Emphatic win for Aditya Mehta

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 12: Eight-years-old Aditya Mehta of Greenlawns High School scored a hard fought win over V Hingwala of OLPS 6-5 in the unde...

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 12: Eight-years-old Aditya Mehta of Greenlawns High School scored a hard fought win over V Hingwala of OLPS 6-5 in the under-10 singles of the Inter-Schools Tennis Tournament at the Garden Tennis Academy today. Aditya showed nerves of steel to win the decider 8-6.

In a boys under-16 encounter, N Hamadani St Xaviers8217;s was stretched to the tie-breaker by V Dalvi St Jaoseph8217;s before the former finally prevailed 6-5 8-6. In another thrilling match Ramakrishnan OLPS beat S Vinay AVM, Bandra 6-5 7-5. The event is being co-sponsored by Garden Silk Mills, Pepsi and Head.

RESULTS

Boys U-16 singles: Akshay Tanna Cathedral amp; John C bt Nilesh Kapoor OLPS 6-1; Nabeel Hamadani St Xavier8217;s bt Vishal Dalvi St Joseph 6-5 8-6; Ashwin Ramkrishnan OLPS Chembur bt Sitapati Vinay AVM Bandra 6-5 7-5; Viral Somaiya St Mary8217;s ISC bt Alonkik Pai Bombay Scottish 6-2; Satyajit Seshadri Bombay International bt Ameya Patkar IES 6-1; Umang Makharia St Mary8217;s ISC btAbhishek Shah Bombay Scottish 6-0; Apurva Shah St Theresa bt Varun Chickhiwala St Mary8217;s 6-1; Rohit Reddy St Dominic Savio bt Nipun Kashyap St Joseph8217;s 6-2; Gavrly Fernandes Rajhans Vidyalaya bt Sriram Ramani OLPS 6-2; Clive Mendonsa St Stanislaus bt Rahil Shah New Era 6-0; Rupen Jhaveri St Xavier8217;s Boys Acad bt Alexander Johannam St D Savio 6-0; Aditya Sanghvi Jamnabai Narsee bt Leroy Andrades St D Savio 6-1; Anirudha Dhekne Balmohan Vidyamandir bt Aditya Bhave GD Somani 6-3; Karan Rastogi GD Somani bt Jay Chitroda New Era 6-0; Zubin Shetty Rajhans Vidyalaya bt Omkar Rajadhasha IES 6-1; Dev Thakkar St Xavier8217;s bt Khan Amin S Ali Anjuman-I-Islam 6-0; Abhishek Patel Bhavan8217;s AH Wadia bt Nandraj Sirodia Jamnabai Narsee 6-0; Monil Batra St Xavier8217;s Boys Acad bt Vikram Nirurkar IES 6-5 7-3; Jay Parikh St Xavier Boys Acad bt Nishant Doshi New Era 6-1; Vivek Jhaveri Manav Mandir bt Suhail Sequeira St Stanislaus 6-0.

U-10: Keegam Quadros Jamnabai Narseebt Akash Pathare AVM 6-1; Aditya Mehta Greenlawns bt Viraj Hingwala OLPS, Chembur 6-5 8-6; Mirang Manek Learner8217;s Academy bt Yuvaraj Choksi Activity 6-1; V Pachigar AVM bt Mihir Dalvi Activity 6-4; Swapnail Akut Gokuldham bt Kartik Rao Rajhans Vidyalaya 6-1; A Chedda Bombay Scottish, Mahim bt Kunal Virwani Bombay Int 6-2; Arnav Jain Jasudben ML bt A Kauta Campion 6-3; Ankosh Bhargav Bhavan8217;s AH Wadia bt Jailaj Desai Rajhans Vidya 6-1; Jamali Manikala Jamnabai Narsee, Juhu bt Rohit Kulshetra GD Somani 6-3; Zaryan Patel Campion bt Nissim D8217;Souza Jasudben ML 6-0; Kaushal Mahale Maneckji Cooper, Juhu bt C Marlon St Xavier8217;s 6-4; Tejasvi Rao Rajhans Vidyalaya bt A Shah Bombay International 6-0; B Selarka Jasudben ML bt Chirayu Sethi AVM 6-2; S Agnel Galdwin Fr Agnel bt Raahil D Jamnabai Narsee 6-1

Bansidhar IN SEMIS: Bansidhar Agarwal High School edged past St Lawrence High School, Borivli in the quarter-final of the Boys under-12 Inter-schoolsVolleyball tournament at the MSSA-Castrol School Sports Centre today. Bansidhar won 15-13, 2-15, 15-12.

RESULTS

Boys U-12 QF: Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Vile Parle bt Arya Vidya Mandir Juhu 15-5, 9-15, 10-15; Atomic Energy Anushakti Nagar bt St Andrew8217;s Bandra 4-15, 15-9, 15-9; Bansidhar Aggarwal bt St Lawrence Borivli 15-13, 2-15, 15-12.

Girls U-16 QF: Bansidhar Aggarwal M School beat St Anne8217;s HS Fort 15-4, 15-1.

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U-14 SF: Bansidhar Aggarwal bt St Anthony8217;s Chembur B 15-6, 15-10.