FINAL DAY:
In the Girls Under 12, Mahima Omkar got the better of Meera Patwardhan 8-2. Meera was using the court well but made mistakes on crucial points. Mahima was more consistent of the two and got through fairly easily in the end.
In the Girls Under 14, it was Mahima Omkar once again who came on top against Saloni Ghodke. Mahima was unstoppable and blasted her elder opponent with comfortable ease.
Aditya Gokhale was the standout performer of the day, prevailing over Yash Lele in the Under 12 category. In the Under 14 event, Aditya was trailing Divyat Rungta 4-1 but fought back valiantly to win 8-5.
The finalists of all the singles categories will get a 4 day coaching session with Nitin Kirtane in the last week to May 2009. Dates will be announced soon. Along with the finalists, some players who impressed in the earlier rounds have also been selected. The following players have been selected-
1. Mahima Omkar
2. Sayali Ghodke
3. Meera Patwardhan
4. Devyani Menkar
5. Aryalee Chavan
6. Shristi Daas
7. Neha Ghare
8. Ayush Prabhune
9. Rohan Bhoge
10. Sachin Shah
11. Prathamesh Lonkar
12. Yash Lele
13. Shahu Patil
14. Brent Dixon
15. Mihir Damle
16. Aditya Deshpande
17. Rahil Gajare
18. Aditya Gokhale
19. Divyat Rungta
20. Ashwin Date
21. Rohan Bhave
Results of the finals:
Girls Under 12:
Mahima Omkar bt. Meera Patwardhan: 8-3
Girls Under 14:
Mahima Omkar bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-1
Boys Under 12:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-2
Boys Under 14:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Divyat Rungta: 8-5
Boys Under 16 Doubles:
Aditya Deshpande/ Rahul Gajare bt. Mihir Damle/ Brent Dixon: 9-8 (9-7)
Girls Under 16:
Saloni Ghodke/Suprabha Pujari bt. Saee Mhaske/ Brahmani Pingle: 8-6
Last but not the least no tournament can be successful without a team effort. Thanks to Kishor Paranjape for being there scheduling matches and helping with the draw, Sudheer Ranade & Dr. Nitin Bhave for scheduling matches, Madan Gokhale for filling in when we were not around.
For umpiring the matches – Aditya Deshpande, Ashwin Date, Vedant Girme, Aditya Gokhale, Nupur Shinde, Shristi Dass, Sammit Ranade and other players and parents.
Thanks to Dr. Jaideep Date, Tennis Secretary, Deccan Gymkhana for all the support.
For photos from the last 3 days click http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/sets/72157617899099912/
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
7 MAY 2009, SEMI FINAL DAY
The semi finals saw an interesting buildup of players who would present entertaining encounters.
In the Girls Under 14, Saloni Ghodke edged out Rushouti Kanade 8-5. Mahima Omkar displayed great retrival skills against Rayika Karachiwala. Rayika was the more aggressive player but Mahima kept hitting all the balls back and frustrating her opponent..
In the Girls Under 12, it was Mahima again came on top against Shristi Daas. Shristi was the winner of the Under 10 category.
In the Boys Under 12, the first semi between Brent Dixon and Yash Lele was a closely contested match. Both players fighting till the very end. Yash Lele held his nerve at the crucial points and scraped through. The second semi Aditya Gokhale was too consistent for Mihir Damle and won comfortably.
Divyat Rungta got the better of Rahil Gajare in the first Boys Under 14 semi finals. The second was a one sided affair between Aditya Gokhale and Yash Lele. Aditya has too many weapons for Yash to handle.
Girls Under 12:
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Shristi Daas:8-2
2. Meera Patwardhan bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-2
Girls Under 14:
1. Saloni Ghodke bt. Rushouti Kanade:8-5
2. Mahima Omkar bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-6
Boys Under 12:
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Mihir Damle:8-1
2. Yash Lele bt. Brent Dixon: 8-6
Boys Under 14:
1. Divyat Rungta bt. Rahil Gajare: 8-6
2. Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-1
In the Girls Under 14, Saloni Ghodke edged out Rushouti Kanade 8-5. Mahima Omkar displayed great retrival skills against Rayika Karachiwala. Rayika was the more aggressive player but Mahima kept hitting all the balls back and frustrating her opponent..
In the Girls Under 12, it was Mahima again came on top against Shristi Daas. Shristi was the winner of the Under 10 category.
In the Boys Under 12, the first semi between Brent Dixon and Yash Lele was a closely contested match. Both players fighting till the very end. Yash Lele held his nerve at the crucial points and scraped through. The second semi Aditya Gokhale was too consistent for Mihir Damle and won comfortably.
Divyat Rungta got the better of Rahil Gajare in the first Boys Under 14 semi finals. The second was a one sided affair between Aditya Gokhale and Yash Lele. Aditya has too many weapons for Yash to handle.
Girls Under 12:
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Shristi Daas:8-2
2. Meera Patwardhan bt. Saloni Ghodke: 8-2
Girls Under 14:
1. Saloni Ghodke bt. Rushouti Kanade:8-5
2. Mahima Omkar bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-6
Boys Under 12:
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Mihir Damle:8-1
2. Yash Lele bt. Brent Dixon: 8-6
Boys Under 14:
1. Divyat Rungta bt. Rahil Gajare: 8-6
2. Aditya Gokhale bt. Yash Lele: 8-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Thursday, May 7, 2009
MAY 7, QUARTERFINALS BEGIN
Boys Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Anant Mishra: 8-1
2. Yash Lele w/o N Shankarnarayanan
3. Brent Dixon bt. Rohan Bhave: 8-3
Girls Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Tanvee Jagtap: 8-0
2. Shristi Daas bt. Saee Mhaske: 8-2
3. Saloni Ghodke bt Suprabha Pujari: 8-3
4. Meera Patwardhan bt. Brahmani Pingle: 8-1
Boys Under 14 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Rahil Gajare bt. N Shankarnarayanan: 8-3
2. Divyat Rungta w/o Kushal Mulay
3. Yash Lele bt. Shahu Patil: 8-5
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Qtr Finals
1. Aditya Gokhale bt. Anant Mishra: 8-1
2. Yash Lele w/o N Shankarnarayanan
3. Brent Dixon bt. Rohan Bhave: 8-3
Girls Under 12 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Mahima Omkar bt. Tanvee Jagtap: 8-0
2. Shristi Daas bt. Saee Mhaske: 8-2
3. Saloni Ghodke bt Suprabha Pujari: 8-3
4. Meera Patwardhan bt. Brahmani Pingle: 8-1
Boys Under 14 Results:
Qtr Finals
1. Rahil Gajare bt. N Shankarnarayanan: 8-3
2. Divyat Rungta w/o Kushal Mulay
3. Yash Lele bt. Shahu Patil: 8-5
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
May 6, Under 12 & 14, Boys and Girls
TOP SEED UPSET:
Top seed in the Boys Under 14, Jayesh Pungalia was upset in the second round by Rahil Gajare. In this hotly contested encounter on court no. 9,Rahil prevailed over his highly ranked opponent and got through in the tie break 7-4.
In the Girls Under 14 category, Apoorva Suryavanshi prevailed over Devyani Menkar 8-7(7-5). Standout performance of the day was that of Rushouti Kanade who won both her first and second round matches, getting the better of Anisha Aswani and Sakshi Batra with an identical score of 8-5.
Other seeds, namely Brent Dixon, Rohan Bhave, Yash Lele, Aditya Gokhale,Mihir Damle got through their initial rounds as expected.
Boys Under 12 Results:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Shubhankar Hardikar :8-2
Viren Bhuptani bt. Abhishek Nikam: 8-0
Anshul Sonigra bt. Shaunak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rushikesh Deshpande bt. Anant Mishra: 8-6
Mihir Damle bt. Rohan Ghuge
Aditya Deshpande bt. Kaustaubh Deokar: 8-1
Allen Lobo bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-0
Shahu Patil bt. Vyankatesh Acharya: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Ajinkya Phanse: 8-0
Akash Vanjare bt. Vanshal D’Souza: 8-4
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Ayush Prabhune: 8-4
Sammit Ranade bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
Brent Dixon bt. Prajit Oswal: 8-3
Atharva Iyer bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-3
Rohan Bhave bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-2
Girls Under 12 Results:
Shristi Daas bt. Anahita Pande: 8-0
Saloni Ghodke bt. Dakshata Omkar: 8-1
Suprabha Pujari bt. Veera Nisal: 8-3
Boys Under 14 Results:
Jayesh Pungalia bt. Kanak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rahil Gajare bt. Anshul Verma: 8-0
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Aditya Deshpande: 8-4
Brent Dixon walkover Isa Ibrahim
Divyat Rungta bt. Kartil Chavre: 8-1
Nigel Lobo bt. Sohil Savla: 8-0
Sammit Ranade bt. Nikhil Jyoti: 8-3
Kushal Mulay bt. Harsh Pereira: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Eshan Sharma: 8-2
Akshay Paranjape bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-3
Shahu Patil bt. Pratik Hulgutte: 8-1
Vedant Girme bt. Rishikayesh Pardeshi: 8-3
Mihir Damle walkover Aditya Devkar:
Aneesh Salekar bt. Aditya Patil: 8-3
Sujay Dhiwar bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Aditya Gokhale bt. Rajiv Bhokare: 8-1
Girls Under 14 Results:
Sakshi Batra walkover Suprabha Pujari
Rushouti Kanade bt. Anisha Aswani: 8-5
Reva Joshi walkover Vasundhara Menkar
Saloni Ghodke walkover Ishani Deshmukh
Apoorva Suryavanshi bt. Devyani Menkar : 8-7 (7-5)
Kavya Surana bt. Harshada Jadhav: 8-1
Mahima Omkar bt. Sheetal Kamble: 8-1
Rushouti Kanade bt. Sakshi Batra: 8-5
Saloni Ghodke bt. Reva Joshi: 8-2
Rayika Karachiwala bt. Apoorva Suryavanshi: 8-2
Top seed in the Boys Under 14, Jayesh Pungalia was upset in the second round by Rahil Gajare. In this hotly contested encounter on court no. 9,Rahil prevailed over his highly ranked opponent and got through in the tie break 7-4.
In the Girls Under 14 category, Apoorva Suryavanshi prevailed over Devyani Menkar 8-7(7-5). Standout performance of the day was that of Rushouti Kanade who won both her first and second round matches, getting the better of Anisha Aswani and Sakshi Batra with an identical score of 8-5.
Other seeds, namely Brent Dixon, Rohan Bhave, Yash Lele, Aditya Gokhale,Mihir Damle got through their initial rounds as expected.
Boys Under 12 Results:
Aditya Gokhale bt. Shubhankar Hardikar :8-2
Viren Bhuptani bt. Abhishek Nikam: 8-0
Anshul Sonigra bt. Shaunak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rushikesh Deshpande bt. Anant Mishra: 8-6
Mihir Damle bt. Rohan Ghuge
Aditya Deshpande bt. Kaustaubh Deokar: 8-1
Allen Lobo bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-0
Shahu Patil bt. Vyankatesh Acharya: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Ajinkya Phanse: 8-0
Akash Vanjare bt. Vanshal D’Souza: 8-4
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Ayush Prabhune: 8-4
Sammit Ranade bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
Brent Dixon bt. Prajit Oswal: 8-3
Atharva Iyer bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-3
Rohan Bhave bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-2
Girls Under 12 Results:
Shristi Daas bt. Anahita Pande: 8-0
Saloni Ghodke bt. Dakshata Omkar: 8-1
Suprabha Pujari bt. Veera Nisal: 8-3
Boys Under 14 Results:
Jayesh Pungalia bt. Kanak Kulkarni: 8-6
Rahil Gajare bt. Anshul Verma: 8-0
N Shankarnarayanan bt. Aditya Deshpande: 8-4
Brent Dixon walkover Isa Ibrahim
Divyat Rungta bt. Kartil Chavre: 8-1
Nigel Lobo bt. Sohil Savla: 8-0
Sammit Ranade bt. Nikhil Jyoti: 8-3
Kushal Mulay bt. Harsh Pereira: 8-1
Yash Lele bt. Eshan Sharma: 8-2
Akshay Paranjape bt. Nikhil Jijini: 8-3
Shahu Patil bt. Pratik Hulgutte: 8-1
Vedant Girme bt. Rishikayesh Pardeshi: 8-3
Mihir Damle walkover Aditya Devkar:
Aneesh Salekar bt. Aditya Patil: 8-3
Sujay Dhiwar bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Aditya Gokhale bt. Rajiv Bhokare: 8-1
Girls Under 14 Results:
Sakshi Batra walkover Suprabha Pujari
Rushouti Kanade bt. Anisha Aswani: 8-5
Reva Joshi walkover Vasundhara Menkar
Saloni Ghodke walkover Ishani Deshmukh
Apoorva Suryavanshi bt. Devyani Menkar : 8-7 (7-5)
Kavya Surana bt. Harshada Jadhav: 8-1
Mahima Omkar bt. Sheetal Kamble: 8-1
Rushouti Kanade bt. Sakshi Batra: 8-5
Saloni Ghodke bt. Reva Joshi: 8-2
Rayika Karachiwala bt. Apoorva Suryavanshi: 8-2
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Under 10 & 16 Finals
The finals of both the age groups were a one sided affair.In the Girls Under 16 Areyalee Chavan made no mistakes in disposing Devyani Menkar 6-0,6-0. Sagar Shah had too many weapons for Prathamesh Lonkar.
The finalists of all the groups will get a 4 day training session with Nitin Kirtane.
Results:
Under 10 Girls:
Shristi Daas bt. Neha Ghare - 8-0
Under 10 Boys:
Ayush Prabhune bt. Rohan Bhoge - 8-2
Under 16 Girls:
Arayalee Chavan bt. Devyani Menkar: 6-0,6-0
Under 16 Boys:
Sachin Shah bt. Prathamesh Lonkar: 6-1,6-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
The finalists of all the groups will get a 4 day training session with Nitin Kirtane.
Results:
Under 10 Girls:
Shristi Daas bt. Neha Ghare - 8-0
Under 10 Boys:
Ayush Prabhune bt. Rohan Bhoge - 8-2
Under 16 Girls:
Arayalee Chavan bt. Devyani Menkar: 6-0,6-0
Under 16 Boys:
Sachin Shah bt. Prathamesh Lonkar: 6-1,6-1
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
Monday, May 4, 2009
Boys & Girls Under 10 and 16, Day 1 & 2
Deccan Gymkhana Open Junior Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls Under 10 and Under 16 got underway from the 3rd of May 2009 at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts. The first day provided some exciting matches. The enthusiasm of the Under 10 participants was unbeatable. All the kids played with great zeal and competed intensely in their matches. The results of the matches are as under
Girls Under - 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Shristi Daas bt. Rajnandini Kulkarni : 8-0
2. Mallika Karmarkar bt. Sanjana Jadhav : 8-3
3. Neha Ghare bt. Sachi Kulkarni : 8-2
4. Anagha Kamble bt. Ketki Shinde: 8-1
5. Shristi Daas bt. Mallika Karmarkar : 8-2
6. Neha Ghare bt. Neha Panchal : 8-4
7. Neha Ghare bt. Anagha Kamble : 8-6
Boys Under – 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Abhishek Ranade bt. Tanmay Darda :8-3
2. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Brijesh Mangodekar :8-0
3. Arjun Karmarkar bt. Siddarth Asher : 8-0
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rishabh Trivedi: 8-1
5. Ayush Prabhune bt. Abhishek Ranade: 8-0
6. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-1
7. Arman Jindal Bt. Ayman Khan : 8-3
8. Atharva Sharma bt. Arjun Karmakar : 8-4
9. Dhaval Shejwal bt. Pradyumna Nanekar : 8-6
10. Piyush Salekar bt. Adit Virkar: 8-4
11. Rohan Bhoge bt. Rajat Kirloskar: 8-5
12. Rohan Ghuge bt. Atharva Deshpande: 8-0
Quarter Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Siddanth Bhantia: 8-0
2. Arman Jindal bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
3. Piyush Salekar bt. Dhaval Shejwal: 8-1
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rohan Bhoge: 8-0
Semi Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Arman Jindal: 8-1
2. Rohan Bhuge bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-3
Girls Under 16:
1. Lavina Chawla bt. Nupoor Shinde: 8-1
2. Lavina Chawla bt. Rutuja Desai: 8-1
3. Areyalee Chavan bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-0
Semi Finals:
In the first semi final Areyalee Chavan played with pin point accuracy to defeat Lavina Chavla. Lavina never got a chance to get into her groove. Avanee Gosavi withdrew with a bad back in the second semi final.
1. Areyalee Chavan bt. Lavina Chawla: 6-0,6-1
2. Devyani Menkar walkover Avanee Gosavi
Boys Under 16:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Suraj Sharma: 8-0
2. Sarvesh Thite bt. Chinmay Deshpande: 8-7 (7-4)
3. Rahul Kamte bt. Yash Mokashi: 8-6
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Vedant Girme: 8-0
5. Yogiraj Gavde bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Quarter Finals:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar walkover Luqman Ibrahim
2. Ashwin Date bt. Sarvesh Thite: 8-5
3. Sagar Shah bt. Rahul Kamte: 8-7 (7-3)
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Yogiraj Gavde: 8-2
Semi Finals:
In the first Semi Final Ashwin Date led his opponent 5-2 in the first set before blowing the lead and surrendering the set 7-5. In the second set Ashwin was up 3-0 but Prathamesh clawed his way back to win the second 6-4 and also the match.
In the second Semi Final Sagar Shah hardly did anything wrong against Varun Jadhav to win by a comfortably.
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Ashwin Date: 7-5,6-4
2. Sagar Shah bt. Varun Jadhav: 6-1,6-2
Girls Under - 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Shristi Daas bt. Rajnandini Kulkarni : 8-0
2. Mallika Karmarkar bt. Sanjana Jadhav : 8-3
3. Neha Ghare bt. Sachi Kulkarni : 8-2
4. Anagha Kamble bt. Ketki Shinde: 8-1
5. Shristi Daas bt. Mallika Karmarkar : 8-2
6. Neha Ghare bt. Neha Panchal : 8-4
7. Neha Ghare bt. Anagha Kamble : 8-6
Boys Under – 10
First and Second Rounds:
1. Abhishek Ranade bt. Tanmay Darda :8-3
2. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Brijesh Mangodekar :8-0
3. Arjun Karmarkar bt. Siddarth Asher : 8-0
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rishabh Trivedi: 8-1
5. Ayush Prabhune bt. Abhishek Ranade: 8-0
6. Siddanth Bhantia bt. Saurabh Kalane: 8-1
7. Arman Jindal Bt. Ayman Khan : 8-3
8. Atharva Sharma bt. Arjun Karmakar : 8-4
9. Dhaval Shejwal bt. Pradyumna Nanekar : 8-6
10. Piyush Salekar bt. Adit Virkar: 8-4
11. Rohan Bhoge bt. Rajat Kirloskar: 8-5
12. Rohan Ghuge bt. Atharva Deshpande: 8-0
Quarter Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Siddanth Bhantia: 8-0
2. Arman Jindal bt. Atharva Sharma: 8-3
3. Piyush Salekar bt. Dhaval Shejwal: 8-1
4. Rohan Ghuge bt. Rohan Bhoge: 8-0
Semi Finals:
1. Ayush Prabhune bt. Arman Jindal: 8-1
2. Rohan Bhuge bt. Piyush Salekar: 8-3
Girls Under 16:
1. Lavina Chawla bt. Nupoor Shinde: 8-1
2. Lavina Chawla bt. Rutuja Desai: 8-1
3. Areyalee Chavan bt. Rayika Karachiwala: 8-0
Semi Finals:
In the first semi final Areyalee Chavan played with pin point accuracy to defeat Lavina Chavla. Lavina never got a chance to get into her groove. Avanee Gosavi withdrew with a bad back in the second semi final.
1. Areyalee Chavan bt. Lavina Chawla: 6-0,6-1
2. Devyani Menkar walkover Avanee Gosavi
Boys Under 16:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Suraj Sharma: 8-0
2. Sarvesh Thite bt. Chinmay Deshpande: 8-7 (7-4)
3. Rahul Kamte bt. Yash Mokashi: 8-6
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Vedant Girme: 8-0
5. Yogiraj Gavde bt. Ajit Pawar: 8-4
Quarter Finals:
1. Prathamesh Lonkar walkover Luqman Ibrahim
2. Ashwin Date bt. Sarvesh Thite: 8-5
3. Sagar Shah bt. Rahul Kamte: 8-7 (7-3)
4. Varun Jadhav bt. Yogiraj Gavde: 8-2
Semi Finals:
In the first Semi Final Ashwin Date led his opponent 5-2 in the first set before blowing the lead and surrendering the set 7-5. In the second set Ashwin was up 3-0 but Prathamesh clawed his way back to win the second 6-4 and also the match.
In the second Semi Final Sagar Shah hardly did anything wrong against Varun Jadhav to win by a comfortably.
1. Prathamesh Lonkar bt. Ashwin Date: 7-5,6-4
2. Sagar Shah bt. Varun Jadhav: 6-1,6-2
For more photos from May 3 And 4 please click the following link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/sets/72157617680109220/
Mukund Joshi
Tournament Director
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