Murali wins, as juniors fall by wayside at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana –AITA Men’s Tennis Futures.
Pune, October 5: Wild card Mithun Murali put out Ching Yu Huang ofTaipei, as two other wild card entrants and juniors Akash Wagh, SumeetShinde and local lad Rohan Gide fell by the wayside in the openinground of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futureswhich will be organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts from October 3rd to 10th.
The tournament being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation saw wild card entrant Murali score a6-4, 6-4 win over Ching Yu Huang of Taipei in 1 hour 34 minutes.
In the other singles matches wild card entrants local boys Akash Waghand Sumeet Shinde and South paw Rohan Gide found themselves out of thesingles.
Vinod Shridhar outplayed Rohan Gide of Indian Navy 6-3,6-1, while N.Shriram Balaji gave a lesson in tennis to junior Sumeet Shinde 6-3,6-2in 1 hr 15 minutes . Akash Wagh showed some promise initially but wentdown fighting to Yannick Nelord 7-6(3), 6-4 in 1 hr 33 minutes.
In the Murali- Huang tussle Murali broke the Taipei player in the 9thgame in the first set and the very 1st game in the second set toregister a 6-4, 6-4 win and make it to the second round.
In the double first round old warhorse Nitten Kirrtane teamed upwith his Western Railway teammate Aditya Madkekar to score ashocking 6-7 (11),7-6(1) 11-9 win over third seeded pair of RupeshRoy and Vivek Shokeen to make it to the last eight of the doubles.
The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of Pune PoliceCommissioner Satyapal Singh and Kavita Bhandari of Bilcare Foundation.Tournament Director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests, while organizingcommittee member Dr Nitin Bhave proposed the vote of thanks.
Following are the results( First Round)Mithun Murali (Ind) bt Ching Yu Huang (Taipei) 6-4, 6-4Vinod Shridhar(Ind) bt Rohan Gide (Ind Navy) 6-3,6-1N. Shriram Balaji(Ind) bt Sumeet Shinde ( Ind) 6-3,6-2Akash Wagh(Ind) bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 7-6(3), 6-4
Doubles (First Round)Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar bt S.3 Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen6-7(11),7-6(1),11-9 , Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood bt Shahbaaz Khan / Ram kumar 6-4,6-3, (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt N. Srirambalaji/ V. M Ranjeet 6-3,6-4,(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Rohan Gide /Yew Ming Si (Mas)7-6(6) , 6-3 bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt (S4). Chen I Ta / P. CVignesh Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar bt Mansingh Athare / Sumeet Shinde 7-6(5),6-3 Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Vijayant Malik / Ronak Manuja 6-1,7-5Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy bt Su Chen / Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) 2-6, 6-4,10-3
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
ITF Futures
Marquis in Main Draw of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana –AITA ITF Futures
Pune, October 4: Christopher Marquis outplayed Chinese Taipei’s I–Ta- Chen 3-6, 6-3,6-2 to make it to the main draw of the $15000Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures which will beorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts
In the final rounds played today five other Indians AbhijeetTiwari ,Kaza Vinayak Sharma ,Kamala Kannan , Elwin Anthony also madeit to the main draw , Chinese Taipei ‘s Chin Yu Huang and Cheng PengHsieh (Tpe) made it to the Main draw
It was announced that Davis Cupper and Young Indian tennis Star YukiBhambri pulled out of the event due to a lower back injury. Bhambrihad won 5 ITF Futures in row and his last win was at Kolkatta lastweek. His withdrawal was sent to the ITF Supervisor Sheetal Iyer.I-Ta- Chen of Taipei who lost to Marquis will take his place in themain draw as the lucky looser
The tournament Director Nitin Joshi today announced the wild cards forthe event, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi returning from Bogginginjuries, along with Mithun Murali, and local lads Akash Wagh andSumit Shinde have been awarded Wild cards in the Main draw in thesingles.
Local pair of Sumit Shinde/ Mansingh Athare, Delhi’s Sood BrothersLakshit and Chandril, along with Shahbaaz Khan – Raghuraman Kumar havebeen awarded the doubles wild card for the event.
Following are the results (Final Round Qualifying)
Abhijeet Tiwari bt Shantanu Rajput 6-3,6-3
Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Vijay Kannan
Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) bt Chung Su Chen (Tpe) 6-1,6-0
Kamala Kannan bt Aditya Madkekar 6-7(6),6-3,6-3
Cheng Peng Hsieh (Tpe) bt Siddarh Rawat 6-2,6-3
Christopher Marquis bt I –Ta- Chen (Tpe ) 3-6,6-3,6-2
Elwin Anthony bt Ram Kumar Ramnathan 6-2, 7-5
Vinod Shridhar bt Saurav Sukul 6-1, 6-1
Following are the Seedings (Singles): 1. Daniel King Turner (Nzl) 3172. Alexander Satschko (Ger)323 3. Vishnu Vardhan (Ind)379, 4.Young JunKim (Kor)383 5.Ranjeet Virali Ganeshan (Ind) 539 6.Rohan Gajjar (Ind)558 7. Divij Sharan (Ind) 565 8. Rupesh Roy (Ind ) 658
Doubles: 1. Rohan Gajjar/ Purav Raja 2. Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan3. Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen 4. Chen I Ta/ P. C Vignesh
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 4: Christopher Marquis outplayed Chinese Taipei’s I–Ta- Chen 3-6, 6-3,6-2 to make it to the main draw of the $15000Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures which will beorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts
In the final rounds played today five other Indians AbhijeetTiwari ,Kaza Vinayak Sharma ,Kamala Kannan , Elwin Anthony also madeit to the main draw , Chinese Taipei ‘s Chin Yu Huang and Cheng PengHsieh (Tpe) made it to the Main draw
It was announced that Davis Cupper and Young Indian tennis Star YukiBhambri pulled out of the event due to a lower back injury. Bhambrihad won 5 ITF Futures in row and his last win was at Kolkatta lastweek. His withdrawal was sent to the ITF Supervisor Sheetal Iyer.I-Ta- Chen of Taipei who lost to Marquis will take his place in themain draw as the lucky looser
The tournament Director Nitin Joshi today announced the wild cards forthe event, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi returning from Bogginginjuries, along with Mithun Murali, and local lads Akash Wagh andSumit Shinde have been awarded Wild cards in the Main draw in thesingles.
Local pair of Sumit Shinde/ Mansingh Athare, Delhi’s Sood BrothersLakshit and Chandril, along with Shahbaaz Khan – Raghuraman Kumar havebeen awarded the doubles wild card for the event.
Following are the results (Final Round Qualifying)
Abhijeet Tiwari bt Shantanu Rajput 6-3,6-3
Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Vijay Kannan
Chin Yu Huang (Tpe) bt Chung Su Chen (Tpe) 6-1,6-0
Kamala Kannan bt Aditya Madkekar 6-7(6),6-3,6-3
Cheng Peng Hsieh (Tpe) bt Siddarh Rawat 6-2,6-3
Christopher Marquis bt I –Ta- Chen (Tpe ) 3-6,6-3,6-2
Elwin Anthony bt Ram Kumar Ramnathan 6-2, 7-5
Vinod Shridhar bt Saurav Sukul 6-1, 6-1
Following are the Seedings (Singles): 1. Daniel King Turner (Nzl) 3172. Alexander Satschko (Ger)323 3. Vishnu Vardhan (Ind)379, 4.Young JunKim (Kor)383 5.Ranjeet Virali Ganeshan (Ind) 539 6.Rohan Gajjar (Ind)558 7. Divij Sharan (Ind) 565 8. Rupesh Roy (Ind ) 658
Doubles: 1. Rohan Gajjar/ Purav Raja 2. Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan3. Rupesh Roy/ Vivek Shokeen 4. Chen I Ta/ P. C Vignesh
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
GUEST WRITER:RADHIKA KANITKAR
This month we have Radhika Kanitkar writing about her trip with the Under 16 ITF International Team:
August 6th, 2009. Pune,India.
U/16 I.T.F. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TEAM, SUMMER 2009
This year again I got an opportunity to travel with the ITF junior team to Europe. The ITF has been sending such junior teams every year to train and then complete in the European grade I (highest level of tournaments in Europe) tennis tournaments. This is an excellent base and opportunity for the players as they see what level of tennis is played in the rest of the world. The players selected are no doubt among the top players in their own countries but after they see what the level of tennis is in Europe they initially get a shock as they find it quite difficult and every match right from the first round is equivalent to playing a semis or finals back home. They realize during this tour how much they need to work if they want to become professional players!
The team comprised of 9 players – 5 girls and 4 boys.
Girls:
Ran Tian - China
Steffi Carruthers – Samoa
Zarah Razafimahatratra – Madagascar
Yasmin Ebada – Egypt
Carolina Betancourt - Mexico
Boys:
Cao Gyang yu – China
Jeson Patrombon – Philippines
Ariez Deen Heshaam – Malaysia
karim Hossam - Egypt
It was a disappointing to see that the team had not even one Indian player in this category. In a country so huge why cant we produce good players?!!! Is one questions which always pinches me!!! China has proved their existence in the international arena very strongly! One of the reasons for it that I got after interaction with various coaches is that they have a system which is followed in the entire country!
Spain also to give you an example, you go to the different tennis academies in spain, you will find the same common 10 drills that each one of them do day in and day out! I honestly feel repitation is one of the important factor of improvement.
After an excellent one-week training camp at Renato Vavassori’s Tennis Center in Palazzolo, Italy, the players from the ITF International team were ready for the U16 Summer tour.
ITF players, made it to nine finals: four champioships and five runner ups!
Rian Tian from China, ITF (1994), and Aleksandra Sasnovich from Belarus (Tennis Europe team) won, in doubles, four out of five finals they played. They were clearly the most dominant couple of the tour!
On the boys side Guanyu Cao (China) and Jeson Patrombon (Philippines) got to three dobles finals of three tournaments they signed in as couple.
Zarah Razafimahatrata from Madasgascar (1994) agaist all the odds (even hers!) made the singles final at Le Pontet in France.
Besides the above highlights results, the ITF team reached several semifinals and quarter finals rounds in singles and in doubles.
My personal opinion is ” This is a great opportunity for the Asian, African, and Central American players to see how much more seriously they have to train in order to beat day in and day out, the tough European and South American players. In general, physicaly and mentaly our players are a little below the world top standards in their age group ”.
All nine players had to pay a visit to the Physiotherapist office at least once, during the five-week circuit, due to injuries.
The only two players that returned from last year team were Guanyu Cao and Carolina Betancourt (Mexico). They both, won many more matches in this tour than they had previously done it a year ago.
“Playing in Europe is a shock for many of the ITF International team members because they have to deal with a very diferent world from theirs: Language, culture, food, jet lag, aggressive competitors, surfaces (“Quick”?, What is that?!), 100 k/h winds!, etc. But at the end of the tour,when all the ITF players return home, they return as stronger tennis players, and with a clearer picture in their mind of what they need to focus on to keep up in the road that leads to professional tennis”, said Guillermo Stevens ITF team captain (Mexico) who also travelled with me on this tour. In fact this is the 2nd time that we have teamed up together and are working for the ITF.
Tennis Europe, COSAT, along with ITF International team, won most of the 20 titles that were disputed throughout the five-week U16 European tour.
Radhika Kanitkar
August 6th, 2009. Pune,India.
U/16 I.T.F. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS TEAM, SUMMER 2009
This year again I got an opportunity to travel with the ITF junior team to Europe. The ITF has been sending such junior teams every year to train and then complete in the European grade I (highest level of tournaments in Europe) tennis tournaments. This is an excellent base and opportunity for the players as they see what level of tennis is played in the rest of the world. The players selected are no doubt among the top players in their own countries but after they see what the level of tennis is in Europe they initially get a shock as they find it quite difficult and every match right from the first round is equivalent to playing a semis or finals back home. They realize during this tour how much they need to work if they want to become professional players!
The team comprised of 9 players – 5 girls and 4 boys.
Girls:
Ran Tian - China
Steffi Carruthers – Samoa
Zarah Razafimahatratra – Madagascar
Yasmin Ebada – Egypt
Carolina Betancourt - Mexico
Boys:
Cao Gyang yu – China
Jeson Patrombon – Philippines
Ariez Deen Heshaam – Malaysia
karim Hossam - Egypt
It was a disappointing to see that the team had not even one Indian player in this category. In a country so huge why cant we produce good players?!!! Is one questions which always pinches me!!! China has proved their existence in the international arena very strongly! One of the reasons for it that I got after interaction with various coaches is that they have a system which is followed in the entire country!
Spain also to give you an example, you go to the different tennis academies in spain, you will find the same common 10 drills that each one of them do day in and day out! I honestly feel repitation is one of the important factor of improvement.
After an excellent one-week training camp at Renato Vavassori’s Tennis Center in Palazzolo, Italy, the players from the ITF International team were ready for the U16 Summer tour.
ITF players, made it to nine finals: four champioships and five runner ups!
Rian Tian from China, ITF (1994), and Aleksandra Sasnovich from Belarus (Tennis Europe team) won, in doubles, four out of five finals they played. They were clearly the most dominant couple of the tour!
On the boys side Guanyu Cao (China) and Jeson Patrombon (Philippines) got to three dobles finals of three tournaments they signed in as couple.
Zarah Razafimahatrata from Madasgascar (1994) agaist all the odds (even hers!) made the singles final at Le Pontet in France.
Besides the above highlights results, the ITF team reached several semifinals and quarter finals rounds in singles and in doubles.
My personal opinion is ” This is a great opportunity for the Asian, African, and Central American players to see how much more seriously they have to train in order to beat day in and day out, the tough European and South American players. In general, physicaly and mentaly our players are a little below the world top standards in their age group ”.
All nine players had to pay a visit to the Physiotherapist office at least once, during the five-week circuit, due to injuries.
The only two players that returned from last year team were Guanyu Cao and Carolina Betancourt (Mexico). They both, won many more matches in this tour than they had previously done it a year ago.
“Playing in Europe is a shock for many of the ITF International team members because they have to deal with a very diferent world from theirs: Language, culture, food, jet lag, aggressive competitors, surfaces (“Quick”?, What is that?!), 100 k/h winds!, etc. But at the end of the tour,when all the ITF players return home, they return as stronger tennis players, and with a clearer picture in their mind of what they need to focus on to keep up in the road that leads to professional tennis”, said Guillermo Stevens ITF team captain (Mexico) who also travelled with me on this tour. In fact this is the 2nd time that we have teamed up together and are working for the ITF.
Tennis Europe, COSAT, along with ITF International team, won most of the 20 titles that were disputed throughout the five-week U16 European tour.
Radhika Kanitkar
Thursday, July 23, 2009
MONSOON SERIES MEN'S SINGLES
MONSOON SERIES TOURNAMENTS:
Monsoon series Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament will be held on the 29th & 30th of August 2009.
The categories are
1. Open
2. 40 Plus
3. 50 Plus
4. 60 Plus
BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 12 & 14
Dates of tournament - 29th & 30th August 2009
PRIZE MONEY OF RS. 5000/-
These tournaments are for members and non members of the club.
Forms are available in Deccan Gymkhana Office.
Please ensure that all details are duly filled in the form.
This will be the first of a few tournaments that we plan to conduct in the monsoon.
Mukund Joshi
Monsoon series Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament will be held on the 29th & 30th of August 2009.
The categories are
1. Open
2. 40 Plus
3. 50 Plus
4. 60 Plus
BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 12 & 14
Dates of tournament - 29th & 30th August 2009
PRIZE MONEY OF RS. 5000/-
These tournaments are for members and non members of the club.
Forms are available in Deccan Gymkhana Office.
Please ensure that all details are duly filled in the form.
This will be the first of a few tournaments that we plan to conduct in the monsoon.
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES TOURNAMENT - 5TH JULY 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES TOURNAMENT:
A jumble doubles tennis tournament was held at Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts on the 5th of July 2009. The jumble threw some interesting combinations and the resulting matches were keenly contested.
All the participants had a wonderful evening watching Federer and Roddick battling it out for the Wimbledon title.
Results:
Open :
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Yash Deshmukh/Sujay Dhiwar:6-3
Anvit Deshpande/Aditya Deshpande bt. Ashwin Lokhande/Ajit Pawar:6-1
Babu Jadhav/Namita Bal bt. Sachin Parulkar /Vikas Agarwal: 6-1
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Prarthana Thombare/Gaurav:6-1
Semi Finals:
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Anvit Bendre/Aditya Deshpande: 6-3
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Namita Bal/Babu Jadhav: 6-0
Finals:
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi: 8-6
35 Plus:
Jadhav/Ranjit Date bt. Parag Desai/Anil Gaikwad: 6-3
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Ajit Pawar/Vidyadhar Humnabadkar: 6-4
Semi Finals:
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Sudheer Ranade/Abhay Dadhe: 6-4
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Jadhav/Ranjit Date:6-0
Finals:
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Nitin Bhave/Hardikar: 6-2
45 plus:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Dr. Abhijit Joshi/Neeta Ranade: 6-0
Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni bt. Jaydeep Date/ Satish Damle: 7-5
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sharada Bapat/Arvind Jog: 6-0
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Kishor Paranjape/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Atul Shah/ Page bt. Sasane/Ghorpade: 6-4
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Page/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Semi Finals:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni: 7-6
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane: 6-4
Finals:
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani: 6-4
55 Plus:
Finals:
Dr. Sanjeev Gokhale/Bipin Shah bt. Dr. Suresh Gokhale/Sumant: 6-4
We plan to hold these tournaments on a regular basis. Please send your views and feedback on the same.
For photographs from this tournament click on the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/
Mukund Joshi
A jumble doubles tennis tournament was held at Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts on the 5th of July 2009. The jumble threw some interesting combinations and the resulting matches were keenly contested.
All the participants had a wonderful evening watching Federer and Roddick battling it out for the Wimbledon title.
Results:
Open :
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Yash Deshmukh/Sujay Dhiwar:6-3
Anvit Deshpande/Aditya Deshpande bt. Ashwin Lokhande/Ajit Pawar:6-1
Babu Jadhav/Namita Bal bt. Sachin Parulkar /Vikas Agarwal: 6-1
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Prarthana Thombare/Gaurav:6-1
Semi Finals:
Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi bt. Anvit Bendre/Aditya Deshpande: 6-3
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Namita Bal/Babu Jadhav: 6-0
Finals:
Tushal Thawani/Rohan Chajjed bt. Amit Sumant/Mukund Joshi: 8-6
35 Plus:
Jadhav/Ranjit Date bt. Parag Desai/Anil Gaikwad: 6-3
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Ajit Pawar/Vidyadhar Humnabadkar: 6-4
Semi Finals:
Nitin Bhave/Hardikar bt. Sudheer Ranade/Abhay Dadhe: 6-4
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Jadhav/Ranjit Date:6-0
Finals:
Ajay Kamat/Tushar Ingale bt. Nitin Bhave/Hardikar: 6-2
45 plus:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Dr. Abhijit Joshi/Neeta Ranade: 6-0
Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni bt. Jaydeep Date/ Satish Damle: 7-5
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sharada Bapat/Arvind Jog: 6-0
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Kishor Paranjape/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Atul Shah/ Page bt. Sasane/Ghorpade: 6-4
Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane bt. Page/Kiran Bhandari: 6-2
Semi Finals:
Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani bt. Nitin Joshi/Ajit Sohoni: 7-6
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Sanjay Kamat/Bharat Sasane: 6-4
Finals:
Himanshu Gosavi/Mayur Gujarati bt. Shyam Mehendale/Sharad Kalyani: 6-4
55 Plus:
Finals:
Dr. Sanjeev Gokhale/Bipin Shah bt. Dr. Suresh Gokhale/Sumant: 6-4
We plan to hold these tournaments on a regular basis. Please send your views and feedback on the same.
For photographs from this tournament click on the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/24086292@N05/
Mukund Joshi
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
JUMBLE DOUBLES ON 5TH JULY 2009
Deccan Gymkhana is organizing a Jumble Doubles Tennis Tournament for its members on the 5th of July 2009.
Matches will be held in the following categories:
1. Open
2. 35 plus
3. 45 plus
4. 55 plus
5. 65 plus
Arrangements will be made at Deccan Clubhouse Terrace for watching the Wimbledon 2009 finals, followed by dinner for all participants
Mukund Joshi
Matches will be held in the following categories:
1. Open
2. 35 plus
3. 45 plus
4. 55 plus
5. 65 plus
Arrangements will be made at Deccan Clubhouse Terrace for watching the Wimbledon 2009 finals, followed by dinner for all participants
Mukund Joshi
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tennis Coaching Camp
The coaching camp conducted for the winners, finalists and standout performers of the Deccan Gymkhana Junior Open tennis tournament concluded today. It was held from 29th May to 4th June 2009. The camp was conducted by Ajay Kamat and Nitin Kirtane. Fitness training was conducted by Mr. Malekar.
Mukund Joshi
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