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

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