Malpani, Salpe make main draw

PUNE, May 3: Aditya Malpani edged past a fighting Tejas Chaukulkar 7-6 7-2, while Keegan Quadros of Mumbai defeated Nikhil Puranik 7-6 7-...

PUNE, May 3: Aditya Malpani edged past a fighting Tejas Chaukulkar 7-6 7-2, while Keegan Quadros of Mumbai defeated Nikhil Puranik 7-6 7-4 to qualify for the main draw in the boys under 12 at the Hero Honda junior state ranking tennis championships being played at PYC Gymkhana.

In the boys under 16 final round qualifying Abhijeet Salpe defeated Neil Mondra 8-7 8-6, while Rahul Yadav rallied past Imran Allana with the same margin.

Amit Phadke came back from 4-5 down to defeat Yuvraj Patel of Nasik 7-6 7-4, while Revant Datta defeated Chandrashekhar Lamani of Belgaon 7-5 to enter the boys under 14 main draw.

The tournament will be formally inaugurated at the hands of Shri. K.K. Kashyap, Commissioner of Police, Pune at 8.30 a.m.

RESULTS
Boys under 10 final round qualifying: Keyor Gupta bt Kartikeya Desai 7-4, Kunal Bhide bt Garric Bhatnagar 7-3, Hriday Chedda bt Parth Kulkarni 7-2, Anant Shirole bt Gaurav Sonthalia Mum 7-3, Mansingh Athare Nasik bt Siddarth Kothari 7-4, Hrishikesh Pingale bt Abhijit Pataskar Nasik 7-3, Himanshu Mali Nasik bt Atul Bhargava Mum 7-4, Oshan Kothadia Mum bt Pratamesh Kulkarni 7-3.

Boys under 12 final round qualifying: Rugwed Apte bt Anand Altekar 7-5, Siddarth Allapati Hyd bt Harsh Patil 7-5, Aditya Malpani bt Tejas Chaukulkar 7-6 7-2, Aniruddha Chitale bt Abhishek Wakankar 7-2, Marvin Coelho Mum bt Yashodutta Deshpande 7-1, Aditya Natekar bt Malay Wadalkar 7-5, Keegan Quadros Mum bt Nikhil Puranik 7-6 7-4, Pranav Gokhale bt Mihir Dalvi 7-1.

Boys under 16 final round qualifying: Rushang Patel Mum bt Ameya Puranik 8-2, Rohan Apte bt Swapnil Mani Nasik 8-1, ABhijeet Salpe bt Neel Mundra 8-7 8-6, Rahul Yadav bt Imran Allana 8-7 7-5, Aniruddha Kulkarni bt Ashwir Khurana 8-4, Sham Pednekar bt Siddharth Patil 8-7 7-4, Shashank Kulkarni bt Shriwardhan Vaidya 8-4.

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Boys under 14: Trideep Choudhari Mum bt Vedang Bhagwat 7-3, Sujay Joshirao bt Allan Moses Mum 7-4, Shyam Pednekar bt Keith Gomes Mum 7-0, Kunal Puranik bt Varun Kulkarni 7-3, Chirag Mehta Mum bt Anupam Sonalkar 7-2, Manoj Kusalkar bt Ketan Dhumal 7-1, Rewant Datta Mum bt Chandrasekhar Lamani Belgaon 7-5, Amit Phadke bt Yuvraj Patel Nasik 7-6 7-4.

Boys under 18: Hrishikesh Mone bt Harshad Aradhie 7-0, Anand Rao bt Janak Suvarna 7-5, Aniket Joglekar bt Nilesh Kapoor 7-2, Nikhil Sarin bt Shriram Gokhale 7-0, Pratik Sharma bt Abhishek Soman 7-2, Sunil Kusalkar bt Rohit Deshpande 7-0, Gopal Jadhav bt Swapnil Mani 7-1.