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

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