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.



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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

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.

Sports Psychology

Our guest writer this month is Debashree Marathe. Debashree is a Sports and Exercise psychologist, she has been working with some kids in the deccan Gymkhana Tennis coaching scheme.

"With great players from India advancing ahead in ITF and grad-slams, proves that these players are not just physically fit and have good technique, but also that these players have a tough mind; a pre-requisite for any champion. Mind plays an important role in winning and in losing. A confident mind, with good level of motivation and determination balances out the negativities and self-doubts and even over-powers them to actually help a player achieve what he/ she wants.
Factors like confidence, focus, body-language, attitude that player hold before and after the game, nervousness, pressures, worry, fear of failure and fear of success affect the way anyone plays. For example, a player with great technique and a good posture might not be a winner because he/ she loses focus at the crucial time of the play; gets angry upon a miss or bad calls; is not confident enough to play in front of people or when not in lead etc. So even if they have the basics to be a good player, they lack in the pre-requisites that is the having a strong mind to take over the game.
As a sports psychologist, I have worked with a lot of tennis players and some of them include Rutuja Bhosale, Sahil Deshmukh, Prarthana Tombre, Ankita Raina, Siddhanth Bhanthia and many more. All these players are very good in what they do. They have earned a level of play with their own effort, good dedication and rigorous bouts of practice day in and day out. As a therapist, the most important factor that I had to work on was their amount of focus that they had during a match and their confidence to play in face of adversities (e.g., losing a lead, managing pressure at the crucial time of the match, ) Of course, learning to focus, trust your won body (confidence) to play flawlessly wasn’t a miracle that happened to them over night; it was a process that had a routine that they had to follow like their physical training session, giving a fixed amount of time for mental coaching to increase their concentration level, confidence level and most importantly reduce their fear of failure in a big match situation. Simple techniques used by them has helped them to maintain consistency in their game, reduce performance blocks, and reduce self-doubts and manage pressure from themselves, their parents, their coaches and the venue that they are playing at. Managing their own mind in the game has helped them and is helping them concur their game and take it to a new level all together."


Debashree Marathe
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Qualifying for NECC ITF

Ksenia gets top billing in Qualifying draw

Four Indians seeded; Sharmada Balu highest ranked Indian


Pune, December 16: Russia’s Ksenia Kirillova has been top seeded in the Qualifying draw of the 11th NECC-ITF $25,000 Women’s tennis tournament wherein all the seeds get first round bye for the event that begins at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Saturday.


Kirillova meets India’s Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy in the second round; while the second seded Hua-Chen Lee faces 12th seed Shu-Ying Hsieh after the draw was made on Friday evening.


Four Indians have been seeded in the qualifying with Sharmada Balu being placed at No 4, the best seeded Indian, while Kyra Shroff is seventh, Rushmi Chakravarthi eighth and Ankita Raina tenth. Both Kyra and Rushmi had a forgettable outing in the ongoing $10,000 ITF tennis at Balewadi.


Sharmada has a tough second round match against Ireland’s Julia Moriarty on the morrow, while Kyra waits for the winner of first round match between Prarthana Prathap and Ho-Ching Wu of Hong Kong.


Rushmi too will have to wait as she is drawn to play the winner of Sheethal Gautham and Preethi Srinivasan in the bottom half of the draw. Eight players will make it to the main draw after playing three rounds in a draw of 48.



Following the withdrawal of the top seed Alexandra Panova of Russia, Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand would get the top billing in the main draw, which begins on Monday. It would have been Panova’s third appearance in Pune had she not pulled out. Upcoming teenager Sachie Ishizu from Japan will now head the bottom half of the draw being the No 2 seed.


Meanwhile, two city players Rutuja Bhosale, and Aishvarya Srivastava are among the four players granted wild cards for the main draw. The other two are Prerna Bhambri, Rishika Sunkara.



SEEDS

1-Ksenia Kirillova (Rus); 2-Hua-Chen Lee (Tpe); 3-Jia Xiang Lu (Chn); 4-Sharmada Balu (Ind); 5-Ju-Eun Kim (Kor); 6-Hae-Sung Kim (Kor); 7-Kyra Shroff (Ind); 8-Rushmi Chakravarthi (Ind); 9-Julia Parasyuk (Rus); 10-Ankita Raina (Ind); 11- Noel Scott (USA); 12-Shu-Ying Hsieh (Tpe); 13-Julia Moriarty (Irl); 14-Evgeniya Svintsova (Rus); 15-Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha); 16-Anamika Bhargava (USA).

Qualifying for NECC ITF

Ksenia gets top billing in Qualifying draw

Four Indians seeded; Sharmada Balu highest ranked Indian


Pune, December 16: Russia’s Ksenia Kirillova has been top seeded in the Qualifying draw of the 11th NECC-ITF $25,000 Women’s tennis tournament wherein all the seeds get first round bye for the event that begins at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Saturday.


Kirillova meets India’s Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy in the second round; while the second seded Hua-Chen Lee faces 12th seed Shu-Ying Hsieh after the draw was made on Friday evening.


Four Indians have been seeded in the qualifying with Sharmada Balu being placed at No 4, the best seeded Indian, while Kyra Shroff is seventh, Rushmi Chakravarthi eighth and Ankita Raina tenth. Both Kyra and Rushmi had a forgettable outing in the ongoing $10,000 ITF tennis at Balewadi.


Sharmada has a tough second round match against Ireland’s Julia Moriarty on the morrow, while Kyra waits for the winner of first round match between Prarthana Prathap and Ho-Ching Wu of Hong Kong.


Rushmi too will have to wait as she is drawn to play the winner of Sheethal Gautham and Preethi Srinivasan in the bottom half of the draw. Eight players will make it to the main draw after playing three rounds in a draw of 48.



Following the withdrawal of the top seed Alexandra Panova of Russia, Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand would get the top billing in the main draw, which begins on Monday. It would have been Panova’s third appearance in Pune had she not pulled out. Upcoming teenager Sachie Ishizu from Japan will now head the bottom half of the draw being the No 2 seed.


Meanwhile, two city players Rutuja Bhosale, and Aishvarya Srivastava are among the four players granted wild cards for the main draw. The other two are Prerna Bhambri, Rishika Sunkara.



SEEDS

1-Ksenia Kirillova (Rus); 2-Hua-Chen Lee (Tpe); 3-Jia Xiang Lu (Chn); 4-Sharmada Balu (Ind); 5-Ju-Eun Kim (Kor); 6-Hae-Sung Kim (Kor); 7-Kyra Shroff (Ind); 8-Rushmi Chakravarthi (Ind); 9-Julia Parasyuk (Rus); 10-Ankita Raina (Ind); 11- Noel Scott (USA); 12-Shu-Ying Hsieh (Tpe); 13-Julia Moriarty (Irl); 14-Evgeniya Svintsova (Rus); 15-Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha); 16-Anamika Bhargava (USA).

Boys and Girls Under 12 Singles, December 4, 2011

Brief results for last Sunday:

Girls Under 12:

Shambhavi Nadkarni d. Ila Dadhe: 6-0
Mansi Narde d. Shreeja Kapshikar: 6-1

Final:

Shambhavi Nadkarni d. Mansi Narde: 6-0

Boys Under 12:

Kyle Cummings d. Shreyas Lanke: 6-0
Manas Thukral d. Varun Phatak: 6-3
Kyle Cummings d. Geet Singhi: 6-0
Manas Thukral d. Shreyas Lanke: 6-0

Final:

Kyle Cummings d. Manas Thukral: 6-0

NECC Women's ITF, a USD 25,000 tournament will be held at Deccan Gymkhana from the 17th to 24th of December. Entry is free. We request the parents to get their kids to watch the matches. It will be a good learning experience for them. The last four days have evening and night matches.
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Boys Under 10, Sunday, 27 November 2011

Results from the boys Under 10:


Manas Thukral d. Pratham Bhujbal: 7-5
Dev d. Siddarth: 6-1
Parth Sumbre d. Rahul Dikshit: 6-2
Omkar Agnihotri d. Rohan Raheja: 6-0
Omkar Agnihotri d. Naad dantale: 6-1
Varun Pathak d. Parth Sumbre: 6-3
Dev Dharmadhikari d. Yash Jagtap: 6-1
Manas thukral d. dev Dharmadhikari: 6-4
Varun Pathak d. Parth Sumbre: 6-3
Varun Phatak d. Omkar Agnihotri: 7-5

Final:

Manas Thukral d. Varun Phatak: 6-2

Sunday Tennis League - November 20, 2011

Brief results from the matches

Girls Under 14:

Anahita Pande d. Rutika Agarwal: 6-0
Nehal Patankar d. Samruddhi Ghumare: 7-6
Radhika Joshi d. Vaidehi Katkar: 6-1
Janhavee Walavadkar d. Kasturi Lende: 6-4


Semi finals:

Anahita Pande d. Samruddhi Ghumare : 6-1
Radhika Joshi d. Janhavee Walavadkar: 6-2

Final:

Radhika Joshi d. Anahita Pande: 7-6 (7-4)


Boys:

Christian Cummings d. Shubhankar Bhajekar: 6-2
Yavin Solomon d. Yeshwant Gutta: 6-3
Anish Patankar d. Aniruddha Deshpande: 6-1
Apporva Ringangoankar d. Tanishq Deshpande: 6-0
Atharva Sharma d. Kyle Cummings: 6-1
Sammit Ranade w/o Sharan Rajani
Aditya Iyer w/o Indraneel Patil
Christian Cummings d. Yavin Solomon: 7-6 (7-2)
Apporv Ringangaonkar d. Anish Patankar: 6-4
Atharva Sharma d. Sammit Ranade: 6-1

Semi Finals:

Aditya Iyer d. Atharva Sharma: 6-3
Christian Cummings d. Apporv Ringangaonkar: 6-1

Final:

Aditya Iyer d. Christian Cummings: 7-6

Boys and Girls Under 10 will be held on November 27

Round Robin Super Series

Following players have been selected for the round robin super series in the under 14 age groups

Boys Under 14:

Aditya Iyer
Approv Ringangaonkar
Christian Cummings
Atharva Sharma

Girls Under 14:

Anahita Pande
Radhika Joshi
Sachi Kulkarni

The girls and boys under 12 section was divided into two groups to ensure that each participant gets atleast two matches. The player with maximum wins advanced to the finals from each group.
Brief Scores:
Girls:

Riya Joshi def. Anaya Thorat : 6-3
Anahita Pande def. Sayuri Govind : 6-4
Riya Joshi def. Aishwarya Khatal : 6-3
Avyakta Thorat def. Isha Ghaisas : 7-5
Anahita Pande def. Anaya Thorat : 6-3
Aishwarya Khatal def. Sayuri Govind: 6-4

Final: Anahita Pande def. Riya Joshi : 6-4
Boys:

Abhishek Ranade def. Geet Singhi : 6-0
Aditya Iyer def. Jay Deokar : 6-0
Noel Nelvin def. Tanishq Deshpande : 6-0
Abhishek Ranade def. Noel Nelvin : 6-3
Jay Deokar def. Tanishq Deshpande : 6-3

Final: Abhishek Ranade def. Jay Deokar : 6-3

We will be starting a round robin format for the best 8 players of each age group soon.

800 wins club

Roger Federer reached a career milestone of 800 match wins on the ATP World Tour at the Paris Masters. Here is a look at the exclusive 800 wins club 1. Jimmy Connors: 1242 wins 2. Ivan Lendl: 1071 wins 3. Guillermo Vilas: 923 wins 4. John McEnroe: 875 wins 5. Andre Agassi: 870 wins 6. Stefan Edberg: 806 wins 7. Roger Federer: 801 wins

13 and 20 November 2011

Boys and Girls Under 12 Singles will be held on 13th November

and

Boys and Girls Under 14 Singles will be held on 20th November

Deccan Players Victorious in Nationals

Deccan Tennis Scheme student 15 year old Rutuja Bhosale won the Women's Nationals held in Delhi last week. In doing so she becomes the second youngest player to achieve this feat.

In Men's Doubles veteran southpaw Nitin Kirtane won the Men's Doubles partnering another Deccan Gymkhana member Arjun Kadhe.

Congratulations to Rutuja, Arjun and Nitin......

October 9 and 16, 2011

The remaining matches were completed this Sunday.
In the Anahita Pande won the girls under 12 singles by defeating Sachi Kulkarni 7-5 in a close match. In the boys under 10 segment, Jay Deokar was the winner, accounting for Mayank Joshi 6-2.

In the Girls Under 14, Anahita Pande got the better of Shambhavi Nadkarni: 7-2. In the Under 14 Boys, Christian Cummings defeated Aditya Iyer in a close match 6-4. In the round robin format, earlier in the day Aditya Iyer had defeated Christian Cummings. This is Aditya's second final in the Sunday Tennis League, he had won the Boys Under 12 title. Christian had lost the Under 14 final last month but went one better this time around.
16 October 2011

In the men’s doubles, Ketan Dhumal andAbhishek Tamhane won the title. In the final they prevailed over Mandar Wakankar and Mukund Joshi.
Vidyadhar Humnabadkar and Amit Patankar deserve a special mention. They won two close matches against much younger opponents. Vidyadhar is a regular participant in the 45 plus segment of doubles.
Semifinals:
Ketan Dhumal/Abhishek Tamhane bt. Vidyadhar Humnabadkar/Amit Patankar : 8-1
Mandar Wakankar/Mukund Joshi bt. Manoj Kusalkar/Sunil Kusalkar: 8-5

Finals:

Ketan Dhumal/Abhishek Tamhane bt. Mandar Wakankar/Mukund Joshi: 8-5

This Sunday, 23rd October , no matches will be held. Next matches on 30th October.
Happy Diwali to everyone....

Schedule for October 2011

9th October - Boys and Girls Under 14 Singles

16th October - Men's Doubles

23rd October - Men's Singles

30th October - Women's Singles and Girls Under 12

Sunday October 2, 2011

Kids in 3 age groups competed for top honors on 2nd October at Deccan Gymkhana in the Sunday Tennis League.
The rains however were unrelenting and matches in Girls Under 12 and Boys Under 10 had to be called off at the semi final stage.
I would like to thank Riya Joshi, Sachi Kulkarni and Anahita Pande for their enthusiasm in mopping the courts. A few parents too helped in removing the water from the courts when the rains stopped. The remaining matches will be played on the 9th of October at 10:30AM.

Thanks to Sammit Ranade and Akshay Kadam for conducting the matches. Shyam Mehendale for his continued support and Synergy Sports for providing Gamma.

Results:

Girls Under 10

Sneha Ranade w/o Sejal Gandhi
Anaya Thorat bt. Aanisha Shewate: 6-1
Smita Walhekar bt. Sucheta Patil: 6-4
Avyakta Thorat bt. Sneha Ranade: 6-2
Smita Walhekar bt. Sucheta Patil: 6-4

Finals

Avyakta Thorat bt. Smita Walhekar: 6-1

Boys Under 10

Tanish Deshpande bt. Yash Liman: 6-4
Pratham Bhujbal bt. Nilesh Waghmare: 6-0
Mayank Joshi bt. Parth Sumbare: 6-1
Omkar Agnihotri bt. Nupur Choudhary: 6-2
Jay Devkar bt. Kapeesh Khandge: 6-3
Tanmay Darade bt. Pushkaraj Jagtap: 6-0
Vinil Patil bt. Arjun Gohad: 6-0
Dev Dharmadhikari bt. Shishir Singh: 7-5
Pratham Bhujbal bt. Tanish Deshpande: 6-0
Mayank Joshi bt. Omkar Agnihotri: 6-1
Jay Devkar bt. Tanmay Darade: 6-1
Dev Dharmadhikari bt. Vinil Patil: 6-0

Semi finals and finals will be played on 9th October

Girls Under 12

Anahita Pande w/o Sanjana Jadhav
Shreeya Varma bt. Apporva Gohad: 6-2
Riya Joshi bt. Cherisha Bhandari: 6-3
Nisha Waghmare bt. Mukta Bhairat: 6-2
Reeya Chavan bt. Aishwarya Khatal: 6-0
Sachi Kulkarni bt. Riya Chaphekar: 6-2
Nisha Waghmare bt.Reeya Chavan: 6-1
Shreeya Varma bt. Riya Joshi: 6-4

Remaining matches will be played on 9th October 2011