Finals

Deccan eves sweep titles; Yashraj, Karan, Sanket top in boys




PUNE: Deccan Gymkhana as expected made a clean sweep in the girls' section winning all three title in the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at their home courts, on Wednesday.



Making the host’s proud were Sneha Ranade (Under-10), Shambhavi Nadkarni (Under-12) and Anahita Pande (under-14). Shambhavi played out the toughest of the six finals lined up on the day winning in the tie-breaker.



In the boys’ Under-10 section, Solaris' Yashraj Dalvi brushed aside the challenge of Jay Devkar to win 7-4.



In an all-MWTA final of the Under-12 section, Karan Thirani overcame his compatriot Dhawal Shejwal 8-5.



Later, in the Under-14 section Sanket Tambat of PCMC made it look easy when he took on Deccan's Aneesh Patankar. Sanket downed Aneesh 8-2 in the most one-sided match of the day.



In the girls section, was an all Deccan Gymkhana affair on court. Sneha took the first crown as she down Mallika Marathe 7-3 for the girls' Under-10 crown.



Likewise, in the Under-12 section, it took a tie-breaker for Shambhavi Nadkarni as she overcame Riya Joshi 8-7 (7-3) in a hard-fought match.



The girls' Under-14 finals saw Anahita Pande coming on top against Mohana Navare with a convincing 8-5 victory.



RESULTS

Boys; Under-10, Final: Yashraj Dalvi (Solaris) bt Jay Devkar 7-4



Boys; Under-12, Final: Karan Thirani (MWTA) bt Dhaval Shejwal (MWTA) 8-5



Boys; Under-14, Final: Sanket Tambat (PCMC) bt Aneesh Patankar (Deccan Gymkhana) 8-2





Girls; Under-10, Final: Sneha Ranade (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Mallika Marathe (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-3



Girls; Under-12, Final: Shambhavi Nadkarni (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Riya Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) 8-7 (7-3)



Girls; Under-14, Final: Anahita Pande (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Mohana Navare (Deccan Gymkhana) 8-5.



All photographs on facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=552695083#!/DeccanTennis

Semi Final day

Karan fights way into final; Deccan eves eye clean sweep




PUNE: Youngster Karan Thirani had to work hard to make the final grade, while hosts’ Deccan Gymkhana lined themselves up for three sure-shot titles with the girls’ sweeping aside all other opposition in the the Deccan Tennis Championship 2012 at their home courts, on Tuesday.



In the boys’ Under-12 section section, Karan played out the longest encounter among all semifinals of the day before getting past PYC Gymkhana’s Kapish Khandge 7-6 (8-6). The match was the only one among the boys to be decided in the tiebreaker.



In the summit clash, Karan will lock horns with Dhaval Shejwal who put out the consistent Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) 7-4. Hrishikesh,who basked in glory on Monday, also ended his Under-10 campaign in the last-8 played earlier in the day.



In the girls section, Deccan Gymkhana were on top with Mallika Marathe (Deccan Gymkhana) setting up a final date with Sneha Ranade for the Under-10 crown.



Likewise, in the Under-12 section, Riya Joshi overcame Salsa Aher 7-6 (4) to make the final grade against Shambhavi Nadkarni who relatively had it easy against Vaidehi Katkar (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-0.



The Under-14 semifinals were decided without much ado. Mohana Navare got past Riya Chapheker of PYC Gymkhana 7-4 to move into a final-confrontation with Anahita Pande who put out Riya Joshi 7-5.



RESULTS

Boys; Under-10, Semifinal: Yashraj Dalvi (Solaris) bt Pratham Bhujbal (PCMC) 7-5; Jay Devkar bt Aniruddha Nikam (Hillside Gymkhana) 7-0



Quarterfinals: Pratham Bhujbal (PCMC) bt Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) 7-4; Yashraj Dalvi (Solaris) bt Mayank Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-2; Aniruddha Nikam (Hillside Gymkhana) bt Shubham Patil (NRTA) 7-6 (8-6), Jay Devkar bt Arnav Kashyap (MP) 7-0



Boys; Under-12, Semifinal: Karan Thirani (MWTA) bt Kapish Khandge (PYC Gymkhana) 7-6 (8-6); Dhaval Shejwal (MWTA) bt Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) 7-4.



Quarterfinals: Kapish Khandge (PYC Gymkhana) bt Varun Phatak (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-4; Karan Thirani (MWTA) bt Anshu Chandel (PCMC) 7-6 (7-4); Hrishikesh Vaidya (NCL) bt Dev Dharmadhikari (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-3; Dhaval Shejwal (MWTA) bt Hrishikesh Brahmankar 7-2



Boys; Under-14, Semifinal: Aneesh Patankar (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Rounak Mehta (MWTA) 7-0; Sanket Tambat (PCMC) bt Rahul Oswal 7-3



Quarterfinal: Aneesh Patankar (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Vedang Puranik (PYC Gymkhana) 7-0; Sanket Tambal (PCMC) bt Siddhanth Patil 7-2; Rahul Oswal bt Siddharth Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-5



Girls; Under-10, Semifinal: Mallika Marathe (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Khushi Ghode (NRTA) 7-2; Sneha Ranade (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Anisha Shewte (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-0



Girls; Under-12, Semifinal: Riya Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Salsa Aher (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-6 (4); Shambhavi Nadkarni (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Vaidehi Katkar (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-0



Girls; Under-14, Semifinal: Mohana Navare (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Riya Chapheker (PYC Gymkhana) 7-4; Anahita Pande (Deccan Gymkhana) bt Riya Joshi (Deccan Gymkhana) 7-5