Tulsi stuns Shruti

MUMBAI, APRIL 18: Unseeded Tulsi Mehta of Garden Tennis Academy (GTA) caused a major stir when she upset eighth seed Shruti Vyas of Hydera...

MUMBAI, APRIL 18: Unseeded Tulsi Mehta of Garden Tennis Academy (GTA) caused a major stir when she upset eighth seed Shruti Vyas of Hyderabad 6-1, 6-0 in the opening round of the girls under-14 section in the Pepsi Open All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Garden Tennis Academy, on Tuesday.

Tulsi’s power play, coupled with deft placements, left her opponent stranded and without any answer.

Another wild card GTA entrant in the boys under-14, Agnel Gladwin, 11, caused a mild upset when he defeated 14-year-old Karan Mordani 7-5, 0-6, 6-4.

Results – Boys u-14 (1st round): Aniket Ghaskadvi bt J Vishnuvardhan 7-5, 6-1; Agnel Gladwin bt Karan Mordani 7-5, 0-6, 6-1; P Joydeep bt Krishna Karthik 6-7, 6-0, 6-4; Rohan Shewakramani bt Karan Jhaveri 6-1, 5-7, 7-5; Rohan Gide bt Aaron Fernandes 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.

Girls u-14 (1st round): Shraddha Lodha bt Ketki Modak 6-0, 6-0; Nidhi Shah bt Aditi Vasant 6-0, 6-3; Tulsi Mehta bt Shruti Vyas 6-1, 6-0; Preeti Shravan bt Harpreet Gill 6-1, 6-3; K Pooja bt Manjot Marwah 6-1, 6-1; Bhavna V bt Kanisha Mehta 6-2, 6-3; Lizenka Pereira bt Nikita Shravan 6-0, 6-0; Ronak Shah bt Priyanka V 6-0, 6-0. Under-10: Rashmi T bt Dhrti Manek 8-7; Ria Behl bt Avisha Shah 8-4; Nayan Bhushan bt Adnya Naik 8-5.

Alphabachat impress

Alphabachat Bhavan, Pune, scored an impressive 48-8 victory over Fr Agnel Gymkhana in a girls under-13 Pool A encounter of the second Savio Open State-level Basketball Tournament at the Don Bosco High School court, Matunga, on Tuesday.

Results – Pool A: Alphabachat Bhavan 48 (Shkieta Shirsat 10, Veena Subramanyan 8, Rini Abraham 8) bt Fr Agnel Gym 8 (Anchita Pathak 4, Umah Jacob 4) (Ht: 36-4). Pool B: Indian Gymkhana 23 (Nupur Z 8, Jyoti R 6) bt St Louis Convent 12 (Tanushree Shah 7) (Ht: 5-7); Agradneya Vyamshala A 30 (Shweta Dalavi 6, Shweta Warule 4, Meghana Menon 4) bt Indian Gym 8 (Nupur 4) (Ht: 20-4).

Repro enter final

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Repro India beat Orient Ship Agency by 20 runs in an A Division semi-final tie of the 25th Thane Vaibhav (45 overs) Cricket Tournament at the Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Thane. Repro now meet Siyaram Silk Mills in the final to be played on April 19 at 9 a.m.

Brief scores: Repro India 226-8 (Abhijit Patil 41; Pravin Tambe 5-34) bt Orient Ship Agency 206 in 42.4 overs (Mandar Garude 47, Machindra Bamne 34; Sharad Shetty 3-41, Arvind Patil 3-39) by 20 runs.

Golden Star score

Golden Star Sports Club defeated United by eight wickets in a Division II match of the 15th Dr Shridhar Deshpande Cricket League, conducted by Sporting CC, at the Central Maidan, Thane.

Brief scores: United 107 in 26.5 overs (Umesh Shinde 3-25, Dilip Nair 3-11) lost to Golden Star 108-2 in 25 overs (Rakesh Singh 38, Sachin Tari 37) by eight wickets.

Bengle champ

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International player Jagan Bengle of Punjab National Bank defeated Dipak Sawant of Income-Tax 25-18, 25-16 in the open singles final of the third Late Dilip Kakodkar Ranking Carrom Tournament at the Worli Sports Club, on Monday. Bengle was richer by Rs 5,000 and also took home a Precise carrom board.