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This is an archive article published on May 14, 1999

Divya sends Jinal packing

MUMBAI, MAY 13: Sixth seed Divya Gopal caused a minor flutter when she ousted fourth seed Jinal Jhaveri 8-1 to enter the girls' under-12 ...

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MUMBAI, MAY 13: Sixth seed Divya Gopal caused a minor flutter when she ousted fourth seed Jinal Jhaveri 8-1 to enter the girls’ under-12 semis in the Ninth Maharahtra State Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament — sponsored by Sansui and Sony Mony — at the Bhushan Academy courts, Andheri, today.

Joining Divya in the last four were Sagarika Padke, Kanisha Mehta and Nahini Mallaya.

In the girls’ u-10, Sanchi Ganerwal along with Roshni Luthra surged into the semi-final. Sanchi defeated Surabhi Varma 8-3 while Roshini got past Supriya Mallaya 8-5 in a closely-contested match.

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The surprise entry into the last four stage was Prachi Nadkarni who defeated Nayan Bhushan 8-3 in well-fought match.

In the boys’ u-14, Adtiya Madkekar had an easy match against Gautham Samarth, winning 6-1, 6-0 to make into the final where he will take on the winner of Akshay Chellapa and Sanjay Salian.

Madkekar was aggressive from the beginning of the match to unsettle his opponent Samarth. The top seed broke Samarth’s first andthird serves and easily took home the first set at 6-1. In the second set, Madkekar forced Samarth to commit a lot of errors.

In the boys’ u-10, Jaya Raj Deasi will take on Agnel Gladwin for the title clash. Desai had a tough three setter against Debendra Das 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 while Gladwin had it easy against Anuj Arora as won 6-0 6-0.

Results (seedings in prefix)

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Boys’ under-10: (semis) 4-Jaya Raj Desai bt Debendra Das 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; 2-Agnel Gladwin bt Anuj Arora 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ u-14 (semis):1-Aditya Madkekar bt Goutham Samarth 6-1, 6-0.

Girls’ under-10 (quarter-final): Prachi Nadkarni bt Nayan Bhushan 8-3; Sanchi Ganerwal bt Surabhi Varma 8-3; Roshni Luthra bt Supriya Mallaya 8-5; Ayushi Sinha bt Shruti Parab 8-0.

Girls’ under-12 (quarter-finals) : Nahini Mallaya bt Ayushi Sinha 8-2; 6-Divya Gopal bt 4-Jinal Jhaveri 8-1; Sagarika Padke bt Sanchi Ganerwal 8-3; Kanisha Mehta bt Priyanka V 8-0

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