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MUMBAI, MAY 10: Unseeded Ajitesh Chougule sent seventh seed Abhishek Dethan packing, 7-3, in the first round of the boys under-12 category of the ninth Maharahtra State Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Sansui and Sony Mony, at the Bhushan Academy courts, Andheri today.
Fourth seed Pranav Gandhi, however, faced no such difficulty registering an easy victory in the u-10 section. The standard five Arya Vidya Mandir student, got past Abhishek Gupta 7-2.
In the boys u-14, Janmali Malikala scored a hard fought win over Keegan Quadros. Malikala, who was consistent with his strokes, sent back Quadros 8-6.
Results
Boys Under-10: Pranav Gandhi bt Abhishek Gupta 7-2; Anurag Chandra bt Manan Shah 7-6 7-2; Nissem D’Souza bt Shashank Iyer 7-0; Jay R Desai bt Rahil Daruva 7-0; Anuj Arora bt Manjay Bidaye 7-0; Vivek Parikh bt Christopher 7-3; Swapnil Akut bt Ryan Mathew 7-0; Akash Wagh bt David Aranjo 7-2; Sagar G Lad bt Deven Dhurandhar 7-4; Nehal Gaokar bt Nikhil Saldhana 7-3.
U-12: Rohan Gide bt Abhishek Mahadit 7-5; Hryday Chedda bt Akash Wagh 7-4; Agnel Gladwin bt Manas Shah 7-1; Sumeet Sataskar bt Sasha Contractor 7-5; Siddharth Alapatti bt Anuj Arora 7-3; Arnav Jain bt Yasdutt Despande 7-1; Janmali Manikala bt Abhishek Wakankar 7-4; Ajitesh Chougule bt Abhishek Dethan 7-3.
U-14: Aditya Madkekar bt Siddharth Alapati 8-0; Aron Fernandes bt Tejas Kapadia 8-3; Nihal Advani bt Sumeet Sataskar 8-4; Alan Moses bt Siddhant Sane 8-7 7-4; Vivek Menon bt Kaushal Mahale 8-4; Gautam Samarth bt Tushar Sharma 8-2; Akshay C bt Salil Telang 8-2; Aniket S Ghaskadvi bt Pranav Gokhale 8-1; Janmali Manikala bt Keegan Quadros 8-6; Rohan Sewakramani bt Marlon Coehlo 8-1; Rohan Gide bt Neel Patel 8-5; Kenneth Quadros bt Vedang Bhagwat 8-4; Chirag R Mehta bt Alin John 8-2; Sanjay Salian bt Arnav Jain 8-4.
U-18: Gaurav Kumar bt Terang Bhargava 8-2; Imran Allana bt Dev Thakkar 8-4; Varun Nagikar bt Gilad Moses 8-4; Arpan Lakhani bt Yogesh Sakpal 8-2; Dheeraj Shetty bt Pavan Bhargava 8-2; Shashank Bada bt Karan Talwar 8-0; Zubin Shetty bt Karan Mordani 8-1.
