Shashank upsets Aniket

PUNE, Dec 15:Shashank Kulkarni knocked out fourth seed Aniket Joglekar of Pune 9-8 7-5 to enter the quarterfinals of the boys under-16 ...

PUNE, Dec 15:Shashank Kulkarni knocked out fourth seed Aniket Joglekar of Pune 9-8 7-5 to enter the quarterfinals of the boys under-16 event at the 13th Pravin Trophy state ranking junior tennis tournament sponsored at the Hill Side Gymkhana today.

In the same event, top seed Gavryl Fernandes of Mumbai was stretched to the limit by Siddharth Patil before winning 9-7. All other seeds Ankush Chabbra, Jyotindra Kanekar, Joshva Fonsenca and Abhishek Tamhane had an easy passage into the quarters.

Sumit Satoskar maintained his good run in the tournament when he defeated Apte 9-7 to enter the quarterfinals in the Boys under-12 event.In the girls section, Sonali Sanap of Mumbai overcame two match points to defeat Priya Pachkawde of Nasik before winning 8-79-7 to enter the under- 16 pre-quarterfinals.

Boys Under 16 Pre-q/f:

Gavryl Fernandes Bom bt Siddharth Patil Pune 9-7; Ankush Chhabra Bom bt Aashay Deshmukh Bom 9-4; Jyotindra Kanekar Pune bt Ketan Dhumal Pune 9-3; Shashank Kulkarni Pune bt Aniket Joglekar Pune 9-8 7-5; Joshwa Fonseca Pune bt Dhananjay Kawde Pune 9-2; Abhishek Tamhane Pune bt Shwaytej Raste Pune 9-3; Sham Pednekar Pune bt Siddharth Desai Pune 9-5.

Boys U-12 Pre-q/f:

Ayush Wadhwan Bom bt Gaurav Agarwal Bom 9-2; Gautam Samarth Pune bt Kenneth Quadros Bom 9-3; Allan Moses Bom bt Akash Wagh Pune 9-2; Gaurav Ganpule Pune bt Aditya Nalekar Pune 9-4; Hrishikesh Pataskar Pune bt Pranav Gokhale Bom 9-2; Sumit Satoskar Pune bt Rugved Apte Pune 9-7; Vedang Bhagwat Pune bt Rohan Gide Pune 9-5; Rohan Sevakramani Bom bt Marlon Coelho Bom 9-5.

Boys U-10 1st Round:

Gaurav Ganpule Pune bt Amrut Sathe Pune 7-2; Keegan Quadros bt Prathamesh Kulkarni Pune 7-0; Tejasvi Rao Bom bt Akash Gujrathi Pune 7-6 7-4; Pranav Gokhale Bom bt Kunal Bhide Pune 7-0; Debendra Das Bom bt Hrishikesh Pingale Pune 7-5; Gaurav Aggarwal bt Varun Hirlekar Pune 7-0.

Girls U-10 1st Round:

Mihika Karve Pune bt Rasika Sunkpal Pune 7-0; Anu Bhagwat Pune bt Sayali Phatak Pune 7-1; Nikita Atal Pune bt Vinaya Birasdar Pune 7-0; Nirija Hingane Pune bt Daksha Mulay Pune 7-2; Devika Chivate Pune bt Anuja Bagul Pune 7-5.Girls U-12 1st Round:

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Mughda Barve Pune bt Anu Bhagwat Pune 7-2; Padmini Kulkarni Pune bt Vinaya Birasdar Pune 7-2; Preeti Sathe Pune bt Daksha Mulay Pune 7-0; Roshni Luthra Bom bt Nikita Atal Pune 7-1.