3. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. RAkesh kohli 6-0,6-1
4. Sharad Tak Bt. Prashant Gosavi 4-6,7-6(0),6-2
Category : 45+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. Rakesh Kohli / Sharad Tak Bt. Uttam Mane/Mahesh Rungta 6-4,6-3
2. Himanshu Gosavi/R Nagraj Bt. Kiran Bhandari/Sharad Kalyani 6-1,6-1
Category : 55+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. CR Gangadharan Bt. A Dayanand 6-1, 6-1
2. Vivek Bhapkar Bt. SP Dalvi 6-3,7-5
3. Laxman Randhir Bt. Ravindra Natu 2-0 conceded
4. Prakash Malhotra Bt. DB Sumant 6-3,6-3
5. Vijay Dixit Bt. Baba Rodriques 2-4 conceded
6. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. Arvind kaimal 4-6,6-4,6-3
7. KPS Chauhan Bt. Hansraj Patil 6-0,6-3
8. PR Raju Bt. PR Kulthe 6-0,6-1
Quarterfinals
1. CR Gangadharan Bt. Vivek Bhapkar 6-2,6-2
2. Laxman Randhir Bt. Prakash Malhotra 6-4,7-5
3. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. Vijay Dixit 6-1,6-1
4. KPS Chauhan Bt. PR Raju 2-6,7-5,7-5
Category : 55+ Doubles
Quarter Finals
1. CR Gangadharan/SD Gurjar Bt. Vijay dixit/Bhagyashri Ranade 6-1,6-3
2. KPS Chauhan/Laxman Randhir Bt. Satish Bapat/Suhas Bhopatkar 6-4,6-0
3. Shyam Dalvi/Pradeep Kunchur Bt. Ajit Bhandarkar/Vijay Ogale 3-6,6-2,6-4
Category : 65+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. Purshotam Kshirsagar Bt. Arun Date 3-6,6-4,7-6(9)
2. B Somayajulu Bt. Krishna Babu 6-4,6-2
3. Dilip Parulkar Bt. Dinkar rao Desai 6-4,6-3
4. HD Ballal Bt. Shriram Deshmukh 6-0,6-0
5. V Nani Rao Bt. Suresh Gokhale 6-4,6-2
6. Ashok Mulye Bt. Avinash Namjoshi W/o
7. Sailendra Gosavi Bt. P R Rao 7-5,5-7,6-1
Quarter-finals
1. Madhukar Rana (NEP) Bt. P Kshirsagar 6-0,6-1
2. Dilip Parulkar Bt. B Somayajulu 7-6(6),6-2
3. HD Ballal Bt. V Nani Rao 6-2,6-3
4. Ashok Muley Bt. Sailendra Gosavi 6-2,6-2
Category : 65+ Doubles
Quarterfinals
1. Arun Date/Ashok Mulye Bt. Suresh Gokhale/Madhukar Rana 6-4,7-5
2. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. IV Krishnababu/P Kshirsagar 6-1,6-2
3. P Ramakrishnan / BL Somayazulu Bt. Joe Umrani/Sriram Deshmukh 6-0,6-1
4. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao Bt. Yashwant Baokar / Arun Wakankar 6-1,6-3
Results at the end of day 3
Category : 45+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. Achim Gas (Germany) Bt. Shyam Mehendale 6-3, 6-1
2. Uttam Mane Bt. RAju Mulay 6-1,6-1
3. R Nagraj Bt. Deonam Lama 6-2,6-2
4. Rohinton Irani Bt. Bhupendir Oberoi 6-3,6-1
5. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. Kuber Chaure 6-2,6-4
6. Rakesh Kohli Bt. Ajit Sancheti 6-0,6-0
7. Prashant Gosavi Bt. PK Mahapatra 6-1,6-1
8. Sharad Tak Bt. Rajeev Page 6-0,6-1
Quarterfinals
1. Achim Gas (Germany) Bt. Uttam Mane 6-2, 6-0
2. R Nagraj Bt. Rohinton Irani 6-1,6-1
3. Himanshu Gosavi Bt. RAkesh kohli 6-0,6-1
4. Sharad Tak Bt. Prashant Gosavi 4-6,7-6(0),6-2
Category : 45+ Doubles
Semi Finals
1. Rakesh Kohli / Sharad Tak Bt. Uttam Mane/Mahesh Rungta 6-4,6-3
2. Himanshu Gosavi/R Nagraj Bt. Kiran Bhandari/Sharad Kalyani 6-1,6-1
Category : 55+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. CR Gangadharan Bt. A Dayanand 6-1, 6-1
2. Vivek Bhapkar Bt. SP Dalvi 6-3,7-5
3. Laxman Randhir Bt. Ravindra Natu 2-0 conceded
4. Prakash Malhotra Bt. DB Sumant 6-3,6-3
5. Vijay Dixit Bt. Baba Rodriques 2-4 conceded
6. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. Arvind kaimal 4-6,6-4,6-3
7. KPS Chauhan Bt. Hansraj Patil 6-0,6-3
8. PR Raju Bt. PR Kulthe 6-0,6-1
Quarterfinals
1. CR Gangadharan Bt. Vivek Bhapkar 6-2,6-2
2. Laxman Randhir Bt. Prakash Malhotra 6-4,7-5
3. Ajit Bhandarkar Bt. Vijay Dixit 6-1,6-1
4. KPS Chauhan Bt. PR Raju 2-6,7-5,7-5
Category : 55+ Doubles
Quarter Finals
1. CR Gangadharan/SD Gurjar Bt. Vijay dixit/Bhagyashri Ranade 6-1,6-3
2. KPS Chauhan/Laxman Randhir Bt. Satish Bapat/Suhas Bhopatkar 6-4,6-0
3. Shyam Dalvi/Pradeep Kunchur Bt. Ajit Bhandarkar/Vijay Ogale 3-6,6-2,6-4
Category : 65+ Singles
Pre-quarterfinals
1. Purshotam Kshirsagar Bt. Arun Date 3-6,6-4,7-6(9)
2. B Somayajulu Bt. Krishna Babu 6-4,6-2
3. Dilip Parulkar Bt. Dinkar rao Desai 6-4,6-3
4. HD Ballal Bt. Shriram Deshmukh 6-0,6-0
5. V Nani Rao Bt. Suresh Gokhale 6-4,6-2
6. Ashok Mulye Bt. Avinash Namjoshi W/o
7. Sailendra Gosavi Bt. P R Rao 7-5,5-7,6-1
Quarter-finals
1. Madhukar Rana (NEP) Bt. P Kshirsagar 6-0,6-1
2. Dilip Parulkar Bt. B Somayajulu 7-6(6),6-2
3. HD Ballal Bt. V Nani Rao 6-2,6-3
4. Ashok Muley Bt. Sailendra Gosavi 6-2,6-2
Category : 65+ Doubles
Quarterfinals
1. Arun Date/Ashok Mulye Bt. Suresh Gokhale/Madhukar Rana 6-4,7-5
2. HD Ballal/GK Sangameshwa Bt. IV Krishnababu/P Kshirsagar 6-1,6-2
3. P Ramakrishnan / BL Somayazulu Bt. Joe Umrani/Sriram Deshmukh 6-0,6-1
4. Dilip Parulkar/V Nani Rao Bt. Yashwant Baokar / Arun Wakankar 6-1,6-3
Saturday, November 15, 2008
NECC ITF 2008 FINALS
China's Jing Jing Lu lifts $25,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Championships
Pune, November 15 : Eighth seeded Jing Jing Lu of China outplayed top seeded Melanie South of Britain in straight sets to lift the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the finals played today the 19 year old and 245th ranked Chinese Jing Jing Lu played solid all round tennis to outplay the strongly built and world ranked 116th British player Melanie South 6-3, 6-1 in a match lasting 1hr and 10 mins.
A top 10 Chinese player Jing Jing Lu won her maiden title winning 25 WTA points and top prize of $2940 (Rs.1,44,000) for her effort .
Jing Jing Lu looked more confident of the two players from the word go in the very first game she came from being 15-40 down on her serve to win the game , both players traded serve in the 5th and 6th games to level scores to 3-3 , Lu broke the tall and hard serving south in the eighth game to go up 5-3, she then held her serve in the 9th game to win the first set 6-3.
In the second set Lu broke South in the very first game and again in the 3rd game to race to a 4-0 lead, but South managed to hold her serve in the 5th game. Lu played in the zone timing the ball sweetly and moving South all over the court, Luck also seemed to be in favour Lu as she got five net chords which disturbed South even more.
Lu held her serve to go up 5-1 and then break Melanie South again in the 7th game to record a fantastic victory watched by a huge turnout.
"I'm very happy to win here and it's my first ITF victory in two years", said the 19 year Lu. "This win has given me tremendous confidence and I hope to do well in the coming year and hope to get into the top 200 bracket by end of the next year.
"I'm disappointed that I lost, but Lu played amazing tennis , and chased every ball and came out with unbelievable winners , said South. South received 17 points and prize money of $1666 (Rs 80,000) for her effort.
The prizes were given away at the hands of Chess Women's Grand Master Soumya Swaminathan . Tournament Director Anand Tulpule welcomed the guests, while organizing secretary Nitin Joshi proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are the results. (Finals)
S.8 Jing Jing Lu (Chn) bt S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) 6-3,6-1
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NECC ITF 2008 Day 5
Europe's South to take on Asia's Lu in finals of $25,000 NECC-ITF
Women's Tennis
Chang-Hwang Lift doubles title
Pune, November 14: Top seeded Melanie South will take on eighth seeded Jing Jing Lu of China in the finals of the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana
and being played on their courts here. In the semifinals played today the strongly built world ranked 116th British put out fourth seeded Ksenia Plakina of Krgystan 6-4, 6-4 in 1
hr 13 mins , while the 245th ranked Chinese Lu Jing Jing stopped the winning run of Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 7-5,6-3 in a 1 hr 27 minute battle .
The second seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Kai-Chen Chang / I Hsuan Hwang scraped past the pair of Romanian Elora Dabija and Serbian Bojana Jovanovski 5-7, 6-2, 10-7 to lift the doubles crown.
The strongly built British player South who expects to be in the top 100 in the world by the year end dominated the game from the start and broke Palkina in the 4th game in the first set and then served well to take the set 6-4
In the second set such was South's domination that she broke Palkina in the 2nd game, she also won the 1st and 3rd games on love to race to a 3-0 lead. Palkina tried to claw her way back into the match but South didn't give her many opportunities.
South who lost her serve in the 9th game to give Plakina a ray of hope of leveling the game scores , but in the 10th two brilliant forehand down the line winners saw South break Palkina immediately in the 10th game and wrap up the match."I didn't play my game today , said a
dejected Palkina , who won two $25,000 events this year.
The Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovaovaski who impressed a huge turnout over the week was stopped by eighth seeded Jing Jing Lu of China. Jing Lu who timed the ball fluently through the week broke Bojana in the 12th game of the first set to take the set 7-5 in a 40 minute tussle.
In the second set Lu got a decisive break against Bojana in the 6th game to win the set 6-3 and make it to the third $25,000 event final.
In a well contested doubles event second seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Kai-Chen Chang / I Hsuan Hwang scraped past the pair of Romanian Elora Dabija and Serbian Bojana Jovanovski 5-7,6-2,10-7 for the crown, the winner got 25WTA points and $1176 for their efforts, while the
runners-up got 19 WTA points and $686 for their efforts.
The tournament director Anand Tulpule and Organizing Secretary Nitin Joshi gave away the prizes
Following are the results.
(Semi finals)
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) 6-4,6-4
S.8 Jing Jing Lu (Chn) bt Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) 7-5,6-3
Doubles (Finals)
Kai-Chen Chang/ I Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) bt Elora Dabija(Rou) /Bojana Jovanovski (Srb)
5-7,6-2,10-7
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Mukund Joshi
Friday, November 14, 2008
NECC ITF 2008 Day 4
South Stops Sahoo, to enter semis of $25,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis
Pune, November 13: Top seeded Melanie South Qualifier stopped the winning run of the lone Indian player Shalini Sahoo to enter the semifinal , of the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the quarterfinals played today the strongly built world ranked 116th British player South easily outplayed Sahoo 6-2, 6-2 in a 1hr 1min match. South will now take on fourth seeded Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan.
Palkina ranked 220th easily accounted for sixth seeded Kai-Chen Chang of Taipei 6-3, 6-4. Qualifier Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia continued with a fabulous run in the event outwitting I Hsuan Hwang of Taipei 6-2, 6-2 to make it to the last four from the bottom half.
Bojana will take on eighth seeded Jing Jing Lu of China. Jing Lu had an easy outing as second seeded 192 ranked Ye-Ra Lee of Korea conceded her match due to fever after being down 5-2 in the first set.
Sahoo who evolved a lot of interest with her performance, started well winning 2 games in a row, but South played solidly to outplay Sahoo to win six games in row to win the set 6-2. In the second set Sahoo was broken in the 1st and 3rd games to let South walk off with the match.
"I tried to play my best, but was beaten by the speed and pace of South", Sahoo admitted after the match. It was the first time I was playing a high ranked player and it was truly a great experience for me " I've got a feel of what top class tennis is , said the qualifier .
"I owe my performance to my father B.C Sahoo who has supported me all along and want to continue my form in future, she said. Shalini however had the consolation of getting 8 WTA points and $686 (Rs. 25,000) for her effort.
Melanie South praised Sahoo's effort, saying she played well, but probably overwhelmed with the occasion. I'm playing well said South who plays at the British National Training centre at Roehampton.
"I'm looking at taking a title here, which will be the third of the year, she said.
Elora Dabija(Rou) /Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) will take on the Chinese Taipei pair of Kai-Chen Chang/ I Hsuan Hwang in the doubles finals.
In the doubles semi- final the pair Dabija and Jovanovski scraped past the pair of Julia Parasyuk(Rus) and Korina Perkovic(Ger) 3-6,6-1,10-4 , while the Chinese Taipei pair of Chang and Hwang (Tpe) defeated Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith of Great Britain 6-4,6-2
Following are the results. (Quarter finals)
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Shalini Sahoo(Ind) 6-2,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt S.6 Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) 6-2, 6-2
S.8 Jing Jing Lu (Chn) bt S.2 Ye Ra Lee (Kor) 5-2(retd)
Doubles (Semifinals)
Elora Dabija(Rou) / Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt
Julia Parasyuk(Rus) / Korina Perkovic(Ger) 3-6,6-1,10-4
Kai-Chen Chang/ I Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) bt
Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith (Gbr) 6-4, 6-2
Pune, November 13: Top seeded Melanie South Qualifier stopped the winning run of the lone Indian player Shalini Sahoo to enter the semifinal , of the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the quarterfinals played today the strongly built world ranked 116th British player South easily outplayed Sahoo 6-2, 6-2 in a 1hr 1min match. South will now take on fourth seeded Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan.
Palkina ranked 220th easily accounted for sixth seeded Kai-Chen Chang of Taipei 6-3, 6-4. Qualifier Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia continued with a fabulous run in the event outwitting I Hsuan Hwang of Taipei 6-2, 6-2 to make it to the last four from the bottom half.
Bojana will take on eighth seeded Jing Jing Lu of China. Jing Lu had an easy outing as second seeded 192 ranked Ye-Ra Lee of Korea conceded her match due to fever after being down 5-2 in the first set.
Sahoo who evolved a lot of interest with her performance, started well winning 2 games in a row, but South played solidly to outplay Sahoo to win six games in row to win the set 6-2. In the second set Sahoo was broken in the 1st and 3rd games to let South walk off with the match.
"I tried to play my best, but was beaten by the speed and pace of South", Sahoo admitted after the match. It was the first time I was playing a high ranked player and it was truly a great experience for me " I've got a feel of what top class tennis is , said the qualifier .
"I owe my performance to my father B.C Sahoo who has supported me all along and want to continue my form in future, she said. Shalini however had the consolation of getting 8 WTA points and $686 (Rs. 25,000) for her effort.
Melanie South praised Sahoo's effort, saying she played well, but probably overwhelmed with the occasion. I'm playing well said South who plays at the British National Training centre at Roehampton.
"I'm looking at taking a title here, which will be the third of the year, she said.
Elora Dabija(Rou) /Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) will take on the Chinese Taipei pair of Kai-Chen Chang/ I Hsuan Hwang in the doubles finals.
In the doubles semi- final the pair Dabija and Jovanovski scraped past the pair of Julia Parasyuk(Rus) and Korina Perkovic(Ger) 3-6,6-1,10-4 , while the Chinese Taipei pair of Chang and Hwang (Tpe) defeated Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith of Great Britain 6-4,6-2
Following are the results. (Quarter finals)
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Shalini Sahoo(Ind) 6-2,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt S.6 Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt I-Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) 6-2, 6-2
S.8 Jing Jing Lu (Chn) bt S.2 Ye Ra Lee (Kor) 5-2(retd)
Doubles (Semifinals)
Elora Dabija(Rou) / Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt
Julia Parasyuk(Rus) / Korina Perkovic(Ger) 3-6,6-1,10-4
Kai-Chen Chang/ I Hsuan Hwang (Tpe) bt
Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith (Gbr) 6-4, 6-2
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Images from Day 4
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Mukund Joshi
NECC DAY 3
Sahoo enters quarterfinals at $25,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis
Pune, November 12: Qualifier and little known Shalini Sahoo of India kept the Indian flag flying high and continuing her fabulous run knocking out Uzbekistan wildcard entrant Alexendra Kolesnichenko in straight sets , to enter the quarterfinals at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the second round match the Delhi player Shalini Sahoo outplayed the 662 ranked Kolesnichenko 6-3,6-2 in a 1hr .15 min match to make it to her first ever singles quarterfinal in her career. Shalini broke the Uzbeki junior in the 8th game to wrap the first set at 6-3, in the second set Shalini hit an array of winners and broke Alexandra in the 3rd and 5th games and establish her control over the match.
" I'm thrilled the way I'm playing and frankly didn't expect to go so far she said, after the match.
"I was thinking of withdrawing from the event as I had reached the doubles final at Muzzafarnagar last week and wasn't sure of reaching Pune on time for the singles sign-in , but I took a chance and I'm happy to have taken the decision , Sahoo said.
Top seed and 116th ranked Melanie South played attacking tennis to put out Ankita Bhambri 6-2,7-5 in 1 hr .19 mins , while 245th ranked Jing Jing Lu ended the challenge of other Indian and 292 ranked Isha Lakhani 6-3,7-5 to make it to the last eight. Second ranked 192nd ranked Ye-Ra Lee of Korea also moved into the quarterfinals with a7-5,6-4 win over Thialnd's Suchanan Viratprasert.
Fourth seeded Ksenia Palkina was the only seeded player to go through a harrowing time before overcoming Leonie Mekel of Nederlands 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanosvski, sixth seeded Kai-Chen Chang of Taipei along with her country mate I-Hsuan Hwang also made it to the last eight.
The Indian challenge also ended in the doubles as the teams of Rushmi Chakravarthy /Ankita Bhambri and Parija maloo and Poojashree Venkatesha were ousted in the quarterfinals.
Following are the results. (2nd Round)
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Ankita Bhambri (Ind) 6-2, 7-5
Shalini Sahoo(Ind) bt Alexandra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) 6-3,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt Leonie Mekel(Ned) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
S.6 Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) bt Korina Perkovic(Ger) 6-2,6-3
I-Hsuan Hwang(Tpe) bt Natasha Khan (Gbr) 6-2,6-3
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt Patrycja Sanduska(Pol) 6-4,6-1
Jing Jing lu (Chn) bt Isha Lakhani (Ind) 6-3,7-5
S.2 Ye Ra Lee (Kor) bt Suchanan Viratprasert (Tha) 7-5,6-4
Doubles (Quarter finals)
Elora Dabija(Rou) /Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt Jade Windley / Natasha
Khan (Gbr) 6-4,6-0
Julia Parasyuk(rus) / Korina Perkovic(Ger) bt Parija Maloo/
Poojashree Venkatesha(Ind) 6-4,6-0
Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith (Gbr) bt Varatchaya Wongteanchai
(tha) / Jing Jing Lu (Chn) 7-6(8-6),4-6,11-9
Kai-Chen Chang/ I HsuanHwang (Tpe) bt Ankita Bhambri/ Rushmi
Chakravarthy(Ind) 6-4,6-4
Pune, November 12: Qualifier and little known Shalini Sahoo of India kept the Indian flag flying high and continuing her fabulous run knocking out Uzbekistan wildcard entrant Alexendra Kolesnichenko in straight sets , to enter the quarterfinals at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee (NECC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the second round match the Delhi player Shalini Sahoo outplayed the 662 ranked Kolesnichenko 6-3,6-2 in a 1hr .15 min match to make it to her first ever singles quarterfinal in her career. Shalini broke the Uzbeki junior in the 8th game to wrap the first set at 6-3, in the second set Shalini hit an array of winners and broke Alexandra in the 3rd and 5th games and establish her control over the match.
" I'm thrilled the way I'm playing and frankly didn't expect to go so far she said, after the match.
"I was thinking of withdrawing from the event as I had reached the doubles final at Muzzafarnagar last week and wasn't sure of reaching Pune on time for the singles sign-in , but I took a chance and I'm happy to have taken the decision , Sahoo said.
Top seed and 116th ranked Melanie South played attacking tennis to put out Ankita Bhambri 6-2,7-5 in 1 hr .19 mins , while 245th ranked Jing Jing Lu ended the challenge of other Indian and 292 ranked Isha Lakhani 6-3,7-5 to make it to the last eight. Second ranked 192nd ranked Ye-Ra Lee of Korea also moved into the quarterfinals with a7-5,6-4 win over Thialnd's Suchanan Viratprasert.
Fourth seeded Ksenia Palkina was the only seeded player to go through a harrowing time before overcoming Leonie Mekel of Nederlands 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanosvski, sixth seeded Kai-Chen Chang of Taipei along with her country mate I-Hsuan Hwang also made it to the last eight.
The Indian challenge also ended in the doubles as the teams of Rushmi Chakravarthy /Ankita Bhambri and Parija maloo and Poojashree Venkatesha were ousted in the quarterfinals.
Following are the results. (2nd Round)
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Ankita Bhambri (Ind) 6-2, 7-5
Shalini Sahoo(Ind) bt Alexandra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) 6-3,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt Leonie Mekel(Ned) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
S.6 Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) bt Korina Perkovic(Ger) 6-2,6-3
I-Hsuan Hwang(Tpe) bt Natasha Khan (Gbr) 6-2,6-3
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt Patrycja Sanduska(Pol) 6-4,6-1
Jing Jing lu (Chn) bt Isha Lakhani (Ind) 6-3,7-5
S.2 Ye Ra Lee (Kor) bt Suchanan Viratprasert (Tha) 7-5,6-4
Doubles (Quarter finals)
Elora Dabija(Rou) /Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt Jade Windley / Natasha
Khan (Gbr) 6-4,6-0
Julia Parasyuk(rus) / Korina Perkovic(Ger) bt Parija Maloo/
Poojashree Venkatesha(Ind) 6-4,6-0
Jade Curtis / Emily Webley Smith (Gbr) bt Varatchaya Wongteanchai
(tha) / Jing Jing Lu (Chn) 7-6(8-6),4-6,11-9
Kai-Chen Chang/ I HsuanHwang (Tpe) bt Ankita Bhambri/ Rushmi
Chakravarthy(Ind) 6-4,6-4
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
NECC DAY 2
Sahoo upsets seventh seed Thyssen, Lakhani moves into 2nd round at $25,000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis
Pune , November 11: Qualifier and little known Shalini Sahoo of India upset seventh seeded Nicole Thyssen of Nederlands , while another Indian Isha Lakhani scored an easy win to move into the second round on a day when two other seeds were shown the door at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee ( NECCC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the first round matches played today Shalini Sahoo upset the seventh seded and 236ranked Nicole Thyssen 7-5,2-6,6-2 in a 2hr 15 min battle. Left handed Isha Lakhani became the third player to enter the second round as she accounted for Julia Glushko of Israel 6-3,6-1. Ankita Bhambri had moved to the second round earlier.
In the biggest upset of the day Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanosvski knocked out third seeded and 201 ranked Agnes Szatmari of Romania 6-3,6-4 ,while in another upset 270th ranked I-Hsuan Hwang of Taipei scored a 6-2,7-5 upset win over fifth seeded Liana Gabriela Ungur of Romania to make it to the second round.
In the first set which lasted for 50 minutes, Shalini broke Thyssen in the 12th game to win the set. In the second set Sahoo was broken in the very first game and in the 5th and 7th games by Thyssen who won the second set easily. In the third set Sahoo again found her bearing and raced to a 5-0 lead, Thyssen who struggled with a shoulder injury couldn't keep up with the pace and surrendered the set and match 6-2 to let Sahoo record her biggest victory so far.
Another Indian wildcard entrant fresh from her double crown triumph at the Grade 3 junior event in Malaysia and member of the MSLTA Vision 2010 programme, Rashmi Teltumbde went down playing a close second set against fourth Seeded Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan . Palkina won 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round.
In the second round Ankita will take on top seeded Melanie South , while Sahoo will take on Uzbekistan junior and wild card Alexandra Kolesnichenko. Isha Lakhani will take on eighth seeded Jing jing Lu of China .
Following are the results.
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Jade Windley (Gbr) 6-2, 6-4
Shalini Sahoo(Ind) bt Nicole Thyssen (Ned) S.7 7-5,2-6,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt Rashmi Teltumde(Ind) 6-3,7-5
Korina Perkovic(Ger) bt Sophie Ferguson(Aus) 7-5,6-7(7-4),6-2
Kai-Chen Chang(Tpe) bt Julia Parasyuk (Rus) 6-4,6-7(7-4),6-2
I-Hsuan Hwang(Tpe) bt Liana Gabriela Ungur(Rou) (S.5) 6-2,7-5
Natasha Khan (Gbr) bt Florence Haring (Fra) 6-1,2-6,7-6(7-4)
Patrycja Sanduska(Pol) bt Silvia Disderi(Ita) 6-4, 6-2
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt Agnes Szatmari(Rou) S.3 6-3,6-4
Jing Jing lu (Chn) bt Jade Curtis (Gbr) 6-3,6-1
Isha Lakhani (Ind) bt Julia Glushko( Isr) 6-3,6-1
Suchanan Viratprasert bt Vivian Senini(Bra) 6-4,6-2
Pune , November 11: Qualifier and little known Shalini Sahoo of India upset seventh seeded Nicole Thyssen of Nederlands , while another Indian Isha Lakhani scored an easy win to move into the second round on a day when two other seeds were shown the door at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee ( NECCC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the first round matches played today Shalini Sahoo upset the seventh seded and 236ranked Nicole Thyssen 7-5,2-6,6-2 in a 2hr 15 min battle. Left handed Isha Lakhani became the third player to enter the second round as she accounted for Julia Glushko of Israel 6-3,6-1. Ankita Bhambri had moved to the second round earlier.
In the biggest upset of the day Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanosvski knocked out third seeded and 201 ranked Agnes Szatmari of Romania 6-3,6-4 ,while in another upset 270th ranked I-Hsuan Hwang of Taipei scored a 6-2,7-5 upset win over fifth seeded Liana Gabriela Ungur of Romania to make it to the second round.
In the first set which lasted for 50 minutes, Shalini broke Thyssen in the 12th game to win the set. In the second set Sahoo was broken in the very first game and in the 5th and 7th games by Thyssen who won the second set easily. In the third set Sahoo again found her bearing and raced to a 5-0 lead, Thyssen who struggled with a shoulder injury couldn't keep up with the pace and surrendered the set and match 6-2 to let Sahoo record her biggest victory so far.
Another Indian wildcard entrant fresh from her double crown triumph at the Grade 3 junior event in Malaysia and member of the MSLTA Vision 2010 programme, Rashmi Teltumbde went down playing a close second set against fourth Seeded Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan . Palkina won 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round.
In the second round Ankita will take on top seeded Melanie South , while Sahoo will take on Uzbekistan junior and wild card Alexandra Kolesnichenko. Isha Lakhani will take on eighth seeded Jing jing Lu of China .
Following are the results.
S.1 Melanie South (Gbr) bt Jade Windley (Gbr) 6-2, 6-4
Shalini Sahoo(Ind) bt Nicole Thyssen (Ned) S.7 7-5,2-6,6-2
S.4. Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt Rashmi Teltumde(Ind) 6-3,7-5
Korina Perkovic(Ger) bt Sophie Ferguson(Aus) 7-5,6-7(7-4),6-2
Kai-Chen Chang(Tpe) bt Julia Parasyuk (Rus) 6-4,6-7(7-4),6-2
I-Hsuan Hwang(Tpe) bt Liana Gabriela Ungur(Rou) (S.5) 6-2,7-5
Natasha Khan (Gbr) bt Florence Haring (Fra) 6-1,2-6,7-6(7-4)
Patrycja Sanduska(Pol) bt Silvia Disderi(Ita) 6-4, 6-2
Bojana Jovanosvski (Srb) bt Agnes Szatmari(Rou) S.3 6-3,6-4
Jing Jing lu (Chn) bt Jade Curtis (Gbr) 6-3,6-1
Isha Lakhani (Ind) bt Julia Glushko( Isr) 6-3,6-1
Suchanan Viratprasert bt Vivian Senini(Bra) 6-4,6-2
Melanie South, Seeded - 1
Birth Date
03/05/1986
Birth Place
Kingston, Surrey, GBR
Residence
New Malden, Surrey, England
Nationality
Great Britain
Height
1.70m
Weight
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Hard, Hard
Coach
Lucie Ahl
Age Started Tennis
6
03/05/1986
Birth Place
Kingston, Surrey, GBR
Residence
New Malden, Surrey, England
Nationality
Great Britain
Height
1.70m
Weight
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Hard, Hard
Coach
Lucie Ahl
Age Started Tennis
6
Monique Adamczak, Seeded - 2
Birth Date
21/01/1983
Birth Place
Sydney, Australia
Residence
Sydney, Australia
Nationality
Australia
Height
1.70m
Weight
59kg
Plays
Right Handed
Favourite Surface
Grass
Coach
Tony Roche
Age Started Tennis
9
21/01/1983
Birth Place
Sydney, Australia
Residence
Sydney, Australia
Nationality
Australia
Height
1.70m
Weight
59kg
Plays
Right Handed
Favourite Surface
Grass
Coach
Tony Roche
Age Started Tennis
9
YE RA LEE, Seeded - 3
Birth Date
14/09/1987
Birth Place
Kang Won Do, Korea
Residence
Kang Won Do , Korea
Nationality
Korea, Rep.
Height
1.60m
Weight
58kg
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Clay
Coach
Seung-Soo Lee
Age Started Tennis
11
14/09/1987
Birth Place
Kang Won Do, Korea
Residence
Kang Won Do , Korea
Nationality
Korea, Rep.
Height
1.60m
Weight
58kg
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Clay
Coach
Seung-Soo Lee
Age Started Tennis
11
Agnes Szatmari - Seeded 4
Birth Date
28/06/1987
Birth Place
Gheorgheni, Romania
Residence
Gheorgheni, Romania
Nationality
Romania
Height
1.62m
Weight
57kg
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Hard
Coach
Portik Endre
Age Started Tennis
7
28/06/1987
Birth Place
Gheorgheni, Romania
Residence
Gheorgheni, Romania
Nationality
Romania
Height
1.62m
Weight
57kg
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Favourite Surface
Hard
Coach
Portik Endre
Age Started Tennis
7
Ksenia Palkina - Seeded 5
PALKINA, Ksenia (KGZ)
Birth Date
13/12/1989
Birth Place
Khabarovsky Kray, Russia
Residence
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Nationality
Kyrgyzstan
Height
1.74m
Weight
60kg
Plays
Right Handed
Favourite Surface
Clay
Nicole Thyssen, Seeded - 6
THYSSEN, Nicole
Birth Date
05/06/1988
Birth Place
Delft, Netherlands
Residence
Naadlwyk, Netherlands
Nationality
Netherlands
Height
1.67m
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Both Sides)
Favourite Surface
Hard, Clay
Coach
Ruud Thyssen
Birth Date
05/06/1988
Birth Place
Delft, Netherlands
Residence
Naadlwyk, Netherlands
Nationality
Netherlands
Height
1.67m
Plays
Right Handed (Double Handed Both Sides)
Favourite Surface
Hard, Clay
Coach
Ruud Thyssen
Monday, November 10, 2008
NECC DAY 1
Ankita in round 2, Kyra goes down at $25,000 ITF Women's Tennis
• Topseeds Szatmari Thyssen upset in doubles
Pune , November 10: Wildcard Ankita Bhambri of India scored an exiting win against Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand , while another wildcard Kyra Shroff went down fighting to Leonie Mekel of Netherlands at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee ( NECCC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the first round singles played today 384th ranked wildcard entrant Bhambri recovering from a sore throat came back from being 1-4 down in the second set to score a 6-3,-4 win over the 447th ranked Thai player Wongteanchai. India's promising youngster and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Youth games Kyra Shroff went down fighting to the 460th ranked Dutch player Leonie Mekel 6-7(7-3) , 6-2,6-3 in a 2 hr tussle
Another wildcard entrant Uzbek Junior Alexandra Kolesnichenko ranked 662 scored a 7-6(7-1),6-2 win over qualifier Hae-Sung Kim of Korea , while second seeded Korean Ye Ra Lee ranked 192 routed Ellora Dabija of Romania 6-3,6-3 to move into the second round.
Dabija partnering Bojana Jovanovski created the biggest upset when they knocked out top seeds Agnes Szatmari of Romania and Nicole Thyssen of Nedelands 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the doubles
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of International shooter Anjali Bhagwat and Secretary of AITA Anil Khanna. Tournament director Anand Tulpule welcomed the guests, while organizing Secretary Nitin Joshi proposed the vote of thanks. The Secretary of MSLTA Sharad Kannamwar, BSR Shastry of NECC and the Hon Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana Vishwas Lokare were present on the occasion. Both Bhagwat and Khanna were also conferred honorary membership of the century year old club.
Following are the results;
Singles: First Round.
Ankita Bhambri (Ind) bt Vartchaya Wongteanchai. (Tha) 6-3,6-4
Leonie Mekel (Ned) bt Kyra Shroff (Ind) 6-7(7-3),6-2,6-3
Alexandra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) bt Hae-Sung Kim (Kor) 7-6(7-1),6-2
Ye Ra Lee (Kor) bt Elora Dabija ( Rom) 6-3,6-3 .
Doubles ( first round)
Elora Dabija /Bojana Jovanovski bt Agnes Szatmari / Nicole Thyssen 6-2, 6-3
• Topseeds Szatmari Thyssen upset in doubles
Pune , November 10: Wildcard Ankita Bhambri of India scored an exiting win against Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand , while another wildcard Kyra Shroff went down fighting to Leonie Mekel of Netherlands at the $25,000 NECC- ITF women's tennis Championships sponsored by the National Egg Coordination committee ( NECCC) being organized by the Deccan Gymkhana and being played on their courts here.
In the first round singles played today 384th ranked wildcard entrant Bhambri recovering from a sore throat came back from being 1-4 down in the second set to score a 6-3,-4 win over the 447th ranked Thai player Wongteanchai. India's promising youngster and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Youth games Kyra Shroff went down fighting to the 460th ranked Dutch player Leonie Mekel 6-7(7-3) , 6-2,6-3 in a 2 hr tussle
Another wildcard entrant Uzbek Junior Alexandra Kolesnichenko ranked 662 scored a 7-6(7-1),6-2 win over qualifier Hae-Sung Kim of Korea , while second seeded Korean Ye Ra Lee ranked 192 routed Ellora Dabija of Romania 6-3,6-3 to move into the second round.
Dabija partnering Bojana Jovanovski created the biggest upset when they knocked out top seeds Agnes Szatmari of Romania and Nicole Thyssen of Nedelands 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the doubles
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of International shooter Anjali Bhagwat and Secretary of AITA Anil Khanna. Tournament director Anand Tulpule welcomed the guests, while organizing Secretary Nitin Joshi proposed the vote of thanks. The Secretary of MSLTA Sharad Kannamwar, BSR Shastry of NECC and the Hon Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana Vishwas Lokare were present on the occasion. Both Bhagwat and Khanna were also conferred honorary membership of the century year old club.
Following are the results;
Singles: First Round.
Ankita Bhambri (Ind) bt Vartchaya Wongteanchai. (Tha) 6-3,6-4
Leonie Mekel (Ned) bt Kyra Shroff (Ind) 6-7(7-3),6-2,6-3
Alexandra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) bt Hae-Sung Kim (Kor) 7-6(7-1),6-2
Ye Ra Lee (Kor) bt Elora Dabija ( Rom) 6-3,6-3 .
Doubles ( first round)
Elora Dabija /Bojana Jovanovski bt Agnes Szatmari / Nicole Thyssen 6-2, 6-3
Friday, November 7, 2008
NECC - ITF WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Players from 16 countries to be seen in action at $25000 NECC- ITF Women's Tennis Championships.
Pune, November 5: The city will witness women's tennis players from 16 countries along with top Indian players in action at the 8th edition of the$25,000 NECC - ITF Women's Tennis Championships which will be organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts from November 10-November 15.
The championships will offer total prize money of $ 25,000(Rs.12, 50,000) which will be sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) with the event being organized under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA.
Speaking to reporters Mr. Anand Tulpule, the tournament director of the event and Mr. Vishwas Lokare General Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana told reporters that 123rd ranked British player Melanie South fresh from a victory at Port Pirie in Australia last week , Australian 179th ranked Monique Adamczak , 187th ranked Korean Ye-Ra Lee , 213 ranked Romanian Agnes Szatmari and 221st ranked Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan who won two events on the ITF circuit and reached the last 16 at Tashkent WTA Open this year will be some of the top players in the event.
Mr. Tulpule added the Indian players have tough task at hand as only one Indian last year's runners-up of the event Isha Lakhani finds a place in the main draw.
Other Indian players will have to make it to the draw through the qualifying or as wild cards. "We have observed the past so many years that the standard of the event is going up substantially and the cut off for the main draw are getting higher every year" he added.
Veteran players Rushmi Chakravarthi, Bhambri sisters Sanaa and Ankita, and juniors Kyra Shroff, Shweta Kumari Solanki, Parul Goswami and Poojashree Venkatesha, Rashmi Teltumbde, Aishwarya Srivatsav will be some of the Indian challengers at the event.
The tournament will also witness top juniors like, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand, Alexandra Kolesnichenko of Uzbekistan who have represented their countries at the Federation cup event this year.
Mr. Vishwas Lokare said that it was an event that had become a permanent fixture in the international calendar and many of the girls who have played here over the years including our own Sania Mirza, have gone high in their careers.
They further said that they were indeed thankful to Ms Anuradha Desai, the chairperson of the National Egg Coordination Committee for commitment and support in promoting women's tennis in India.
While the winner will receive 25 WTA points and prize money of $2940 , The runners up will receive 17 points and prize money of $1666 , the semifinalists 11.5 points and prize money of $1078, the quarterfinalists 7 points and prize money of $686 and the pre- quarterfinalist 7 points and prize money of $490 points.
The first round winner will receive 3.5 points and prize money of $490, while first round loser will get 1 point and $224. There will also be points and prize money for the qualifying rounds as well the Qualifiers will get 1.5points, the first round qualifying will get $68 and 0.25 points, the second round qualifier will get $133 and 0.50 points.
The doubles winner pair will get $1176, the runners up $686, the Semifinalists $392, Quarterfinalist $196 and the First round $98.
Asia's Top tennis Official and Pune's Silver Batch referee Sheetal Iyer has been appointed as the ITF referee of the event by the International tennis federation, along with Delhi's Lalit Mohan Singh who has been appointed the Bronze badge chair umpire. City's Leena Nageshkar and Hyderabad's Shiva Reddy have been appointed as the White badge officials for the event.
A special food court will also be put up by the sponsors of the event at the venue, while the entry to watch Matches will be free, Mr. Tulpule added
The main draw of the event will be played from Monday onwards, while the qualifying rounds of the event will begin on Saturday. The semifinals and finals will be shown live on Doordarshan.
Mr Tulpule also announced the wildcards for the main draw to Ankita Bhambri, junior players Kyra Shroff and Rashmi Teltumbde from Maharashtra and to Alexandra Kolesnichenko of Uzbekistan
Following is the players list recived from ITF for $25000 NECC-ITF Tennis championships at Deccan Gymkhana Pune.
Main Draw list
1 SOUTH, Melanie GBR 123
2 ADAMCZAK, Monique AUS 179
3 LEE, Ye-Ra KOR 187
4 SZATMARI, Agnes ROU 213
5 PALKINA, Ksenia KGZ 221
6 THYSSEN, Nicole NED 224
7 UNGUR, Liana-Gabriela ROU 225
8 LU, Jing-Jing CHN 241
9CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE 274
10 HARING, Florence FRA 275
11VIRATPRASERT, Suchanun THA 296
12 FERGUSON, Sophie AUS 306
13 HWANG, I-Hsuan TPE 307
14 SEGNINI, Vivian BRA 321
15 LAKHANI, Isha IND333
16TANGPHONG, Montinee THA 340
17 LUANGNAM, Nudnida THA 353
Qualifying
1GLUSHKO, Julia ISR 390
2 DABIJA, Elora ROU 406
3MEKEL, Leonie NED452
4PARASYUK, Julia RUS453
5WONGTEANCHAI, Varatchaya THA 468
6 PERKOVIC, Korina GER 471
7 LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA 479
8 CURTIS, Jade GBR 489
9 BHAMBRI, Sanaa IND 505
10 BHAMBRI, Ankita IND 510
11CHAKRAVARTHI, Rushmi IND 530
12 MIRKOVIC, Marija AUS 540
13 WANNASUK, Nungnadda THA 551
14 WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily GBR 558
15 ASTROGO, Chen ISR 590
16 JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB 601
17SHLOMO, Keren ISR 609
18 DISDERI, Silvia ITA 622
19 MALOO, Parija IND 627
20 KHAN, Natasha GBR 641
21KOLESNICHENKO, Alexandra UZB 651
22 GOSWAMI, Parul IND 715
23 RAE, Jocelyn GBR 753
24 HE, Chun-Yan CHN 791
25 SANDUSKA, Patrycja POL 872
Pune, November 5: The city will witness women's tennis players from 16 countries along with top Indian players in action at the 8th edition of the$25,000 NECC - ITF Women's Tennis Championships which will be organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts from November 10-November 15.
The championships will offer total prize money of $ 25,000(Rs.12, 50,000) which will be sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) with the event being organized under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA.
Speaking to reporters Mr. Anand Tulpule, the tournament director of the event and Mr. Vishwas Lokare General Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana told reporters that 123rd ranked British player Melanie South fresh from a victory at Port Pirie in Australia last week , Australian 179th ranked Monique Adamczak , 187th ranked Korean Ye-Ra Lee , 213 ranked Romanian Agnes Szatmari and 221st ranked Ksenia Palkina of Kyrgyzstan who won two events on the ITF circuit and reached the last 16 at Tashkent WTA Open this year will be some of the top players in the event.
Mr. Tulpule added the Indian players have tough task at hand as only one Indian last year's runners-up of the event Isha Lakhani finds a place in the main draw.
Other Indian players will have to make it to the draw through the qualifying or as wild cards. "We have observed the past so many years that the standard of the event is going up substantially and the cut off for the main draw are getting higher every year" he added.
Veteran players Rushmi Chakravarthi, Bhambri sisters Sanaa and Ankita, and juniors Kyra Shroff, Shweta Kumari Solanki, Parul Goswami and Poojashree Venkatesha, Rashmi Teltumbde, Aishwarya Srivatsav will be some of the Indian challengers at the event.
The tournament will also witness top juniors like, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand, Alexandra Kolesnichenko of Uzbekistan who have represented their countries at the Federation cup event this year.
Mr. Vishwas Lokare said that it was an event that had become a permanent fixture in the international calendar and many of the girls who have played here over the years including our own Sania Mirza, have gone high in their careers.
They further said that they were indeed thankful to Ms Anuradha Desai, the chairperson of the National Egg Coordination Committee for commitment and support in promoting women's tennis in India.
While the winner will receive 25 WTA points and prize money of $2940 , The runners up will receive 17 points and prize money of $1666 , the semifinalists 11.5 points and prize money of $1078, the quarterfinalists 7 points and prize money of $686 and the pre- quarterfinalist 7 points and prize money of $490 points.
The first round winner will receive 3.5 points and prize money of $490, while first round loser will get 1 point and $224. There will also be points and prize money for the qualifying rounds as well the Qualifiers will get 1.5points, the first round qualifying will get $68 and 0.25 points, the second round qualifier will get $133 and 0.50 points.
The doubles winner pair will get $1176, the runners up $686, the Semifinalists $392, Quarterfinalist $196 and the First round $98.
Asia's Top tennis Official and Pune's Silver Batch referee Sheetal Iyer has been appointed as the ITF referee of the event by the International tennis federation, along with Delhi's Lalit Mohan Singh who has been appointed the Bronze badge chair umpire. City's Leena Nageshkar and Hyderabad's Shiva Reddy have been appointed as the White badge officials for the event.
A special food court will also be put up by the sponsors of the event at the venue, while the entry to watch Matches will be free, Mr. Tulpule added
The main draw of the event will be played from Monday onwards, while the qualifying rounds of the event will begin on Saturday. The semifinals and finals will be shown live on Doordarshan.
Mr Tulpule also announced the wildcards for the main draw to Ankita Bhambri, junior players Kyra Shroff and Rashmi Teltumbde from Maharashtra and to Alexandra Kolesnichenko of Uzbekistan
Following is the players list recived from ITF for $25000 NECC-ITF Tennis championships at Deccan Gymkhana Pune.
Main Draw list
1 SOUTH, Melanie GBR 123
2 ADAMCZAK, Monique AUS 179
3 LEE, Ye-Ra KOR 187
4 SZATMARI, Agnes ROU 213
5 PALKINA, Ksenia KGZ 221
6 THYSSEN, Nicole NED 224
7 UNGUR, Liana-Gabriela ROU 225
8 LU, Jing-Jing CHN 241
9CHANG, Kai-Chen TPE 274
10 HARING, Florence FRA 275
11VIRATPRASERT, Suchanun THA 296
12 FERGUSON, Sophie AUS 306
13 HWANG, I-Hsuan TPE 307
14 SEGNINI, Vivian BRA 321
15 LAKHANI, Isha IND333
16TANGPHONG, Montinee THA 340
17 LUANGNAM, Nudnida THA 353
Qualifying
1GLUSHKO, Julia ISR 390
2 DABIJA, Elora ROU 406
3MEKEL, Leonie NED452
4PARASYUK, Julia RUS453
5WONGTEANCHAI, Varatchaya THA 468
6 PERKOVIC, Korina GER 471
7 LERTCHEEWAKARN, Noppawan THA 479
8 CURTIS, Jade GBR 489
9 BHAMBRI, Sanaa IND 505
10 BHAMBRI, Ankita IND 510
11CHAKRAVARTHI, Rushmi IND 530
12 MIRKOVIC, Marija AUS 540
13 WANNASUK, Nungnadda THA 551
14 WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily GBR 558
15 ASTROGO, Chen ISR 590
16 JOVANOVSKI, Bojana SRB 601
17SHLOMO, Keren ISR 609
18 DISDERI, Silvia ITA 622
19 MALOO, Parija IND 627
20 KHAN, Natasha GBR 641
21KOLESNICHENKO, Alexandra UZB 651
22 GOSWAMI, Parul IND 715
23 RAE, Jocelyn GBR 753
24 HE, Chun-Yan CHN 791
25 SANDUSKA, Patrycja POL 872
WALCHAND CUP - DAY 4
WALCHANDNAGAR CUP NATIONAL SERIES JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT (U/16) 2008
Gowda, Bhonsale, Mukherjee , Bhuvna upset seeds to enter semifinals
of Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Karnataka's Vinod Gowda, Maharashtra's Rutuja Bhonsale, Andhra Pradesh's K Bhuvna and West Bengal's Amruta Mukherjee created major upsets knocking out seeds to move into the semifinal rounds at the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In the Boys under 16 quarterfinals seventh seeded Vinod Gowda , a tenth standard student of the Vivekananda school , Bangalore created the biggest upset accounting for third seeded Rohit Bisht of Delhi 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last four. Top seed Shahbaaz Khan, second seed Ronit Bisht and fourth seeded Vishwesh Sinha also made it to the semifinals with contrasting wins.
Bespectacled twelve year old local lass and seventh standard student of Pune's Nagarwalla school Rutuja Bhonsale created two upsets in day accounting for third seeded Iska Teertha of AP 6-3 6-2 in the pre quarterfinals and fifth seeded Eetee Mehta of Gujarat 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to move into the last four in the girls singles.
It was a bad day for second seed Prathana Thombare and fourth seeded Vaidehi Bhagwat of Maharashtra as they were shunted out from the singles event.
Seventh seeded K. Bhuvna, a student of the Government high School, Pullivendula in the Cuddapah district of AP registered a shocking 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) win over second seeded and India junior team member Prathana Thombre of Maharashtra.
Sixth seeded Kolkatta's Amruta Mukherjee who won the Asian Ranking tennis in the city in April this year easily accounted for another member of the junior Indian team and fourth seed Vaidehi Bhagwat of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-2 to enter the last four.
Top seed Ankita Raina Gujarat remained the only seed in fray scoring an emphatic 6-2, 6-1over Sabatini Ankaraju of Andhra Pradesh
Following are the results:
Boys: Singles: Quarter Finals:
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) (S 1) bt R. Ramkumar (TN) (S5) 6-0. 6-1;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (S4) bt Arjun Kadhe (Mah) (S8) 7-5, 7-5;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) (S7) bt Rohit Bisht (Dli) (S3) 6-3, 6-3;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) (S2) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) (S11) 6-2, 6-1;
Girls Singles: Pre Quarter Finals:
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Madhuri Pathare ((Mah) (S15) 6-1, 6-1;
Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) bt B. Nithyaraj (TN) (S8) 6-2, 6-2;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Teertha Iska (AP) (S3) 6-3, 6-2;
Eetee Mehta (Guj) (S5) bt Namita Bal (Mah) (S11) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Sanjana Kumar (TN) ( S10) 6-1, 6-0;
Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah)( S4) bt Vignyatha Reddy (AP) (S16) 6-1, 6-2;
K.Bhuvna (AP) ( S7) bt Sanskriti Jangle (Mah) (WL) 6-1, 6-2;
Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) bt Akshara Iska (AP) (S13) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;
Girls: Quarter Finals:
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) 6-2, 6-1;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Eetee Mehta (Guj) (S5) 6-2, 6-2;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah) ( S4) 6-2, 6-2;
K. Bhuvna (AP) (S7) bt Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) 6-4, 7-6(13-11).
Gowda, Bhonsale, Mukherjee , Bhuvna upset seeds to enter semifinals
of Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Karnataka's Vinod Gowda, Maharashtra's Rutuja Bhonsale, Andhra Pradesh's K Bhuvna and West Bengal's Amruta Mukherjee created major upsets knocking out seeds to move into the semifinal rounds at the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In the Boys under 16 quarterfinals seventh seeded Vinod Gowda , a tenth standard student of the Vivekananda school , Bangalore created the biggest upset accounting for third seeded Rohit Bisht of Delhi 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last four. Top seed Shahbaaz Khan, second seed Ronit Bisht and fourth seeded Vishwesh Sinha also made it to the semifinals with contrasting wins.
Bespectacled twelve year old local lass and seventh standard student of Pune's Nagarwalla school Rutuja Bhonsale created two upsets in day accounting for third seeded Iska Teertha of AP 6-3 6-2 in the pre quarterfinals and fifth seeded Eetee Mehta of Gujarat 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to move into the last four in the girls singles.
It was a bad day for second seed Prathana Thombare and fourth seeded Vaidehi Bhagwat of Maharashtra as they were shunted out from the singles event.
Seventh seeded K. Bhuvna, a student of the Government high School, Pullivendula in the Cuddapah district of AP registered a shocking 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) win over second seeded and India junior team member Prathana Thombre of Maharashtra.
Sixth seeded Kolkatta's Amruta Mukherjee who won the Asian Ranking tennis in the city in April this year easily accounted for another member of the junior Indian team and fourth seed Vaidehi Bhagwat of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-2 to enter the last four.
Top seed Ankita Raina Gujarat remained the only seed in fray scoring an emphatic 6-2, 6-1over Sabatini Ankaraju of Andhra Pradesh
Following are the results:
Boys: Singles: Quarter Finals:
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) (S 1) bt R. Ramkumar (TN) (S5) 6-0. 6-1;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (S4) bt Arjun Kadhe (Mah) (S8) 7-5, 7-5;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) (S7) bt Rohit Bisht (Dli) (S3) 6-3, 6-3;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) (S2) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) (S11) 6-2, 6-1;
Girls Singles: Pre Quarter Finals:
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Madhuri Pathare ((Mah) (S15) 6-1, 6-1;
Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) bt B. Nithyaraj (TN) (S8) 6-2, 6-2;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Teertha Iska (AP) (S3) 6-3, 6-2;
Eetee Mehta (Guj) (S5) bt Namita Bal (Mah) (S11) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Sanjana Kumar (TN) ( S10) 6-1, 6-0;
Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah)( S4) bt Vignyatha Reddy (AP) (S16) 6-1, 6-2;
K.Bhuvna (AP) ( S7) bt Sanskriti Jangle (Mah) (WL) 6-1, 6-2;
Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) bt Akshara Iska (AP) (S13) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;
Girls: Quarter Finals:
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) 6-2, 6-1;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Eetee Mehta (Guj) (S5) 6-2, 6-2;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah) ( S4) 6-2, 6-2;
K. Bhuvna (AP) (S7) bt Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) 6-4, 7-6(13-11).
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
WALCHAND CUP - DAY 3
WALCHANDNAGAR CUP NATIONAL SERIES JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT (U/16) 2008
Bisht, Kadhe survive match point scare to move in last eight at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Second seeded Ronit Bisht of Delhi and eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe of Maharashtra survived match point scares against local boys Sumit Shinde and Om Dalvi to move into the quarterfinals in the boys singles event of the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In a minor upset Maharashtra's Rutuja Bhonsale upset 14th seed Vaibhavi Trivedi of Gujarat 6-3, 6-1to move into the third round of the girls singles event.
In closely fought encounters second seeded Ronit Bisht managed to stave off two match points in the second and third set to scrape past Sumit Shinde 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2) in a thriller, while eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe held his nerves to save 3 match points in the second set to stave off local challenger Om Dalvi 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1.
In the only upset of the day in the boys event Maharashtra's Saurabh Patil upset sixth seed Suraj Kunwar of Gujarat , as Kunwar conceded his match trailing 7-5, 4- 1
Following are the results
Boys Singles : Pre Quarter Finals:
Arjun Kadhe (Mah) (S8) bt Om Dalvi (Mah) 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1;
R. Ramkumar (TN) (S5) bt Vietla Sawan (AP) 6-1, 6-1;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) (S7) bt Adwait Sadwilkar(Mah) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2;
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) (S 1) bt Tushal Thawani( Mah) 6-1, 6-0;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (S4) bt S. Karan (Kar) 7-5, 6-2;
Rohit Bisht (Dli) (S3) bt Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) 6-3, 6-3;
Saurabh Patil (Mah) bt Suraj Kunwar(Guj) (S6) 7-5, 4-1Conceded;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) (S2) bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2).
Girls Singles: Second Round
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Avanee Gosavi (Mah) 6-1, 6-2;
Madhuri Pathare ((Mah) (S15) bt Laveena Chawla (Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) bt Shruti Bhandurge (Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
B. Nithyaraj (TN)( S8) bt Devki Pande (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Teertha Iska (AP)( S3) bt S.Lavanya (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj)(S14) 6-3, 6-1;
Namita Bal (Mah) (S11) bt Devanshi Bhimjiyani (Mah) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2;
Eetee Mehta (Guj)(S5) bt Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Sana Soni (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanjana Kumar (TN)( S10) bt Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2;
Vignyatha Reddy (AP) bt Simran Nanwani (Mah) 6-3, 7-5;
Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah)( S4) bt Krutika Jain (Mah) 6-0, 6-0;
K.Bhuvna (AP)( S7) bt Gauri Baindoor (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3;
Akshara Iska (AP) (S13) bt Ojaswini Singh (MP)6-0, 6-0;
Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) bt Apoorva Barate (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanskriti Jangle (Mah) bt Sharanya Sivani (AP) 7-5, 7-6(7-5).
Boys Doubles Semifinals:
Ronit /Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Vishwesh Sinha / Tushal Thawani 6-1, 6-3
Vietla Sawan/ Shahbaaz Khan bt R. Ramkumar / Arjun Kadhe 6-4,6-2
Girls Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Ankita Raina/ Vaidehi Bhagwat bt Shruti Bhandurge / K. Anjana 6-3, 6-0
Namita Bal/ Pratharna Thombre bt Nupur Shinde / Devanshi Bhimjiyani 6-0, 6-1
Sana Sohoni / Tanaya Gosavi( Mah) bt Eetee Mehta / Vaibhavi Trivedi
(Guj) 7-5, 1-6 , 11-9
Amruta Mukherjee /Rutuja Bhosale bt S.Ojaswani/ Sivani Verma 6-1,6-0
Bisht, Kadhe survive match point scare to move in last eight at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Second seeded Ronit Bisht of Delhi and eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe of Maharashtra survived match point scares against local boys Sumit Shinde and Om Dalvi to move into the quarterfinals in the boys singles event of the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In a minor upset Maharashtra's Rutuja Bhonsale upset 14th seed Vaibhavi Trivedi of Gujarat 6-3, 6-1to move into the third round of the girls singles event.
In closely fought encounters second seeded Ronit Bisht managed to stave off two match points in the second and third set to scrape past Sumit Shinde 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2) in a thriller, while eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe held his nerves to save 3 match points in the second set to stave off local challenger Om Dalvi 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1.
In the only upset of the day in the boys event Maharashtra's Saurabh Patil upset sixth seed Suraj Kunwar of Gujarat , as Kunwar conceded his match trailing 7-5, 4- 1
Following are the results
Boys Singles : Pre Quarter Finals:
Arjun Kadhe (Mah) (S8) bt Om Dalvi (Mah) 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1;
R. Ramkumar (TN) (S5) bt Vietla Sawan (AP) 6-1, 6-1;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) (S7) bt Adwait Sadwilkar(Mah) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2;
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) (S 1) bt Tushal Thawani( Mah) 6-1, 6-0;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (S4) bt S. Karan (Kar) 7-5, 6-2;
Rohit Bisht (Dli) (S3) bt Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) 6-3, 6-3;
Saurabh Patil (Mah) bt Suraj Kunwar(Guj) (S6) 7-5, 4-1Conceded;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) (S2) bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2).
Girls Singles: Second Round
Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Avanee Gosavi (Mah) 6-1, 6-2;
Madhuri Pathare ((Mah) (S15) bt Laveena Chawla (Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) bt Shruti Bhandurge (Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
B. Nithyaraj (TN)( S8) bt Devki Pande (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Teertha Iska (AP)( S3) bt S.Lavanya (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj)(S14) 6-3, 6-1;
Namita Bal (Mah) (S11) bt Devanshi Bhimjiyani (Mah) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2;
Eetee Mehta (Guj)(S5) bt Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Sana Soni (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanjana Kumar (TN)( S10) bt Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2;
Vignyatha Reddy (AP) bt Simran Nanwani (Mah) 6-3, 7-5;
Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah)( S4) bt Krutika Jain (Mah) 6-0, 6-0;
K.Bhuvna (AP)( S7) bt Gauri Baindoor (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3;
Akshara Iska (AP) (S13) bt Ojaswini Singh (MP)6-0, 6-0;
Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) bt Apoorva Barate (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanskriti Jangle (Mah) bt Sharanya Sivani (AP) 7-5, 7-6(7-5).
Boys Doubles Semifinals:
Ronit /Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Vishwesh Sinha / Tushal Thawani 6-1, 6-3
Vietla Sawan/ Shahbaaz Khan bt R. Ramkumar / Arjun Kadhe 6-4,6-2
Girls Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Ankita Raina/ Vaidehi Bhagwat bt Shruti Bhandurge / K. Anjana 6-3, 6-0
Namita Bal/ Pratharna Thombre bt Nupur Shinde / Devanshi Bhimjiyani 6-0, 6-1
Sana Sohoni / Tanaya Gosavi( Mah) bt Eetee Mehta / Vaibhavi Trivedi
(Guj) 7-5, 1-6 , 11-9
Amruta Mukherjee /Rutuja Bhosale bt S.Ojaswani/ Sivani Verma 6-1,6-0
WALCHAND CUP - DAY TWO
WALCHANDNAGAR CUP NATIONAL SERIES JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT (U/16) 2008
Bhimjiyani, Nanwani , Jain scrape past into second round at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Maharashtra players Devanshi Bhimjiyani , Simran Nanwani and Krutika Jain won close three set battles to move into the second round of the girls event at the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In the first round Devanshi scraped past Delhi’s Shubh Gulati 6-2, 6-7(7-5), 6-0 ,while Nanwani won a three hour tussle against Andhra Pradesh player Sayedah Rehnuma (AP) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in the closest match of the day Krutika Jain (Mah) managed to put out Gujarat’s Aishwarya Mahida 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(7-5).
In the boys second round all the sixteen seeds sailed into the pre quarterfinals round without much effort .
Following are some results: Boys: (Second Round):
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) bt Parth Shah (Mah) 6-1, 6-2;
Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Y. Akhil Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-0;
Vietla Sawan (AP) bt B. Sai Reddy (AP) 6-2. 6-3;
R. Ramkumar (TN) bt Pratik Aghavne (Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) bt Yash Deshpande (Mah) 6-2, 6-4;
S. Karan (Kar) bt Kumar Shikhar (Dli) 6-4, 6-4;
Om Dalvi (Mah) bt Shaikh Wahab (Mah) 6-0, 7-6(7-5);
Arjun Khade (Mah) bt Anirudh Darp (Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Abhimanyu Singh (Dli) 6-2, 6-1;
Adwait Sadwilkar (Mah) bt S.P. Prashanth (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) bt Paresh Kulkarni (Mah) 6-0, 6-1;
Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Jay Soni (Guj) 6-1, 6-3;
Suraj Kanwar (Guj) bt Rajanvir Dharni 6-3, 7-5;
Saurabh Patil (Mah) bt Parth Chivte (Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Sumeet Shinde (Mah) bt Dishit Nathwani (Guj) 6-2, 6-0;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) bt Aniket Wakankar (Mah) 6-0, 6-0.
Girls: (First Round):
Avnee Gosavi (Mah) bt Tarini Chandramouli (Kar) 6-2, 6-2;
Laveena Chawla (Mah) bt Liyaan Akalkotkar (Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Shruti Bhandurge (Mah) bt S. Sneha (Mah) 6-2, 6-1;
Devki Dande (TN) bt Nupoor Shinde (Mah) 7-6(7-5), 6-0;
S. Lavanya (TN) bt Mokshita Ostwal (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Rutuja Bhosale (Mah) bt Ambika Pande (TN) 6-2, 6-2;
Bhimjiyani Devanshi (Mah) bt Shubh Gulati (Dli) 6-2, 6-7(7-5), 6-0;
Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) bt K. Anjana (AP) 6-3, 7-6(7-5);
Sana Soni (Mah) bt S.G.Anhinaya (Kar) 6-1, 2-0 conceded;
Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) bt Vasanti Shinde (Mah) 6-3, 6-0;
Simran Nanwani (Mah) bt Sayedah Rehnuma (AP) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1;
Krutika Jain (Mah) bt Aishwarya Mahida (Guj) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(7-5).
Boys Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Ronit /Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Suraj Kanwar / S .Karan 6-1,6-3
Vishwesh Sinha / Tushal Thawani bt Aniruddha Darp/ Parth Shah 6-1,6-4
R. Ramkumar / Arjun Kadhe bt Yash Deshpande / Advait Sadwilkar 5-7,6-4,10-5
Vietla Sawan/ Shahbaaz Khan bt Shikar Kumar / Risabh Mehta 6-2,6-4
Girls Doubles (First Round)
Ankita Raina/ Vaidehi Bhagwat bt Madhuri Pathere / Gaouri Baindoor 6-2,6-2
Eetee Mehta / Vaibhavi T bt K. Bhavna / A Sabatini 6-3,6-4
Sana Sohoni / Tanaya Gosavi bt Saskruti Jangale / LAvina Chawla 6-1,7-5
Namita Bal/ Prathrna Thombare by Avane Gosavi/ Vasanti Shinde 6-3,6-2
Bhimjiyani, Nanwani , Jain scrape past into second round at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Pune, Nov 5: Maharashtra players Devanshi Bhimjiyani , Simran Nanwani and Krutika Jain won close three set battles to move into the second round of the girls event at the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In the first round Devanshi scraped past Delhi’s Shubh Gulati 6-2, 6-7(7-5), 6-0 ,while Nanwani won a three hour tussle against Andhra Pradesh player Sayedah Rehnuma (AP) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, in the closest match of the day Krutika Jain (Mah) managed to put out Gujarat’s Aishwarya Mahida 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(7-5).
In the boys second round all the sixteen seeds sailed into the pre quarterfinals round without much effort .
Following are some results: Boys: (Second Round):
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) bt Parth Shah (Mah) 6-1, 6-2;
Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Y. Akhil Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-0;
Vietla Sawan (AP) bt B. Sai Reddy (AP) 6-2. 6-3;
R. Ramkumar (TN) bt Pratik Aghavne (Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) bt Yash Deshpande (Mah) 6-2, 6-4;
S. Karan (Kar) bt Kumar Shikhar (Dli) 6-4, 6-4;
Om Dalvi (Mah) bt Shaikh Wahab (Mah) 6-0, 7-6(7-5);
Arjun Khade (Mah) bt Anirudh Darp (Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Abhimanyu Singh (Dli) 6-2, 6-1;
Adwait Sadwilkar (Mah) bt S.P. Prashanth (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) bt Paresh Kulkarni (Mah) 6-0, 6-1;
Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Jay Soni (Guj) 6-1, 6-3;
Suraj Kanwar (Guj) bt Rajanvir Dharni 6-3, 7-5;
Saurabh Patil (Mah) bt Parth Chivte (Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Sumeet Shinde (Mah) bt Dishit Nathwani (Guj) 6-2, 6-0;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) bt Aniket Wakankar (Mah) 6-0, 6-0.
Girls: (First Round):
Avnee Gosavi (Mah) bt Tarini Chandramouli (Kar) 6-2, 6-2;
Laveena Chawla (Mah) bt Liyaan Akalkotkar (Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Shruti Bhandurge (Mah) bt S. Sneha (Mah) 6-2, 6-1;
Devki Dande (TN) bt Nupoor Shinde (Mah) 7-6(7-5), 6-0;
S. Lavanya (TN) bt Mokshita Ostwal (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Rutuja Bhosale (Mah) bt Ambika Pande (TN) 6-2, 6-2;
Bhimjiyani Devanshi (Mah) bt Shubh Gulati (Dli) 6-2, 6-7(7-5), 6-0;
Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) bt K. Anjana (AP) 6-3, 7-6(7-5);
Sana Soni (Mah) bt S.G.Anhinaya (Kar) 6-1, 2-0 conceded;
Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) bt Vasanti Shinde (Mah) 6-3, 6-0;
Simran Nanwani (Mah) bt Sayedah Rehnuma (AP) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1;
Krutika Jain (Mah) bt Aishwarya Mahida (Guj) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(7-5).
Boys Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Ronit /Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Suraj Kanwar / S .Karan 6-1,6-3
Vishwesh Sinha / Tushal Thawani bt Aniruddha Darp/ Parth Shah 6-1,6-4
R. Ramkumar / Arjun Kadhe bt Yash Deshpande / Advait Sadwilkar 5-7,6-4,10-5
Vietla Sawan/ Shahbaaz Khan bt Shikar Kumar / Risabh Mehta 6-2,6-4
Girls Doubles (First Round)
Ankita Raina/ Vaidehi Bhagwat bt Madhuri Pathere / Gaouri Baindoor 6-2,6-2
Eetee Mehta / Vaibhavi T bt K. Bhavna / A Sabatini 6-3,6-4
Sana Sohoni / Tanaya Gosavi bt Saskruti Jangale / LAvina Chawla 6-1,7-5
Namita Bal/ Prathrna Thombare by Avane Gosavi/ Vasanti Shinde 6-3,6-2
Monday, November 3, 2008
DAY ONE - WALCHAND CUP
WALCHANDNAGAR CUP NATIONAL SERIES JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT (U/16) 2008
Seeds have it easy at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Lucky loser Chivate scrapes into round 2
Pune, Nov 3: Local player and lucky loser entrant Parth Chivate made the most of his luck as he put out Parth Shah 6-4, 6-7(8-6), 6-3 in a thrilling encounter to make it to the second round of the Walchand Cup
under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In another interesting encounter Shaikh Wahab scraped past Swapnil Saraiya 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to make it to the second round. Sixth seeded Suraj Kanwar of Gujarat overcame initial hiccups to win 7-6(8-6), 6-3 against qualifier Ashman Ghogari. All the other seeds had easy outings on their way to the second round.
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of President of the Walchandnagar Industries Mr. S.S Gangavati, who announced that the event would be an annual feature on the city's tennis map.
Jt. Secretary of MSLTA Anand Tulpule and J.N Nandurkar of WIL presided over the function. Mr. Vishwas Lokare, Secretary Deccan Gymkhana welcomed the guests, while tournament director Nitin Joshi proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are some results (First round) boys:
Ronit Bisht bt Anvit Bendre 6-1, 6-1
Aniket Wakankar bt Raveesh Salelker 6-0, 6-4
Rakshay Thakkar bt Sahil deshmulh 6-3, 6-2
Rajveer Singh Dharani bt Harsha Manjunath (kar) 6-1, 6-1
Suraj kanwar (Guj) bt Ashman Ghogari 7-6(7-3), 6-3
Jay Soni (Guj) bt P. Vasnth kumar (Kar) 6-3, 6 -2
Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt N.S.Vishuraj (AP) 6-0, 6-1
Parth Chivate bt Parth Shah 6-4, 6-7(8-6),6-3
Vinod Gowda (kar) bt Tushar Mandlekar 6-1, 6-0
Shaikh Wahab bt Swapnil Saraiya 3-6, 6-4,6-1
Om Dalvi bt Aitya Chawgule 6-3, 7-5
Vietla Sawan (AP) bt Trivesh Singh (Dli) 6-3, 6-2
Y Akhil reddy bt Shervil Navgire 6-4,7-6(7-3)
Shahbaaz Khan bt S.D Prajwal dev 6-1,6-0
Seeds have it easy at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.
Lucky loser Chivate scrapes into round 2
Pune, Nov 3: Local player and lucky loser entrant Parth Chivate made the most of his luck as he put out Parth Shah 6-4, 6-7(8-6), 6-3 in a thrilling encounter to make it to the second round of the Walchand Cup
under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In another interesting encounter Shaikh Wahab scraped past Swapnil Saraiya 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to make it to the second round. Sixth seeded Suraj Kanwar of Gujarat overcame initial hiccups to win 7-6(8-6), 6-3 against qualifier Ashman Ghogari. All the other seeds had easy outings on their way to the second round.
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of President of the Walchandnagar Industries Mr. S.S Gangavati, who announced that the event would be an annual feature on the city's tennis map.
Jt. Secretary of MSLTA Anand Tulpule and J.N Nandurkar of WIL presided over the function. Mr. Vishwas Lokare, Secretary Deccan Gymkhana welcomed the guests, while tournament director Nitin Joshi proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are some results (First round) boys:
Ronit Bisht bt Anvit Bendre 6-1, 6-1
Aniket Wakankar bt Raveesh Salelker 6-0, 6-4
Rakshay Thakkar bt Sahil deshmulh 6-3, 6-2
Rajveer Singh Dharani bt Harsha Manjunath (kar) 6-1, 6-1
Suraj kanwar (Guj) bt Ashman Ghogari 7-6(7-3), 6-3
Jay Soni (Guj) bt P. Vasnth kumar (Kar) 6-3, 6 -2
Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt N.S.Vishuraj (AP) 6-0, 6-1
Parth Chivate bt Parth Shah 6-4, 6-7(8-6),6-3
Vinod Gowda (kar) bt Tushar Mandlekar 6-1, 6-0
Shaikh Wahab bt Swapnil Saraiya 3-6, 6-4,6-1
Om Dalvi bt Aitya Chawgule 6-3, 7-5
Vietla Sawan (AP) bt Trivesh Singh (Dli) 6-3, 6-2
Y Akhil reddy bt Shervil Navgire 6-4,7-6(7-3)
Shahbaaz Khan bt S.D Prajwal dev 6-1,6-0
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
WALCHAND INDUSTRIES CUP NATIONAL SERIES
The cream of under 16 junior tennis players in India, will contest for honors in the `Walchandnagar Cup National Series Tennis Tournament to be held at the Deccan Gymkhana courts here from November 3 to 8, 2008.
The tournament director Mr. Nitin Joshi, said that this prestigious All India Tennis Association (AITA) tournament being organized under the aegis of the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) is being hosted by the Deccan Gymkhana Club, for the `Walchandnagar Cup' to commemorate the centenary year celebrations of one of the prominent industry in the country.
India's number one under 16 junior player Ankita Raina from Gujarat and Ramkumar Ramnathan from Tamil Nadu will head the main draw of 64 in both the girls and boys under 16. The qualifying round of the tournament will be held on November 1 and 2. in this National series tournament for junior boys and girls singles and doubles.
Announcing Walchand Industries sponsorship of this prestigious tournament, the vice presidents of the company Mre. S.S.Gangawati and J.M. Nandurkar, said that this tournament being held as part of the centenary year celebration of the company, formed the role played by its founder late Seth Hirachand Walchand , in promotion of sports.
Prominent among the junior players to be seen in action in this tournament include: Ramkumar Ramnathan (TN), Suraj Konwar (Gujrat), Navneet Kumar (Chandigarh), Surya Pavan (A), Rupam Gogoi (Assam), Ajay Yadav (Haryana), Arjun Kadhe and Tushal Thawani ,Pune, includi ng other leading players from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Delhi.
The tussle for honors in the girls section will be led by Ankita Raina and Eetee Mehta from Gujarat, Prarthana Thombare, Vaidehi Bhagwat, Namita Bal, Tanya Gosavi all from Maharashtra, Teertha Iska, Anushka Bhargava from Andhra Pradesh, Sanjana M Kumar, Nithya Raj from Tamil Nadu, Liktiha Shetty, S,G.Abhinaya from Karnataka and Ojasvinee Singh from Madhya Pradesh., Pooja Narayan, Tarrannum Handa, Nehal Sahni from Delhi and Ikittesh Chahal,Harnoor Kaur Mann, all from Chandigarh.
- Mukund Joshi
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