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.