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.