Turner is King at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA ITF Futures
Pune, October 10 : New Zealand Davis Cupper and top seed Daniel KingTurner justified his top billing as he quelled the challenge ofsecond seededseed Alexander Satschko of Germany to lift the men's singles title atthe Bilcare Foundation supported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’sITF Tennis Futuresorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club which concluded at their tenniscourts here today.
The lone in a well contested final lasting 2 hours and 1 minutes ,played on the hard courts the composed Kiwi Daniel King Turner scored6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 win over German Alexander Satschko to win the top prizeof $ 1950 and 25 points . The runnersup Satschko had to be contentwith$1350 and 14 points for his effort .
In the 1st set Satschko broke King in 3rd game but King Turner brokeback in 10th game to level scores and face a tiebreak, but Satschkoplayed solidly to take the tiebreak 7-3 and win the first set , in thesecond set King broke the German in the 5th game and then held on tohis serve to win the second set 6-4 and level scores. In the third serKing broke in 1st and 7th games to win the set rather easily and winthe crown .
"I'm happy to have won my first title in India and will surely backfor many more" said an elated Turner. I've been playing well throughtthe week and have played some good tennis and won against some goodplayers this week" he added .
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Mohan Bhandari ofBilcare Foundation and Mr Ashish Sandu General Secretary of DeccanGymkhana. The tournament director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests ,while organising commitee member Prashant Gosavi proposed the vote of thanks
Following are the resultsS.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-2
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
ITF Futures - Day 5
Turner to clash with Satschko in finals of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITAITF Futures. Vardhan/Sharan lift doubles crown
Pune, October 9: Top seed Daniel King Turner, will clash with secondseed Alexander Satschko in the finals of the Bilcare Foundationsupported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures
organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
The lone Indian in the fray Rohan Gajjar had a bad day as he lost inboth events, in the singles semifinals the second seeded GermanAlexander Satschko stopped the sixth seeded Gajjar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ina 2 hrs 27 min tussle , while the topseeded New Zealand davis CupperDaniel King Turner outplayed Korean Kim Young Jun 6-3 7-6(8-6) in amatch lasting 1 hr 40 min
In the doubles finals second seeded pair of Divij Sharan /VishnuVardhan gave Gajjar the second shock of the day when they upset thetopseeded pair of Gajjar/Purav Raja 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hr 17 mins
This is my second week in India and finally I have found my bearings,I'm playing well .rohan played well but I'm happy to have won saidSatschko after the matchI could have done better , said the lanky Gajjar after his match.
In a well contested match both players played consistent tennis . Inthe fisrt set Satschko broke Gajjar in the 5th game to take the set. nthe second set king turner broke Kim in 2nd game of first set, in thesecond set Gajjar broke in the sixth game and levelled the set scores.in the decider , Gajjar was broken in the sixth game when he wasserving 2-3 and then on could not make a comeback
Gajjar got 7 points and $720 for his performance here,while the doubles winner pair will get 25 points, the runners up 14, the Semifinalists 7 points.
The finals of the event will be played tommorrow.
Following are the results
S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) 6-3 7-6(8-6);Match time: 1 hr 40 minS.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.6 Rohan Gajjar (Ind) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;2 hrs 27 min
Doubles (Finals)(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja7-5, 6-3, 1 hr 17 mins
Pune, October 9: Top seed Daniel King Turner, will clash with secondseed Alexander Satschko in the finals of the Bilcare Foundationsupported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures
organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
The lone Indian in the fray Rohan Gajjar had a bad day as he lost inboth events, in the singles semifinals the second seeded GermanAlexander Satschko stopped the sixth seeded Gajjar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ina 2 hrs 27 min tussle , while the topseeded New Zealand davis CupperDaniel King Turner outplayed Korean Kim Young Jun 6-3 7-6(8-6) in amatch lasting 1 hr 40 min
In the doubles finals second seeded pair of Divij Sharan /VishnuVardhan gave Gajjar the second shock of the day when they upset thetopseeded pair of Gajjar/Purav Raja 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hr 17 mins
This is my second week in India and finally I have found my bearings,I'm playing well .rohan played well but I'm happy to have won saidSatschko after the matchI could have done better , said the lanky Gajjar after his match.
In a well contested match both players played consistent tennis . Inthe fisrt set Satschko broke Gajjar in the 5th game to take the set. nthe second set king turner broke Kim in 2nd game of first set, in thesecond set Gajjar broke in the sixth game and levelled the set scores.in the decider , Gajjar was broken in the sixth game when he wasserving 2-3 and then on could not make a comeback
Gajjar got 7 points and $720 for his performance here,while the doubles winner pair will get 25 points, the runners up 14, the Semifinalists 7 points.
The finals of the event will be played tommorrow.
Following are the results
S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) 6-3 7-6(8-6);Match time: 1 hr 40 minS.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.6 Rohan Gajjar (Ind) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;2 hrs 27 min
Doubles (Finals)(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja7-5, 6-3, 1 hr 17 mins
ITF Futures - Day 4
Gajjar lone Indian in Semis of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITA Men’sTennis Futures
Pune, October 9: Rohan Gajjar will be lone Indian in action in theSemifinals, as other Indians Karan Rastogi , Rupesh Roy Ranjit ViraliMurugesan , Vijayant Malik crashed out of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
Top seeds Daniel King Turner, second seed Alexander Satschko andfourth seeded Young –Jun Kim of Korea also made it to the last fourstage.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Rohan Gajjar displayedaggression to put out country mate Vijayant Malik 6-0, 6-3 in a 54minute tussle. “I’m thrilled the way I played, I’ve been playing welland hope to do better here” said the lanky Gajjar after his match.With this performance Gajjar is expected to break in the top 500bracket.
In the semifinals Gajjar will take on second seeded Alexander Satschkoranked 323 in a one sided 1 hour 27 min encounter Satschko playedsolid tennis to outplay fifth seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3.
Top seeded and 317th ranked New Zealand Davis Cupper Daniel kingturner spoilt the winning run of Birthday boy Karan Rastogi stoppinghim 6-3,6-2 in a 1 hr 5 minute match. Turner looked in great form ashe attacked rastogi on both flanks. “I’ve heard Karan is good player,but today I planned my match. I’m happy to play in India and I like toplay here” Turner said.
Turner will take on Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea, who wasgiven a fright by eighth seeded Rupesh Roy, runners-up of the KolkattaFutures last week. Kim Young won 2-6,6-2,6-3 in a 1hour 42 minutematch . Roy broke him in the 1st and 5th game of the first set to takethe set at 6-2. Roy looked comfortable leading 2-1 I the second setbut Kim lifted his game and pace and went on to break Roy in the 6thand 8th games in the second set and take the set 6-2 and level scores.In the third set Kim broke Roy in the sixth game and then held hisserves to win the set and the match 6-3.
Gajjar along with Purav Raja also made it to the Men’s doubles finalin the semifinals the pair managed to scrape past Mithun Murali and N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. They will now take on DivijSharan and Vishnu Vardhan who survived 2 match points to get pastAbhijeet Tiwari and Akash Wagh 6-1,6-7(8-6) 10-6 to make it to finals.
The singles semifinals will be played 10 am onwards, followed by thedoubles finals.
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals)S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-3,6-2S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt S.8 Rupesh Roy 2-6,6-2,6-3S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik 6-0,6-3S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3
Doubles (Semifinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar 3-6,6-4,10-5(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh6-1,6-7(6),10-6
Pune, October 9: Rohan Gajjar will be lone Indian in action in theSemifinals, as other Indians Karan Rastogi , Rupesh Roy Ranjit ViraliMurugesan , Vijayant Malik crashed out of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
Top seeds Daniel King Turner, second seed Alexander Satschko andfourth seeded Young –Jun Kim of Korea also made it to the last fourstage.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Rohan Gajjar displayedaggression to put out country mate Vijayant Malik 6-0, 6-3 in a 54minute tussle. “I’m thrilled the way I played, I’ve been playing welland hope to do better here” said the lanky Gajjar after his match.With this performance Gajjar is expected to break in the top 500bracket.
In the semifinals Gajjar will take on second seeded Alexander Satschkoranked 323 in a one sided 1 hour 27 min encounter Satschko playedsolid tennis to outplay fifth seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3.
Top seeded and 317th ranked New Zealand Davis Cupper Daniel kingturner spoilt the winning run of Birthday boy Karan Rastogi stoppinghim 6-3,6-2 in a 1 hr 5 minute match. Turner looked in great form ashe attacked rastogi on both flanks. “I’ve heard Karan is good player,but today I planned my match. I’m happy to play in India and I like toplay here” Turner said.
Turner will take on Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea, who wasgiven a fright by eighth seeded Rupesh Roy, runners-up of the KolkattaFutures last week. Kim Young won 2-6,6-2,6-3 in a 1hour 42 minutematch . Roy broke him in the 1st and 5th game of the first set to takethe set at 6-2. Roy looked comfortable leading 2-1 I the second setbut Kim lifted his game and pace and went on to break Roy in the 6thand 8th games in the second set and take the set 6-2 and level scores.In the third set Kim broke Roy in the sixth game and then held hisserves to win the set and the match 6-3.
Gajjar along with Purav Raja also made it to the Men’s doubles finalin the semifinals the pair managed to scrape past Mithun Murali and N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. They will now take on DivijSharan and Vishnu Vardhan who survived 2 match points to get pastAbhijeet Tiwari and Akash Wagh 6-1,6-7(8-6) 10-6 to make it to finals.
The singles semifinals will be played 10 am onwards, followed by thedoubles finals.
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals)S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-3,6-2S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt S.8 Rupesh Roy 2-6,6-2,6-3S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik 6-0,6-3S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3
Doubles (Semifinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar 3-6,6-4,10-5(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh6-1,6-7(6),10-6
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
ITF Futures Day 3
Rastogi moves into quarterfinals of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITAMen’s Tennis Futures
Pune, October 7: Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi continued hiswinning run making it to the quarterfinals of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts. All the other seeds also movedinto the last eight of the event.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Wildcard Rastogi playedsolid tennis to outplay Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3 to make it thefirst quarterfinal in the men’s event after an 16 month lay off ,Rastogi will now clash with top seeded Kiwi Davis Cupper Daniel KingTurner who hit out P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1
Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea outplayed Vinod Shridhar 6-3,6-2to set up a clash with eighth seeded Rupesh Roy who made heavy weatherof his match against Yannick Nelord winning 6-3,7-5.
Sixth seeded Rohan Gajjar scored an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over FrenchmanGilles de Sousa and will take on Vijayant Malik who stopped the run ofPurav Raja 6-4, 6-4. Second seeded German Alexander Satschko thrashedChristopher Marquis 6-1,6-0 and will now meet fifth seeded RanjeetVirali Murugesan who disposed off S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0
The local interest in the doubles event remained with Akash Wagh whoteamed with Abhijeet Tiwari putting out Sood Brothers Chandril andLakshit 6-4,6-4 to enter the semifinals. While in another encounterMithun Murali teaming up with N Vijay Sundar scraped past the pair ofNitten Kirrtane and Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4
The quarterfinals of singles and the Doubles semifinals will be played tomorrow.
Men’s Singles (Second Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Vinod Shridhar(Ind) 6-3,6-2S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 6-3,7-5S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Gilles de Sousa (Fra) 6-3, 6-3Vijayant Malik bt Purav Raja 6-4,6-4S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0 S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt Christopher Marquis 6-1,6-0
Doubles (Quarterfinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy 6-1,6-4Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood 6-4,6-4Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar 6-3,6-0
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 7: Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi continued hiswinning run making it to the quarterfinals of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts. All the other seeds also movedinto the last eight of the event.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Wildcard Rastogi playedsolid tennis to outplay Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3 to make it thefirst quarterfinal in the men’s event after an 16 month lay off ,Rastogi will now clash with top seeded Kiwi Davis Cupper Daniel KingTurner who hit out P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1
Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea outplayed Vinod Shridhar 6-3,6-2to set up a clash with eighth seeded Rupesh Roy who made heavy weatherof his match against Yannick Nelord winning 6-3,7-5.
Sixth seeded Rohan Gajjar scored an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over FrenchmanGilles de Sousa and will take on Vijayant Malik who stopped the run ofPurav Raja 6-4, 6-4. Second seeded German Alexander Satschko thrashedChristopher Marquis 6-1,6-0 and will now meet fifth seeded RanjeetVirali Murugesan who disposed off S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0
The local interest in the doubles event remained with Akash Wagh whoteamed with Abhijeet Tiwari putting out Sood Brothers Chandril andLakshit 6-4,6-4 to enter the semifinals. While in another encounterMithun Murali teaming up with N Vijay Sundar scraped past the pair ofNitten Kirrtane and Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4
The quarterfinals of singles and the Doubles semifinals will be played tomorrow.
Men’s Singles (Second Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Vinod Shridhar(Ind) 6-3,6-2S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 6-3,7-5S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Gilles de Sousa (Fra) 6-3, 6-3Vijayant Malik bt Purav Raja 6-4,6-4S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0 S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt Christopher Marquis 6-1,6-0
Doubles (Quarterfinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy 6-1,6-4Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood 6-4,6-4Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar 6-3,6-0
Mukund Joshi
DAY 2 ITF Futures
Raja, Rastogi cause Upsets knock out third and seventh seeds,Topseeded King Turner survives at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITAMen’s Tennis Futures.
Pune, October 6: Unseeded Purav Raja knocked out third seeded and379th ranked Vishnu Vardhan, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi comingback after a long lay off due to injury upset seventh seeded DivijSharan , while top seeded Daniel King Turner survived a scare to moveinto the second round of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITFTennis Futures organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts
The tournament is being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation.
In the biggest upset of the day purav raja ranked 936 th and more of adoubles specialist knocked out third seed Vishnu Vardhan5-7,7-6(5),6-4 in a 2 hr 16 minute battle , while Rastogi upsetseventh seeded Sharan 6-4,6-2 in a 1 hr 26 minute first round tussle.Top seeded Daniel King Turner ranked 317th survived a fighting N.Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3 in 1 hr 52 minute battle.
In another interesting tussle local youngster Ronak Manuja gave aspirited display before going down to Fourth seeded Young Jun Kim ofKorea, Kim won 6-4,6-4.This also ended the local challenge at theevent
In an interesting match Ranjeet Virali –Murugesan scored an impressive6-4, 7-6(2) win over qualifier Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei.Other seeds in action second seed Alexander Satschko of Germany, sixthseeded Rohan Gajjar, eighth seeded and runners-up at last week’sKolkatta Futures Rupesh Roy along with Christopher Marquis and GillesD’souza of France also moved into the last sixteen of the singles
Men’s Singles ( First Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt N. Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt S.7 Divij Sharan 6-4,6-2Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Ronak Manuja ( Ind) 6-4,6-4S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Vivek Shokeen 6-2,6-0S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vikram Reddy 6-4,6-4Gilles de Sousa (Fra) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3,6-3Vijayant Malik bt Antony Elwin 6-2,6-2S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt Cheng Peng Hsieh(Tpe) 6-4,7-6(2)Christopher Marquis bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-2,6-4S.2 Alexander Satschko ( Ger) bt Kamala Kannan 6-1,6-0S.3 Vishnu Vardhan bt Purav Raja 5-7,7-6(5),6-4P.C Vignesh bt I-Ta Chen (Tpe)6-1,5-7,6-2
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 6: Unseeded Purav Raja knocked out third seeded and379th ranked Vishnu Vardhan, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi comingback after a long lay off due to injury upset seventh seeded DivijSharan , while top seeded Daniel King Turner survived a scare to moveinto the second round of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITFTennis Futures organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts
The tournament is being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation.
In the biggest upset of the day purav raja ranked 936 th and more of adoubles specialist knocked out third seed Vishnu Vardhan5-7,7-6(5),6-4 in a 2 hr 16 minute battle , while Rastogi upsetseventh seeded Sharan 6-4,6-2 in a 1 hr 26 minute first round tussle.Top seeded Daniel King Turner ranked 317th survived a fighting N.Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3 in 1 hr 52 minute battle.
In another interesting tussle local youngster Ronak Manuja gave aspirited display before going down to Fourth seeded Young Jun Kim ofKorea, Kim won 6-4,6-4.This also ended the local challenge at theevent
In an interesting match Ranjeet Virali –Murugesan scored an impressive6-4, 7-6(2) win over qualifier Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei.Other seeds in action second seed Alexander Satschko of Germany, sixthseeded Rohan Gajjar, eighth seeded and runners-up at last week’sKolkatta Futures Rupesh Roy along with Christopher Marquis and GillesD’souza of France also moved into the last sixteen of the singles
Men’s Singles ( First Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt N. Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt S.7 Divij Sharan 6-4,6-2Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Ronak Manuja ( Ind) 6-4,6-4S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Vivek Shokeen 6-2,6-0S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vikram Reddy 6-4,6-4Gilles de Sousa (Fra) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3,6-3Vijayant Malik bt Antony Elwin 6-2,6-2S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt Cheng Peng Hsieh(Tpe) 6-4,7-6(2)Christopher Marquis bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-2,6-4S.2 Alexander Satschko ( Ger) bt Kamala Kannan 6-1,6-0S.3 Vishnu Vardhan bt Purav Raja 5-7,7-6(5),6-4P.C Vignesh bt I-Ta Chen (Tpe)6-1,5-7,6-2
Mukund Joshi
Monday, October 5, 2009
DAY 1 - ITF Futures
Murali wins, as juniors fall by wayside at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana –AITA Men’s Tennis Futures.
Pune, October 5: Wild card Mithun Murali put out Ching Yu Huang ofTaipei, as two other wild card entrants and juniors Akash Wagh, SumeetShinde and local lad Rohan Gide fell by the wayside in the openinground of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futureswhich will be organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts from October 3rd to 10th.
The tournament being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation saw wild card entrant Murali score a6-4, 6-4 win over Ching Yu Huang of Taipei in 1 hour 34 minutes.
In the other singles matches wild card entrants local boys Akash Waghand Sumeet Shinde and South paw Rohan Gide found themselves out of thesingles.
Vinod Shridhar outplayed Rohan Gide of Indian Navy 6-3,6-1, while N.Shriram Balaji gave a lesson in tennis to junior Sumeet Shinde 6-3,6-2in 1 hr 15 minutes . Akash Wagh showed some promise initially but wentdown fighting to Yannick Nelord 7-6(3), 6-4 in 1 hr 33 minutes.
In the Murali- Huang tussle Murali broke the Taipei player in the 9thgame in the first set and the very 1st game in the second set toregister a 6-4, 6-4 win and make it to the second round.
In the double first round old warhorse Nitten Kirrtane teamed upwith his Western Railway teammate Aditya Madkekar to score ashocking 6-7 (11),7-6(1) 11-9 win over third seeded pair of RupeshRoy and Vivek Shokeen to make it to the last eight of the doubles.
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of Pune PoliceCommissioner Satyapal Singh and Kavita Bhandari of Bilcare Foundation.Tournament Director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests, while organizingcommittee member Dr Nitin Bhave proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are the results( First Round)Mithun Murali (Ind) bt Ching Yu Huang (Taipei) 6-4, 6-4Vinod Shridhar(Ind) bt Rohan Gide (Ind Navy) 6-3,6-1N. Shriram Balaji(Ind) bt Sumeet Shinde ( Ind) 6-3,6-2Akash Wagh(Ind) bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 7-6(3), 6-4
Doubles (First Round)Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar bt S.3 Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen6-7(11),7-6(1),11-9 , Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood bt Shahbaaz Khan / Ram kumar 6-4,6-3, (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt N. Srirambalaji/ V. M Ranjeet 6-3,6-4,(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Rohan Gide /Yew Ming Si (Mas)7-6(6) , 6-3 bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt (S4). Chen I Ta / P. CVignesh Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar bt Mansingh Athare / Sumeet Shinde 7-6(5),6-3 Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Vijayant Malik / Ronak Manuja 6-1,7-5Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy bt Su Chen / Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) 2-6, 6-4,10-3
Pune, October 5: Wild card Mithun Murali put out Ching Yu Huang ofTaipei, as two other wild card entrants and juniors Akash Wagh, SumeetShinde and local lad Rohan Gide fell by the wayside in the openinground of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futureswhich will be organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts from October 3rd to 10th.
The tournament being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation saw wild card entrant Murali score a6-4, 6-4 win over Ching Yu Huang of Taipei in 1 hour 34 minutes.
In the other singles matches wild card entrants local boys Akash Waghand Sumeet Shinde and South paw Rohan Gide found themselves out of thesingles.
Vinod Shridhar outplayed Rohan Gide of Indian Navy 6-3,6-1, while N.Shriram Balaji gave a lesson in tennis to junior Sumeet Shinde 6-3,6-2in 1 hr 15 minutes . Akash Wagh showed some promise initially but wentdown fighting to Yannick Nelord 7-6(3), 6-4 in 1 hr 33 minutes.
In the Murali- Huang tussle Murali broke the Taipei player in the 9thgame in the first set and the very 1st game in the second set toregister a 6-4, 6-4 win and make it to the second round.
In the double first round old warhorse Nitten Kirrtane teamed upwith his Western Railway teammate Aditya Madkekar to score ashocking 6-7 (11),7-6(1) 11-9 win over third seeded pair of RupeshRoy and Vivek Shokeen to make it to the last eight of the doubles.
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of Pune PoliceCommissioner Satyapal Singh and Kavita Bhandari of Bilcare Foundation.Tournament Director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests, while organizingcommittee member Dr Nitin Bhave proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are the results( First Round)Mithun Murali (Ind) bt Ching Yu Huang (Taipei) 6-4, 6-4Vinod Shridhar(Ind) bt Rohan Gide (Ind Navy) 6-3,6-1N. Shriram Balaji(Ind) bt Sumeet Shinde ( Ind) 6-3,6-2Akash Wagh(Ind) bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 7-6(3), 6-4
Doubles (First Round)Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar bt S.3 Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen6-7(11),7-6(1),11-9 , Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood bt Shahbaaz Khan / Ram kumar 6-4,6-3, (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt N. Srirambalaji/ V. M Ranjeet 6-3,6-4,(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Rohan Gide /Yew Ming Si (Mas)7-6(6) , 6-3 bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt (S4). Chen I Ta / P. CVignesh Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar bt Mansingh Athare / Sumeet Shinde 7-6(5),6-3 Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Vijayant Malik / Ronak Manuja 6-1,7-5Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy bt Su Chen / Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) 2-6, 6-4,10-3
Sunday, October 4, 2009
ITF Futures
Marquis in Main Draw of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana –AITA ITF Futures
Pune, October 4: Christopher Marquis outplayed Chinese Taipei’s I–Ta- Chen 3-6, 6-3,6-2 to make it to the main draw of the $15000Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures which will beorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts
In the final rounds played today five other Indians AbhijeetTiwari ,Kaza Vinayak Sharma ,Kamala Kannan , Elwin Anthony also madeit to the main draw , Chinese Taipei ‘s Chin Yu Huang and Cheng PengHsieh (Tpe) made it to the Main draw
It was announced that Davis Cupper and Young Indian tennis Star YukiBhambri pulled out of the event due to a lower back injury. Bhambrihad won 5 ITF Futures in row and his last win was at Kolkatta lastweek. His withdrawal was sent to the ITF Supervisor Sheetal Iyer.I-Ta- Chen of Taipei who lost to Marquis will take his place in themain draw as the lucky looser
The tournament Director Nitin Joshi today announced the wild cards forthe event, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi returning from Bogginginjuries, along with Mithun Murali, and local lads Akash Wagh andSumit Shinde have been awarded Wild cards in the Main draw in thesingles.
Local pair of Sumit Shinde/ Mansingh Athare, Delhi’s Sood BrothersLakshit and Chandril, along with Shahbaaz Khan – Raghuraman Kumar havebeen awarded the doubles wild card for the event.
Following are the results (Final Round Qualifying)
Abhijeet Tiwari bt Shantanu Rajput 6-3,6-3
Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Vijay Kannan
Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) bt Chung Su Chen (Tpe) 6-1,6-0
Kamala Kannan bt Aditya Madkekar 6-7(6),6-3,6-3
Cheng Peng Hsieh (Tpe) bt Siddarh Rawat 6-2,6-3
Christopher Marquis bt I –Ta- Chen (Tpe ) 3-6,6-3,6-2
Elwin Anthony bt Ram Kumar Ramnathan 6-2, 7-5
Vinod Shridhar bt Saurav Sukul 6-1, 6-1
Following are the Seedings (Singles): 1. Daniel King Turner (Nzl) 3172. Alexander Satschko (Ger)323 3. Vishnu Vardhan (Ind)379, 4.Young JunKim (Kor)383 5.Ranjeet Virali Ganeshan (Ind) 539 6.Rohan Gajjar (Ind)558 7. Divij Sharan (Ind) 565 8. Rupesh Roy (Ind ) 658
Doubles: 1. Rohan Gajjar/ Purav Raja 2. Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan3. Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen 4. Chen I Ta/ P. C Vignesh
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 4: Christopher Marquis outplayed Chinese Taipei’s I–Ta- Chen 3-6, 6-3,6-2 to make it to the main draw of the $15000Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures which will beorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts
In the final rounds played today five other Indians AbhijeetTiwari ,Kaza Vinayak Sharma ,Kamala Kannan , Elwin Anthony also madeit to the main draw , Chinese Taipei ‘s Chin Yu Huang and Cheng PengHsieh (Tpe) made it to the Main draw
It was announced that Davis Cupper and Young Indian tennis Star YukiBhambri pulled out of the event due to a lower back injury. Bhambrihad won 5 ITF Futures in row and his last win was at Kolkatta lastweek. His withdrawal was sent to the ITF Supervisor Sheetal Iyer.I-Ta- Chen of Taipei who lost to Marquis will take his place in themain draw as the lucky looser
The tournament Director Nitin Joshi today announced the wild cards forthe event, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi returning from Bogginginjuries, along with Mithun Murali, and local lads Akash Wagh andSumit Shinde have been awarded Wild cards in the Main draw in thesingles.
Local pair of Sumit Shinde/ Mansingh Athare, Delhi’s Sood BrothersLakshit and Chandril, along with Shahbaaz Khan – Raghuraman Kumar havebeen awarded the doubles wild card for the event.
Following are the results (Final Round Qualifying)
Abhijeet Tiwari bt Shantanu Rajput 6-3,6-3
Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Vijay Kannan
Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) bt Chung Su Chen (Tpe) 6-1,6-0
Kamala Kannan bt Aditya Madkekar 6-7(6),6-3,6-3
Cheng Peng Hsieh (Tpe) bt Siddarh Rawat 6-2,6-3
Christopher Marquis bt I –Ta- Chen (Tpe ) 3-6,6-3,6-2
Elwin Anthony bt Ram Kumar Ramnathan 6-2, 7-5
Vinod Shridhar bt Saurav Sukul 6-1, 6-1
Following are the Seedings (Singles): 1. Daniel King Turner (Nzl) 3172. Alexander Satschko (Ger)323 3. Vishnu Vardhan (Ind)379, 4.Young JunKim (Kor)383 5.Ranjeet Virali Ganeshan (Ind) 539 6.Rohan Gajjar (Ind)558 7. Divij Sharan (Ind) 565 8. Rupesh Roy (Ind ) 658
Doubles: 1. Rohan Gajjar/ Purav Raja 2. Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan3. Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen 4. Chen I Ta/ P. C Vignesh
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
GUEST WRITER:RADHIKA KANITKAR
This month we have Radhika Kanitkar writing about her trip with the Under 16 ITF International Team:
August 6th, 2009. Pune,India.
U/16 I.T.F. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TEAM, SUMMER 2009
This year again I got an opportunity to travel with the ITF junior team to Europe. The ITF has been sending such junior teams every year to train and then complete in the European grade I (highest level of tournaments in Europe) tennis tournaments. This is an excellent base and opportunity for the players as they see what level of tennis is played in the rest of the world. The players selected are no doubt among the top players in their own countries but after they see what the level of tennis is in Europe they initially get a shock as they find it quite difficult and every match right from the first round is equivalent to playing a semis or finals back home. They realize during this tour how much they need to work if they want to become professional players!
The team comprised of 9 players – 5 girls and 4 boys.
Girls:
Ran Tian - China
Steffi Carruthers – Samoa
Zarah Razafimahatratra – Madagascar
Yasmin Ebada – Egypt
Carolina Betancourt - Mexico
Boys:
Cao Gyang yu – China
Jeson Patrombon – Philippines
Ariez Deen Heshaam – Malaysia
karim Hossam - Egypt
It was a disappointing to see that the team had not even one Indian player in this category. In a country so huge why cant we produce good players?!!! Is one questions which always pinches me!!! China has proved their existence in the international arena very strongly! One of the reasons for it that I got after interaction with various coaches is that they have a system which is followed in the entire country!
Spain also to give you an example, you go to the different tennis academies in spain, you will find the same common 10 drills that each one of them do day in and day out! I honestly feel repitation is one of the important factor of improvement.
After an excellent one-week training camp at Renato Vavassori’s Tennis Center in Palazzolo, Italy, the players from the ITF International team were ready for the U16 Summer tour.
ITF players, made it to nine finals: four champioships and five runner ups!
Rian Tian from China, ITF (1994), and Aleksandra Sasnovich from Belarus (Tennis Europe team) won, in doubles, four out of five finals they played. They were clearly the most dominant couple of the tour!
On the boys side Guanyu Cao (China) and Jeson Patrombon (Philippines) got to three dobles finals of three tournaments they signed in as couple.
Zarah Razafimahatrata from Madasgascar (1994) agaist all the odds (even hers!) made the singles final at Le Pontet in France.
Besides the above highlights results, the ITF team reached several semifinals and quarter finals rounds in singles and in doubles.
My personal opinion is ” This is a great opportunity for the Asian, African, and Central American players to see how much more seriously they have to train in order to beat day in and day out, the tough European and South American players. In general, physicaly and mentaly our players are a little below the world top standards in their age group ”.
All nine players had to pay a visit to the Physiotherapist office at least once, during the five-week circuit, due to injuries.
The only two players that returned from last year team were Guanyu Cao and Carolina Betancourt (Mexico). They both, won many more matches in this tour than they had previously done it a year ago.
“Playing in Europe is a shock for many of the ITF International team members because they have to deal with a very diferent world from theirs: Language, culture, food, jet lag, aggressive competitors, surfaces (“Quick”?, What is that?!), 100 k/h winds!, etc. But at the end of the tour,when all the ITF players return home, they return as stronger tennis players, and with a clearer picture in their mind of what they need to focus on to keep up in the road that leads to professional tennis”, said Guillermo Stevens ITF team captain (Mexico) who also travelled with me on this tour. In fact this is the 2nd time that we have teamed up together and are working for the ITF.
Tennis Europe, COSAT, along with ITF International team, won most of the 20 titles that were disputed throughout the five-week U16 European tour.
Radhika Kanitkar
August 6th, 2009. Pune,India.
U/16 I.T.F. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TEAM, SUMMER 2009
This year again I got an opportunity to travel with the ITF junior team to Europe. The ITF has been sending such junior teams every year to train and then complete in the European grade I (highest level of tournaments in Europe) tennis tournaments. This is an excellent base and opportunity for the players as they see what level of tennis is played in the rest of the world. The players selected are no doubt among the top players in their own countries but after they see what the level of tennis is in Europe they initially get a shock as they find it quite difficult and every match right from the first round is equivalent to playing a semis or finals back home. They realize during this tour how much they need to work if they want to become professional players!
The team comprised of 9 players – 5 girls and 4 boys.
Girls:
Ran Tian - China
Steffi Carruthers – Samoa
Zarah Razafimahatratra – Madagascar
Yasmin Ebada – Egypt
Carolina Betancourt - Mexico
Boys:
Cao Gyang yu – China
Jeson Patrombon – Philippines
Ariez Deen Heshaam – Malaysia
karim Hossam - Egypt
It was a disappointing to see that the team had not even one Indian player in this category. In a country so huge why cant we produce good players?!!! Is one questions which always pinches me!!! China has proved their existence in the international arena very strongly! One of the reasons for it that I got after interaction with various coaches is that they have a system which is followed in the entire country!
Spain also to give you an example, you go to the different tennis academies in spain, you will find the same common 10 drills that each one of them do day in and day out! I honestly feel repitation is one of the important factor of improvement.
After an excellent one-week training camp at Renato Vavassori’s Tennis Center in Palazzolo, Italy, the players from the ITF International team were ready for the U16 Summer tour.
ITF players, made it to nine finals: four champioships and five runner ups!
Rian Tian from China, ITF (1994), and Aleksandra Sasnovich from Belarus (Tennis Europe team) won, in doubles, four out of five finals they played. They were clearly the most dominant couple of the tour!
On the boys side Guanyu Cao (China) and Jeson Patrombon (Philippines) got to three dobles finals of three tournaments they signed in as couple.
Zarah Razafimahatrata from Madasgascar (1994) agaist all the odds (even hers!) made the singles final at Le Pontet in France.
Besides the above highlights results, the ITF team reached several semifinals and quarter finals rounds in singles and in doubles.
My personal opinion is ” This is a great opportunity for the Asian, African, and Central American players to see how much more seriously they have to train in order to beat day in and day out, the tough European and South American players. In general, physicaly and mentaly our players are a little below the world top standards in their age group ”.
All nine players had to pay a visit to the Physiotherapist office at least once, during the five-week circuit, due to injuries.
The only two players that returned from last year team were Guanyu Cao and Carolina Betancourt (Mexico). They both, won many more matches in this tour than they had previously done it a year ago.
“Playing in Europe is a shock for many of the ITF International team members because they have to deal with a very diferent world from theirs: Language, culture, food, jet lag, aggressive competitors, surfaces (“Quick”?, What is that?!), 100 k/h winds!, etc. But at the end of the tour,when all the ITF players return home, they return as stronger tennis players, and with a clearer picture in their mind of what they need to focus on to keep up in the road that leads to professional tennis”, said Guillermo Stevens ITF team captain (Mexico) who also travelled with me on this tour. In fact this is the 2nd time that we have teamed up together and are working for the ITF.
Tennis Europe, COSAT, along with ITF International team, won most of the 20 titles that were disputed throughout the five-week U16 European tour.
Radhika Kanitkar
Thursday, July 23, 2009
MONSOON SERIES MEN'S SINGLES
MONSOON SERIES TOURNAMENTS:
Monsoon series Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament will be held on the 29th & 30th of August 2009.
The categories are
1. Open
2. 40 Plus
3. 50 Plus
4. 60 Plus
BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 12 & 14
Dates of tournament - 29th & 30th August 2009
PRIZE MONEY OF RS. 5000/-
These tournaments are for members and non members of the club.
Forms are available in Deccan Gymkhana Office.
Please ensure that all details are duly filled in the form.
This will be the first of a few tournaments that we plan to conduct in the monsoon.
Mukund Joshi
Monsoon series Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament will be held on the 29th & 30th of August 2009.
The categories are
1. Open
2. 40 Plus
3. 50 Plus
4. 60 Plus
BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 12 & 14
Dates of tournament - 29th & 30th August 2009
PRIZE MONEY OF RS. 5000/-
These tournaments are for members and non members of the club.
Forms are available in Deccan Gymkhana Office.
Please ensure that all details are duly filled in the form.
This will be the first of a few tournaments that we plan to conduct in the monsoon.
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES TOURNAMENT - 5TH JULY 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES TOURNAMENT:
A jumble doubles tennis tournament was held at Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts on the 5th of July 2009. The jumble threw some interesting combinations and the resulting matches were keenly contested.
All the participants had a wonderful evening watching Federer and Roddick battling it out for the Wimbledon title.
Results:
Open :
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Yash Deshmukh/Sujay Dhiwar:6-3
Anvit Deshpande/Aditya Deshpande bt. Ashwin Lokhande/Ajit Pawar:6-1
Babu Jadhav/Namita Bal bt. Sachin Parulkar /Vikas Agarwal: 6-1
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Prarthana Thombare/Gaurav:6-1
Semi Finals:
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Anvit Bendre/Aditya Deshpande: 6-3
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Namita Bal/Babu Jadhav: 6-0
Finals:
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi: 8-6
35 Plus:
Jadhav/Ranjit Date bt. Parag Desai/Anil Gaikwad: 6-3
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Ajit Pawar/Vidyadhar Humnabadkar: 6-4
Semi Finals:
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Sudheer Ranade/Abhay Dadhe: 6-4
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Jadhav/Ranjit Date:6-0
Finals:
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Nitin Bhave/Hardikar: 6-2
45 plus:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Dr. Abhijit Joshi/Neeta Ranade: 6-0
Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni bt. Jaydeep Date/ Satish Damle: 7-5
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sharada Bapat/Arvind Jog: 6-0
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Kishor Paranjape/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Atul Shah/ Page bt. Sasane/Ghorpade: 6-4
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Page/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Semi Finals:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni: 7-6
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane: 6-4
Finals:
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani: 6-4
55 Plus:
Finals:
Dr. Sanjeev Gokhale/Bipin Shah bt. Dr. Suresh Gokhale/Sumant: 6-4
We plan to hold these tournaments on a regular basis. Please send your views and feedback on the same.
For photographs from this tournament click on the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/
Mukund Joshi
A jumble doubles tennis tournament was held at Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts on the 5th of July 2009. The jumble threw some interesting combinations and the resulting matches were keenly contested.
All the participants had a wonderful evening watching Federer and Roddick battling it out for the Wimbledon title.
Results:
Open :
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Yash Deshmukh/Sujay Dhiwar:6-3
Anvit Deshpande/Aditya Deshpande bt. Ashwin Lokhande/Ajit Pawar:6-1
Babu Jadhav/Namita Bal bt. Sachin Parulkar /Vikas Agarwal: 6-1
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Prarthana Thombare/Gaurav:6-1
Semi Finals:
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Anvit Bendre/Aditya Deshpande: 6-3
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Namita Bal/Babu Jadhav: 6-0
Finals:
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi: 8-6
35 Plus:
Jadhav/Ranjit Date bt. Parag Desai/Anil Gaikwad: 6-3
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Ajit Pawar/Vidyadhar Humnabadkar: 6-4
Semi Finals:
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Sudheer Ranade/Abhay Dadhe: 6-4
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Jadhav/Ranjit Date:6-0
Finals:
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Nitin Bhave/Hardikar: 6-2
45 plus:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Dr. Abhijit Joshi/Neeta Ranade: 6-0
Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni bt. Jaydeep Date/ Satish Damle: 7-5
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sharada Bapat/Arvind Jog: 6-0
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Kishor Paranjape/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Atul Shah/ Page bt. Sasane/Ghorpade: 6-4
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Page/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Semi Finals:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni: 7-6
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane: 6-4
Finals:
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani: 6-4
55 Plus:
Finals:
Dr. Sanjeev Gokhale/Bipin Shah bt. Dr. Suresh Gokhale/Sumant: 6-4
We plan to hold these tournaments on a regular basis. Please send your views and feedback on the same.
For photographs from this tournament click on the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES ON 5TH JULY 2009
Deccan Gymkhana is organizing a Jumble Doubles Tennis Tournament for its members on the 5th of July 2009.
Matches will be held in the following categories:
1. Open
2. 35 plus
3. 45 plus
4. 55 plus
5. 65 plus
Arrangements will be made at Deccan Clubhouse Terrace for watching the Wimbledon 2009 finals, followed by dinner for all participants
Mukund Joshi
Matches will be held in the following categories:
1. Open
2. 35 plus
3. 45 plus
4. 55 plus
5. 65 plus
Arrangements will be made at Deccan Clubhouse Terrace for watching the Wimbledon 2009 finals, followed by dinner for all participants
Mukund Joshi
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tennis Coaching Camp
The coaching camp conducted for the winners, finalists and standout performers of the Deccan Gymkhana Junior Open tennis tournament concluded today. It was held from 29th May to 4th June 2009. The camp was conducted by Ajay Kamat and Nitin Kirtane. Fitness training was conducted by Mr. Malekar.
Mukund Joshi
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Finals!!!!!
FINAL DAY:
In the Girls Under 12, Mahima Omkar got the better of Meera Patwardhan 8-2. Meera was using the court well but made mistakes on crucial points. Mahima was more consistent of the two and got through fairly easily in the end.
In the Girls Under 14, it was Mahima Omkar once again who came on top against Saloni Ghodke. Mahima was unstoppable and blasted her elder opponent with comfortable ease.
Aditya Gokhale was the standout performer of the day, prevailing over Yash Lele in the Under 12 category. In the Under 14 event, Aditya was trailing Divyat Rungta 4-1 but fought back valiantly to win 8-5.
The finalists of all the singles categories will get a 4 day coaching session with Nitin Kirtane in the last week to May 2009. Dates will be announced soon. Along with the finalists, some players who impressed in the earlier rounds have also been selected. The following players have been selected-
1. Mahima Omkar
2. Sayali Ghodke
3. Meera Patwardhan
4. Devyani Menkar
5. Aryalee Chavan
6. Shristi Daas
7. Neha Ghare
8. Ayush Prabhune
9. Rohan Bhoge
10. Sachin Shah
11. Prathamesh Lonkar
12. Yash Lele
13. Shahu Patil
14. Brent Dixon
15. Mihir Damle
16. Aditya Deshpande
17. Rahil Gajare
18. Aditya Gokhale
19. Divyat Rungta
20. Ashwin Date
21. Rohan Bhave
Results of the finals:
Girls Under 12:
Mahima Omkar bt. Meera Patwardhan: 8-3
Girls Under 14:
Mahima Omkar bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-1
Boys Under 12:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-2
Boys Under 14:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Divyat Rungta: 8-5
Boys Under 16 Doubles:
Aditya Deshpande/ Rahul Gajare bt. Mihir Damle/ Brent Dixon: 9-8 (9-7)
Girls Under 16:
Saloni Ghodke/Suprabha Pujari bt. Saee Mhaske/ Brahmani Pingle: 8-6
Last but not the least no tournament can be successful without a team effort. Thanks to Kishor Paranjape for being there scheduling matches and helping with the draw, Sudheer Ranade & Dr. Nitin Bhave for scheduling matches, Madan Gokhale for filling in when we were not around.
For umpiring the matches – Aditya Deshpande, Ashwin Date, Vedant Girme, Aditya Gokhale, Nupur Shinde, Shristi Dass, Sammit Ranade and other players and parents.
Thanks to Dr. Jaideep Date, Tennis Secretary, Deccan Gymkhana for all the support.
For photos from the last 3 days click http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/sets/72157617899099912/
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
In the Girls Under 12, Mahima Omkar got the better of Meera Patwardhan 8-2. Meera was using the court well but made mistakes on crucial points. Mahima was more consistent of the two and got through fairly easily in the end.
In the Girls Under 14, it was Mahima Omkar once again who came on top against Saloni Ghodke. Mahima was unstoppable and blasted her elder opponent with comfortable ease.
Aditya Gokhale was the standout performer of the day, prevailing over Yash Lele in the Under 12 category. In the Under 14 event, Aditya was trailing Divyat Rungta 4-1 but fought back valiantly to win 8-5.
The finalists of all the singles categories will get a 4 day coaching session with Nitin Kirtane in the last week to May 2009. Dates will be announced soon. Along with the finalists, some players who impressed in the earlier rounds have also been selected. The following players have been selected-
1. Mahima Omkar
2. Sayali Ghodke
3. Meera Patwardhan
4. Devyani Menkar
5. Aryalee Chavan
6. Shristi Daas
7. Neha Ghare
8. Ayush Prabhune
9. Rohan Bhoge
10. Sachin Shah
11. Prathamesh Lonkar
12. Yash Lele
13. Shahu Patil
14. Brent Dixon
15. Mihir Damle
16. Aditya Deshpande
17. Rahil Gajare
18. Aditya Gokhale
19. Divyat Rungta
20. Ashwin Date
21. Rohan Bhave
Results of the finals:
Girls Under 12:
Mahima Omkar bt. Meera Patwardhan: 8-3
Girls Under 14:
Mahima Omkar bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-1
Boys Under 12:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-2
Boys Under 14:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Divyat Rungta: 8-5
Boys Under 16 Doubles:
Aditya Deshpande/ Rahul Gajare bt. Mihir Damle/ Brent Dixon: 9-8 (9-7)
Girls Under 16:
Saloni Ghodke/Suprabha Pujari bt. Saee Mhaske/ Brahmani Pingle: 8-6
Last but not the least no tournament can be successful without a team effort. Thanks to Kishor Paranjape for being there scheduling matches and helping with the draw, Sudheer Ranade & Dr. Nitin Bhave for scheduling matches, Madan Gokhale for filling in when we were not around.
For umpiring the matches – Aditya Deshpande, Ashwin Date, Vedant Girme, Aditya Gokhale, Nupur Shinde, Shristi Dass, Sammit Ranade and other players and parents.
Thanks to Dr. Jaideep Date, Tennis Secretary, Deccan Gymkhana for all the support.
For photos from the last 3 days click http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/sets/72157617899099912/
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Friday, May 8, 2009
7 MAY 2009, SEMI FINAL DAY
The semi finals saw an interesting buildup of players who would present entertaining encounters.
In the Girls Under 14, Saloni Ghodke edged out Rushouti Kanade 8-5. Mahima Omkar displayed great retrival skills against Rayika Karachiwala. Rayika was the more aggressive player but Mahima kept hitting all the balls back and frustrating her opponent..
In the Girls Under 12, it was Mahima again came on top against Shristi Daas. Shristi was the winner of the Under 10 category.
In the Boys Under 12, the first semi between Brent Dixon and Yash Lele was a closely contested match. Both players fighting till the very end. Yash Lele held his nerve at the crucial points and scraped through. The second semi Aditya Gokhale was too consistent for Mihir Damle and won comfortably.
Divyat Rungta got the better of Rahil Gajare in the first Boys Under 14 semi finals. The second was a one sided affair between Aditya Gokhale and Yash Lele. Aditya has too many weapons for Yash to handle.
Girls Under 12:
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Shristi Daas:8-2
2. Meera Patwardhan bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-2
Girls Under 14:
1. Saloni Ghodke bt. Rushouti Kanade:8-5
2. Mahima Omkar bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-6
Boys Under 12:
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Mihir Damle:8-1
2. Yash Lele bt. Brent Dixon: 8-6
Boys Under 14:
1. Divyat Rungta bt. Rahil Gajare: 8-6
2. Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-1
In the Girls Under 14, Saloni Ghodke edged out Rushouti Kanade 8-5. Mahima Omkar displayed great retrival skills against Rayika Karachiwala. Rayika was the more aggressive player but Mahima kept hitting all the balls back and frustrating her opponent..
In the Girls Under 12, it was Mahima again came on top against Shristi Daas. Shristi was the winner of the Under 10 category.
In the Boys Under 12, the first semi between Brent Dixon and Yash Lele was a closely contested match. Both players fighting till the very end. Yash Lele held his nerve at the crucial points and scraped through. The second semi Aditya Gokhale was too consistent for Mihir Damle and won comfortably.
Divyat Rungta got the better of Rahil Gajare in the first Boys Under 14 semi finals. The second was a one sided affair between Aditya Gokhale and Yash Lele. Aditya has too many weapons for Yash to handle.
Girls Under 12:
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Shristi Daas:8-2
2. Meera Patwardhan bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-2
Girls Under 14:
1. Saloni Ghodke bt. Rushouti Kanade:8-5
2. Mahima Omkar bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-6
Boys Under 12:
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Mihir Damle:8-1
2. Yash Lele bt. Brent Dixon: 8-6
Boys Under 14:
1. Divyat Rungta bt. Rahil Gajare: 8-6
2. Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Thursday, May 7, 2009
MAY 7, QUARTERFINALS BEGIN
Boys Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Anant Mishra: 8-1
2. Yash Lele w/o N Shankarnarayanan
3. Brent Dixon bt. Rohan Bhave: 8-3
Girls Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Tanvee Jagtap: 8-0
2. Shristi Daas bt. Saee Mhaske: 8-2
3. Saloni Ghodke bt Suprabha Pujari: 8-3
4. Meera Patwardhan bt. Brahmani Pingle: 8-1
Boys Under 14 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Rahil Gajare bt. N Shankarnarayanan: 8-3
2. Divyat Rungta w/o Kushal Mulay
3. Yash Lele bt. Shahu Patil: 8-5
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Qtr Finals
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Anant Mishra: 8-1
2. Yash Lele w/o N Shankarnarayanan
3. Brent Dixon bt. Rohan Bhave: 8-3
Girls Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Tanvee Jagtap: 8-0
2. Shristi Daas bt. Saee Mhaske: 8-2
3. Saloni Ghodke bt Suprabha Pujari: 8-3
4. Meera Patwardhan bt. Brahmani Pingle: 8-1
Boys Under 14 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Rahil Gajare bt. N Shankarnarayanan: 8-3
2. Divyat Rungta w/o Kushal Mulay
3. Yash Lele bt. Shahu Patil: 8-5
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
May 6, Under 12 & 14, Boys and Girls
TOP SEED UPSET:
Top seed in the Boys Under 14, Jayesh Pungalia was upset in the second round by Rahil Gajare. In this hotly contested encounter on court no. 9,Rahil prevailed over his highly ranked opponent and got through in the tie break 7-4.
In the Girls Under 14 category, Apoorva Suryavanshi prevailed over Devyani Menkar 8-7(7-5). Standout performance of the day was that of Rushouti Kanade who won both her first and second round matches, getting the better of Anisha Aswani and Sakshi Batra with an identical score of 8-5.
Other seeds, namely Brent Dixon, Rohan Bhave, Yash Lele, Aditya Gokhale,Mihir Damle got through their initial rounds as expected.
Boys Under 12 Results:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Shubhankar Hardikar :8-2
Viren Bhuptani bt. Abhishek Nikam: 8-0
Anshul Sonigra bt. Shaunak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rushikesh Deshpande bt. Anant Mishra: 8-6
Mihir Damle bt. Rohan Ghuge
Aditya Deshpande bt. Kaustaubh Deokar: 8-1
Allen Lobo bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-0
Shahu Patil bt. Vyankatesh Acharya: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Ajinkya Phanse: 8-0
Akash Vanjare bt. Vanshal D’Souza: 8-4
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Ayush Prabhune: 8-4
Sammit Ranade bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
Brent Dixon bt. Prajit Oswal: 8-3
Atharva Iyer bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-3
Rohan Bhave bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-2
Girls Under 12 Results:
Shristi Daas bt. Anahita Pande: 8-0
Saloni Ghodke bt. Dakshata Omkar: 8-1
Suprabha Pujari bt. Veera Nisal: 8-3
Boys Under 14 Results:
Jayesh Pungalia bt. Kanak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rahil Gajare bt. Anshul Verma: 8-0
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Aditya Deshpande: 8-4
Brent Dixon walkover Isa Ibrahim
Divyat Rungta bt. Kartil Chavre: 8-1
Nigel Lobo bt. Sohil Savla: 8-0
Sammit Ranade bt. Nikhil Jyoti: 8-3
Kushal Mulay bt. Harsh Pereira: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Eshan Sharma: 8-2
Akshay Paranjape bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-3
Shahu Patil bt. Pratik Hulgutte: 8-1
Vedant Girme bt. Rishikayesh Pardeshi: 8-3
Mihir Damle walkover Aditya Devkar:
Aneesh Salekar bt. Aditya Patil: 8-3
Sujay Dhiwar bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Aditya Gokhale bt. Rajiv Bhokare: 8-1
Girls Under 14 Results:
Sakshi Batra walkover Suprabha Pujari
Rushouti Kanade bt. Anisha Aswani: 8-5
Reva Joshi walkover Vasundhara Menkar
Saloni Ghodke walkover Ishani Deshmukh
Apoorva Suryavanshi bt. Devyani Menkar : 8-7 (7-5)
Kavya Surana bt. Harshada Jadhav: 8-1
Mahima Omkar bt. Sheetal Kamble: 8-1
Rushouti Kanade bt. Sakshi Batra: 8-5
Saloni Ghodke bt. Reva Joshi: 8-2
Rayika Karachiwala bt. Apoorva Suryavanshi: 8-2
Top seed in the Boys Under 14, Jayesh Pungalia was upset in the second round by Rahil Gajare. In this hotly contested encounter on court no. 9,Rahil prevailed over his highly ranked opponent and got through in the tie break 7-4.
In the Girls Under 14 category, Apoorva Suryavanshi prevailed over Devyani Menkar 8-7(7-5). Standout performance of the day was that of Rushouti Kanade who won both her first and second round matches, getting the better of Anisha Aswani and Sakshi Batra with an identical score of 8-5.
Other seeds, namely Brent Dixon, Rohan Bhave, Yash Lele, Aditya Gokhale,Mihir Damle got through their initial rounds as expected.
Boys Under 12 Results:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Shubhankar Hardikar :8-2
Viren Bhuptani bt. Abhishek Nikam: 8-0
Anshul Sonigra bt. Shaunak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rushikesh Deshpande bt. Anant Mishra: 8-6
Mihir Damle bt. Rohan Ghuge
Aditya Deshpande bt. Kaustaubh Deokar: 8-1
Allen Lobo bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-0
Shahu Patil bt. Vyankatesh Acharya: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Ajinkya Phanse: 8-0
Akash Vanjare bt. Vanshal D’Souza: 8-4
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Ayush Prabhune: 8-4
Sammit Ranade bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
Brent Dixon bt. Prajit Oswal: 8-3
Atharva Iyer bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-3
Rohan Bhave bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-2
Girls Under 12 Results:
Shristi Daas bt. Anahita Pande: 8-0
Saloni Ghodke bt. Dakshata Omkar: 8-1
Suprabha Pujari bt. Veera Nisal: 8-3
Boys Under 14 Results:
Jayesh Pungalia bt. Kanak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rahil Gajare bt. Anshul Verma: 8-0
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Aditya Deshpande: 8-4
Brent Dixon walkover Isa Ibrahim
Divyat Rungta bt. Kartil Chavre: 8-1
Nigel Lobo bt. Sohil Savla: 8-0
Sammit Ranade bt. Nikhil Jyoti: 8-3
Kushal Mulay bt. Harsh Pereira: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Eshan Sharma: 8-2
Akshay Paranjape bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-3
Shahu Patil bt. Pratik Hulgutte: 8-1
Vedant Girme bt. Rishikayesh Pardeshi: 8-3
Mihir Damle walkover Aditya Devkar:
Aneesh Salekar bt. Aditya Patil: 8-3
Sujay Dhiwar bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Aditya Gokhale bt. Rajiv Bhokare: 8-1
Girls Under 14 Results:
Sakshi Batra walkover Suprabha Pujari
Rushouti Kanade bt. Anisha Aswani: 8-5
Reva Joshi walkover Vasundhara Menkar
Saloni Ghodke walkover Ishani Deshmukh
Apoorva Suryavanshi bt. Devyani Menkar : 8-7 (7-5)
Kavya Surana bt. Harshada Jadhav: 8-1
Mahima Omkar bt. Sheetal Kamble: 8-1
Rushouti Kanade bt. Sakshi Batra: 8-5
Saloni Ghodke bt. Reva Joshi: 8-2
Rayika Karachiwala bt. Apoorva Suryavanshi: 8-2
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Under 10 & 16 Finals
The finals of both the age groups were a one sided affair.In the Girls Under 16 Areyalee Chavan made no mistakes in disposing Devyani Menkar 6-0,6-0. Sagar Shah had too many weapons for Prathamesh Lonkar.
The finalists of all the groups will get a 4 day training session with Nitin Kirtane.
Results:
Under 10 Girls:
Shristi Daas bt. Neha Ghare - 8-0
Under 10 Boys:
Ayush Prabhune bt. Rohan Bhoge - 8-2
Under 16 Girls:
Arayalee Chavan bt. Devyani Menkar: 6-0,6-0
Under 16 Boys:
Sachin Shah bt. Prathamesh Lonkar: 6-1,6-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
The finalists of all the groups will get a 4 day training session with Nitin Kirtane.
Results:
Under 10 Girls:
Shristi Daas bt. Neha Ghare - 8-0
Under 10 Boys:
Ayush Prabhune bt. Rohan Bhoge - 8-2
Under 16 Girls:
Arayalee Chavan bt. Devyani Menkar: 6-0,6-0
Under 16 Boys:
Sachin Shah bt. Prathamesh Lonkar: 6-1,6-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Monday, May 4, 2009
Boys & Girls Under 10 and 16, Day 1 & 2
Deccan Gymkhana Open Junior Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls Under 10 and Under 16 got underway from the 3rd of May 2009 at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts. The first day provided some exciting matches. The enthusiasm of the Under 10 participants was unbeatable. All the kids played with great zeal and competed intensely in their matches. The results of the matches are as under
Girls Under - 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Shristi Daas bt. Rajnandini Kulkarni : 8-0
2. Mallika Karmarkar bt. Sanjana Jadhav : 8-3
3. Neha Ghare bt. Sachi Kulkarni : 8-2
4. Anagha Kamble bt. Ketki Shinde: 8-1
5. Shristi Daas bt. Mallika Karmarkar : 8-2
6. Neha Ghare bt. Neha Panchal : 8-4
7. Neha Ghare bt. Anagha Kamble : 8-6
Boys Under – 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Abhishek Ranade bt. Tanmay Darda :8-3
2. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Brijesh Mangodekar :8-0
3. Arjun Karmarkar bt. Siddarth Asher : 8-0
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rishabh Trivedi: 8-1
5. Ayush Prabhune bt. Abhishek Ranade: 8-0
6. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-1
7. Arman Jindal Bt. Ayman Khan : 8-3
8. Atharva Sharma bt. Arjun Karmakar : 8-4
9. Dhaval Shejwal bt. Pradyumna Nanekar : 8-6
10. Piyush Salekar bt. Adit Virkar: 8-4
11. Rohan Bhoge bt. Rajat Kirloskar: 8-5
12. Rohan Ghuge bt. Atharva Deshpande: 8-0
Quarter Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Siddanth Bhantia: 8-0
2. Arman Jindal bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
3. Piyush Salekar bt. Dhaval Shejwal: 8-1
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rohan Bhoge: 8-0
Semi Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Arman Jindal: 8-1
2. Rohan Bhuge bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-3
Girls Under 16:
1. Lavina Chawla bt. Nupoor Shinde: 8-1
2. Lavina Chawla bt. Rutuja Desai: 8-1
3. Areyalee Chavan bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-0
Semi Finals:
In the first semi final Areyalee Chavan played with pin point accuracy to defeat Lavina Chavla. Lavina never got a chance to get into her groove. Avanee Gosavi withdrew with a bad back in the second semi final.
1. Areyalee Chavan bt. Lavina Chawla: 6-0,6-1
2. Devyani Menkar walkover Avanee Gosavi
Boys Under 16:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Suraj Sharma: 8-0
2. Sarvesh Thite bt. Chinmay Deshpande: 8-7 (7-4)
3. Rahul Kamte bt. Yash Mokashi: 8-6
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Vedant Girme: 8-0
5. Yogiraj Gavde bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Quarter Finals:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar walkover Luqman Ibrahim
2. Ashwin Date bt. Sarvesh Thite: 8-5
3. Sagar Shah bt. Rahul Kamte: 8-7 (7-3)
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Yogiraj Gavde: 8-2
Semi Finals:
In the first Semi Final Ashwin Date led his opponent 5-2 in the first set before blowing the lead and surrendering the set 7-5. In the second set Ashwin was up 3-0 but Prathamesh clawed his way back to win the second 6-4 and also the match.
In the second Semi Final Sagar Shah hardly did anything wrong against Varun Jadhav to win by a comfortably.
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Ashwin Date: 7-5,6-4
2. Sagar Shah bt. Varun Jadhav: 6-1,6-2
Girls Under - 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Shristi Daas bt. Rajnandini Kulkarni : 8-0
2. Mallika Karmarkar bt. Sanjana Jadhav : 8-3
3. Neha Ghare bt. Sachi Kulkarni : 8-2
4. Anagha Kamble bt. Ketki Shinde: 8-1
5. Shristi Daas bt. Mallika Karmarkar : 8-2
6. Neha Ghare bt. Neha Panchal : 8-4
7. Neha Ghare bt. Anagha Kamble : 8-6
Boys Under – 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Abhishek Ranade bt. Tanmay Darda :8-3
2. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Brijesh Mangodekar :8-0
3. Arjun Karmarkar bt. Siddarth Asher : 8-0
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rishabh Trivedi: 8-1
5. Ayush Prabhune bt. Abhishek Ranade: 8-0
6. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-1
7. Arman Jindal Bt. Ayman Khan : 8-3
8. Atharva Sharma bt. Arjun Karmakar : 8-4
9. Dhaval Shejwal bt. Pradyumna Nanekar : 8-6
10. Piyush Salekar bt. Adit Virkar: 8-4
11. Rohan Bhoge bt. Rajat Kirloskar: 8-5
12. Rohan Ghuge bt. Atharva Deshpande: 8-0
Quarter Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Siddanth Bhantia: 8-0
2. Arman Jindal bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
3. Piyush Salekar bt. Dhaval Shejwal: 8-1
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rohan Bhoge: 8-0
Semi Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Arman Jindal: 8-1
2. Rohan Bhuge bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-3
Girls Under 16:
1. Lavina Chawla bt. Nupoor Shinde: 8-1
2. Lavina Chawla bt. Rutuja Desai: 8-1
3. Areyalee Chavan bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-0
Semi Finals:
In the first semi final Areyalee Chavan played with pin point accuracy to defeat Lavina Chavla. Lavina never got a chance to get into her groove. Avanee Gosavi withdrew with a bad back in the second semi final.
1. Areyalee Chavan bt. Lavina Chawla: 6-0,6-1
2. Devyani Menkar walkover Avanee Gosavi
Boys Under 16:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Suraj Sharma: 8-0
2. Sarvesh Thite bt. Chinmay Deshpande: 8-7 (7-4)
3. Rahul Kamte bt. Yash Mokashi: 8-6
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Vedant Girme: 8-0
5. Yogiraj Gavde bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Quarter Finals:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar walkover Luqman Ibrahim
2. Ashwin Date bt. Sarvesh Thite: 8-5
3. Sagar Shah bt. Rahul Kamte: 8-7 (7-3)
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Yogiraj Gavde: 8-2
Semi Finals:
In the first Semi Final Ashwin Date led his opponent 5-2 in the first set before blowing the lead and surrendering the set 7-5. In the second set Ashwin was up 3-0 but Prathamesh clawed his way back to win the second 6-4 and also the match.
In the second Semi Final Sagar Shah hardly did anything wrong against Varun Jadhav to win by a comfortably.
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Ashwin Date: 7-5,6-4
2. Sagar Shah bt. Varun Jadhav: 6-1,6-2
For more photos from May 3 And 4 please click the following link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/sets/72157617680109220/
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Monday, April 6, 2009
Deccan Gymkhana Open Under 10,12,14 & 16 Boys & Girls
Deccan Gymkhana Open for Boys and Girls Under 14 and 16 will be held at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts from the 3rd to 9th of May 2009.
The tournament will have the following events
The tournament will have the following events
- Boys Under 10 Singles
- Girls Under 10 Singles
- Boys Under 12 Singles
- Girls Under 12 Singles
- Boys Under 14 Singles
- Boys Under 16 Singles
- Girls Under 14 Singles
- Girls Under 16 Singles
- Boys Under 16 Doubles
- Girls Under 16 Doubles
Entry forms are available at the Deccan Gymkhana Office. Office Nos. 020-2567 5994
email: deccangymkhana@gmail.com
All participants, members and tennis enthusiasts are requested to register themselves with this blog. This will ensure that all information related to future events, tournaments, acitivities and results are available to everyone.
Mukund Joshi
C. 98230 56947
Thursday, February 19, 2009
ICEDALE OPEN
The second ICEDALE OPEN Doubles Tennis Tournament was held on the 31st Jan and 1st Feb 2009 at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts.
This year Women's Doubles was introduced.
For results, photographs and details of this tournament, click on the link below
http://icedaleopen.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=2
Mukund Joshi
This year Women's Doubles was introduced.
For results, photographs and details of this tournament, click on the link below
http://icedaleopen.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=2
Mukund Joshi
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