A Girls under 14 Singles tournament, along with a Boys Under 14 Doubles was held on 18 September 2011 at Deccan Gymkhana.
The Girls event had a draw of 16 while there were 6 teams in the Boys Under 14 Doubles.
We had a chance to speak to Kavita Pande, mother of Anahita Pande, a participant in the Girls Under 14. Kavita said " The tournament was really useful and Anahita really enjoyed playing all 3 matches, we feel really match practice is the most important, because playing against different opponents helps prepare for other matches.It is a good way for the coaches to analyze their students. Anahita also realized what she needs to work on to improve her gameand that we find as avery positive step and playing more practice matches will always help them"
Synergy Sports provided the balls by Gamma and our dear friend Shyam Mehendale was generous to give the scholarship money to the eventual winner. Heartfelt thanks to both, they help to make it all happen. Shri Sane conducted the tournament.
Brief Results:
Girls Under 14 Singles-
Semi finals-
Suprabha Pujari bt. Sanjana Jadhav: 6-0
Mallika Karmarkar bt. Anahita Pande: 6-2
Finals-
Suprabha Pujari bt. Mallika Karmarkar: 6-0
Boys Under 14 Doubles-
Atharva Sharma/Apoorva Ringangoakar bt. Vedang Girme/Atharva Iyer: 6-3, 5-7, 10-8
Coming Sunday, 25 September 2011, we have a Boys Under 12 Singles and Girls Under 14 Doubles
4 comments:
I agree with Mrs Pande, when she says that match would stand in good stead,Mrs Pande,Kavita if I may seems very well informed and sure of what needs to be done for improving her child's game, this is however a very underrated and underestimated in value, is sports parenting well done the organizers keep up the good work
This was indeed a very good outing for Anahita and I can vouch for that being her father,I also agree with mr anonymous here when he/she says that a very under valued part of Indian sport is sports parenting , it must be addressed also its a super effort by the organizers kudos
we had fun playing
Good going Mukund Glad to see that this is bearing fruit..
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