Paliwal defeats Anand 7-4

PUNE, NOV 24: Fourth seed Ashish Paliwal had a hard-fought 7-4 win over unseeded Anand in the under-19 category, while unseeded Taizun Baker defeated eighth seeded Prasad Bokil 7-4 in the under-17 section of the Poona District Tennis Tournament organised by Poona District Multi Games Sports Council PDMGSC at Fergusson College court today.

Ist round: Boys Under-14: Rohan Gide Dr Shyam Kalmadi bt Rajiv Kulkarni MNV 7-0; Vedang Bhagwat Mukt.HS bt Aniruddha Chitale Bhave HS 7-5; Rishekesh Pataskar Sym.Sec bt Swanand Barve MIT HS7-1; Anupam Sonalkar Crisant HS bt Sandeep Risbud Mukta.HS 7-2; Ketan Dhumal AEM bt Salil Gadkar Revchand HS 7-4; Shwaytaj Rashte AEM bt Rugved Kulkarni Bhave HS 7-0; Siddharth Patil VKP bt Amaya Kanitkar M.HS 7-4. II round: Rohan Apte Sym.Sec bt Rahan Irani St Vin.HS 8-0; Aniruddha kulkarni Mukt.HS bt Nikhil Puranik JOG 8-0.

Under-17: Ist round: Siddharth Dhani Sym.HS bt Aditya Walunjkay NES 7-1; Shyam Pednekar St Vin.HS bt Akshay Altekar Dyan Prashala 7-2; Aniket Joglekar BVB bt Rahul Yadav Sym.Sec 7-4; Taizun Baker St Vin HS bt Prasad Bokil Bhave Prashala 7-2; Nilesh Dev MVM bt Alok Nakate Sym.Sec 7-1; Siddharth Desai AEM bt Shriram Joshi Dr S Kal 7-0. II round: Jyotindra Kanekar Dr S Kal bt Sujay Joshirao AEM 8-4.