Tough first round for Patel

MUMBAI, February 11: Neel Patel Utpal Shanghvi scored a hard-fought 6-5 11-9 victory over D Syriac Atomic Energy in a boys under-12 singles first-round tie of the 22nd Inter-School Lawn Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Garden Silk Mills and co-sponsored by Pepsi and Head, at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan, today.

In two other interesting encounters, A Pradhan Bombay Scottish had a tough time against G Pargude Balmohan Vidya 6-5 8-6 while AA Rangwala St Stanislaus prevailed over over Y Topiwala Diamond J 6-5 7-4.

RESULTS:

Boys under-12 singles first-round: A Karan St Dominic Savio bt Karan Patel AVM, Bandra 6-1; N Pathaja Spring Field bt R Sheth Jasudben ML 6-2; A Ghaskadvi Balmohan Vidya bt S Mathews St Stanislaus 6-3; Avneesh KK Atomic Energy bt Chintan Vaidya New Era 6-0; K Shetty Atomic Energy bt T Mehta Jamnabai Narsee 6-3; B Arora Maneckji Cooper bt P Gandhi Jasudben ML 6-4; Tarang Gupte AVM, Bandra bt N Shah Campion6-1; R Iyer Dr Antonio De Silva bt K Fonseca St Stanislaus 6-0; A Pusparaja Atomic Energy bt N Shah Jasudben ML 6-1; K Jhaveri Jamnabai Narsee bt S Sanghvi OLPS 6-2; A Pradhan Bombay Scottish bt G Pargude Balmohan Vidya 6-5 8-6; R Patel Bhavan8217;s AH Wadia bt S Sura AVM Bandra 6-2; AA Rangwala St Stanislaus bt Y Topiwala Diamond J 6-5 7-4; Neel Patel Utpal Shanghvi bt D Syriac Atomic Energy 6-5 11-9; D Vishrani Bombay Scottish bt D Lala AVM Bandra 6-1; W Fernandes St Dominic Savio bt P Zota Jamnabai Narsee 6-2; S Dhandia Greenlawns BP bt N Puri Campion 6-0; K Quadros Jamnabai Narsee bt B Sheth AVM, Juhu 6-0; R Kocchar Bombay Scottish bt R Jhunjhunwala Gokuldham 6-2; A Parikh Bombay International bt S Nagdev Victoria 6-1; J Sidna Learner8217;s Academy bt Z Boam St Joseph8217;s 6-2; R Shah AVM, Juhu bt S Mistry Campion 6-0; H Mehta St Mary8217;s ISC bt R Saxena Gokuldham 6-1; D Das Marbel Arch bt P Podar Bombay International 6-1; A Sharma Victoria btJ Mirani St Joseph8217;s; M Chhatrapatti GD Somani bt S Mazumdar Swami Vivek 6-4.