28 May 2012

Youngster Hrishikesh logs two wins in a day




PUNE: Youngster Hrishikesh Vaidya proved that he could punch above his age winning both his boys singles matches in the Under-10 and 12 sections respectively and advance into the next round of the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at their home courts, on Monday



Hrishikesh, who trains at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pashan, first got the better of Deccan Gymkhana’s Omkar Agnihotri 6-3 in the Under-10 section, before returning to the court for his Under-12 round wherein he blanked another Deccan Gymkha opponent Vedant Korekar 6-0.



The day also witnessed two matches stretch to the limits. In the Under-10 section Shubham Patil held his nerve before overcoming Jay Dixit 7-6 (8-6), while in the Under-12 category Karan Thirani recorded a similar 7-6 (8-6) score-line against Manas Thukral.



Among others to drop game before advancing were Aniruddha Nikam, Arnav Kashyap, Yashraj Dalvi (Under-10) and Varun Phatak, Anshu Chandel (Under-12) sections.



RESULTS

Boys; Under-10, Round-3: Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Omkar Agnihotri (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-3; Pratham Bhujbal (PCMC) bt Naad Dantale (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-0; Mayank Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Arnav Dharme (PCMC) 6-0; Yashraj Dalvi (Solaris) bt Atharva Barate (PYC Gymkhana) 6-1; Shubham Patil (NRTA) bt Jay Dixit (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-6 (8-6); Aniruddha Nikam bt Tanisk Deshpande (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-3; Arnav Kashyap (Magarpatta) bt Kedar Shiralkar 6-1; Jay Devkar bt Shivakumar Ranade (MWTA) 6-0.



Boys; Under-12, Round-3: Varun Phatak (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Ashwin Tiparadi (PYC Gymkhana) 6-2; Karan Thirani (MWTA) bt Manas Thukral (PYC Gymkhana) 7-6 (8-6); Anshu Chandel (PCMC) bt Shreyas Palresha (MWTA) 6-4; Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Vedant Korekar (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-0; Hrishikesh Brahmankar bt Kaushal Ganpule (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-0; Dhaval Shejwal (MWTA) bt Pratik Bhosarekar 6-0.

Sunday 27 May 2012

Deccan Tennis Championship 2012

Aneesh, Siddharth, Mohana, Riya do hosts proud

PUNE: Deccan Gymkhana’s Aneesh Patankar, Siddharth Joshi, Mohana Navare, Riya Joshi were the toast of the day for their club winning easy encounters in the Under-14 boys and girls sections respectively in the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at their home courts, on Sunday.



Among the four Deccan winners, Aneesh had the easiest day out winning against Om Waghere 6-0 to advance into the third round of the boy’s section. Similarly, Siddharth dropped a game before showing PYC Gymkhana’s Kapeesh Khandge the door 6-1.



In the girls, section, both Mohana and Riya were up against opponents from their their own club. Mohana, relatively had it easy downing Khusboo Mundada 6-1, while Riya faced some resistance before prevailing over Samruddhi Ghumane 6-4.



Overall Deccan had four of its players’ win, while six made their exit on the third day of the championship.

RESULTS

Boys; Under-14, Rd-2: Apoorva Ringangavkar bt Shreyas Mankane 6-1; Rounak Mehta (MWTA) bt Pratik Jandade (PCMC) 6-0; Vedang Puranik (PYC Gymkhana) bt Abhishekh Abhyankar (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-1; Aneesh Patankar (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Om Waghere 6-0; Siddhant Patil bt Omkar Mahajan (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-2; Sanket Tambat (PCMC) bt Aadit Virkar (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-2; Siddharth Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Kapeesh Khandge (PYC Gymkhana) 6-1; Rahul Oswal bt Shubham Bhoite (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-1.



Girls; Under-14, Rd-2: Mohana Navare (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Khusboo Mundada (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-1; Riya Chafekar (PYC Gymkhana) bt Mrunalini Pol (6-1); Riya Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Samruddhi Ghumare (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-4.

Day 2 - Deccan Tennis Championship, 26 May 2012

Pratik wins tough encounter; Salsa, Shabavi, Sayuri ease on



PUNE: Pratik Bhosarekar had to dig deep into his reserves before prevailing over Rahul Bhagwat to enter the third round of the Boys’ Under-12 section in the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at their home courts, on Saturday.



The encounter between Pratik and Rahul from Hull Side Gymkana was so far the match of the tournament as both players took the game to the brink before Pratik won 7-6 (8). The match was the first to be decided via the tie-breaker.



The other matches in the section were one-sided with Anshu Chandal (PCMC) and Kushal Ganpule (Deccan Gymkhana) turning out to be the only players to drop two games before advancing. Anshu downed Deccan’s Varun Kore and Kushal put out Aditya Ganulkar (PYC Gymkaha) with identical 6-2 margins.



The girl’s section got underway in the Under-10 and 12 sections respectively and almost all winners had an easy day out. Host’s Deccan Gymkhana players Salsa Aaher, Shabavi Nadkarni and Sayuri Garud made their club proud with easy wins in the Under-12 section.



Shabavi had the easiest encounter winning against Kashish Oswal 6-0, while Salsa and Sayuri dropped two games each en-route the next round.



RESULTS



Boys; Under-12, Rd-2: Varun Pathale (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Pranav Kadam (PCMC) 6-0; Kapish Khandagale (PYC Gymkhana) bt Tanmay Talekar 6-0, Anshu Chandal (PCMC) bt Varun Kore (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-2, Shreyas Palresha (MWTA) bt Harshawardhan Yadav 6-1, Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Niraj Sankla (MWTA) 6-0, Kushal Ganpule (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Aditya Ganulkar (PYC Gymkhana) 6-2, Pratik Bhosarekar bt Rahul Bhagwat (Hillside Gymkhana) 7-6 (8).



Girls; Under-10, Rd-1: Smita Walhekar (PCMC) bt Bhagyashri Bhave (PYC) 6-1, Khushi Ghode (NRTA) bt Ishita Pathak (PCMC) 6-1, Tanish Khan (PCMC) bt Palak Lodha (MWTA) 6-2, Samrudhi Medankar (MWTA) bt Unmani Deglurkar (PCMC) 6-2, Rutika Bhatti (PYC Gymkhana) bt Aavani Khirsagar (PCMC) 6-2



Girls; Under-12, Rd 1: Salsa Aaher (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Anushika Barate (PYC Gymkhana) 6-2, Shabavi Nadkarni (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Kashish Oswal 6-0, Sayuri Garud (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Siddhi Gaikwad (NRTA) 6-2.

DECCAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

Deccan Tennis Championship was inaugurated yesterday morning by Shri Shrirang Godbole and CHINTU. The kids had a gala time meeting CHINTU and his friends. Youngsters Naad Dhantale and Tanishk Deshpande won hard-fought games against their opponents to move into the next round of the Boys’ Under-10 section in the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at the home courts, on Friday. Playing in familiar surroundings, both Naad and Tanishk won ten-game thrillers by registering identical 6-4 wins over Ved Satav (NCL) and Aditya Ramdas. The day otherwise proved to be one-sided for all victors. The longest match of the day was the game between Kedar Shiralkar and Tanmay Talekar where neither spared an inch in a long drawn 13-game battle. Kedar eventually prevailed 7-5. In the boys’ Under-12 section, Harshawardhan Yadav downed Yash Mittal (PYC Gymkhana) 6-2 in the only match of the section wherein the opponent managed to win two games. RESULTS Boys; Under-10: Omkar Agnihotri (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Nupur Chaudhary (PCMC) 6-1; Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Shriram Jorwekar (PYC Gymkhana) 6-1; Pratham Bhujbal (PCMC) w/o Vishvak Chinlapally (Magarpatta); Naad Dhantale (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Ved Satav (NCL) 6-4; Arnav Dharne (PCMC) w/o Jay Shelar (NRTA); Mayank Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Sahil Tambat (PCMC) 6-0; Yeshraj Dalvi (Solaris) bt Nirmit Chanal (PCMC) 6-0; Shubham Patil (NYTA) bt Chinmay Dhandekar (MWTA) 6-2; Jay Dixit (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Shardul Mugikar 6-2; Anirudha Nikam (Hill Side Gymkhana) bt Aditya Jawale (Hill Side Gymkhana) 6-2; Tanishk Deshpande (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Aditya Ramdas (MWTA) 6-4; Kedar Shiralkar bt Tanmay Talekar 7-5; Arnav Kashyap (MP) bt Shaunak Karmarkar 6-2; Shivkumar Ranade (MWTA) bt Arjun Gohad 6-3; Jay Devkar (PCMC) bt Abhirav Patankar 6-0 (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-0. Boys; Under-12: Pravan Kadam (PCMC) w/o Manas Tembre; Kapish Khandagle (PYC Gymkhana) bt Tanay Talekar (NRTA) 6-0; Manas Thukral (PYC Gymkhana) bt Yash Sant 6-1; Harshawardhan Yadav (NRTA) bt Yash Mittal (PYC) 6-2; Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Aryan Shirale (Deccan Gymkhana) 6-1; Aditya Ganolkar w/o Shishir Singh; Pratik Bhosrekar bt Yash Jagtap 6-0.