Vikrant Sane scores in both finals

MUMBAI, May 22: Vikrant Sane managed a double but Megha Vakharia denied Isha Lakhani from achieving a similar feat in the Adidas Zonal Ju...

MUMBAI, May 22: Vikrant Sane managed a double but Megha Vakharia denied Isha Lakhani from achieving a similar feat in the Adidas Zonal Junior Tennis Circuit finals at Practennis, Andheri today.

Sane scored easy wins over Gavryl Fernandes 6-3, 6-2 and Krishne Tanna 6-2, 6-4 in the under-16 and under-14 finals respectively.

Megha fought for a 6-4, 6-7 5-7, 6-2 verdict over the Isha in the under-16, who had won a tough 6-7 1-7, 6-1, 6-1 battle over Deepa Chakravarty of Ahmedabad.

Results all finals

Boys8217; under-16: 3-Vikrant Sane bt Gavryl Fernandes 6-3, 6-2; U-14: 1-Vikrant Sane bt 4-Krishne Tanna 6-2, 6-4.

Girls8217; U-16: 1-Meha Vakharia bt 2-Isha Lakhani 6-4, 6-7 5-7, 6-2; U-14: 1-Isha Lakhani bt 3-Deepa Chakravarty Guj 6-7 1-7, 6-1, 6-1.

Mohanty advances

Chandrasekhar Mohanty advanced to the second round of the ITF Satellite tennis qualifying rounds at the G A Ranade Tennis Centre today. He beat Prashant Sawant 6-0, 6-0.

Results

Singles qualifying firstround: Kamala Kannan Ind bt Kaptan Karsolia Ind 6-4, 7-6 7-4; Chandrashekar Mohanty Ind bt Prashant Sawant Ind 6-0, 6-0; Andrei Youznyi Rus bt P Ravikrishna 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Ganesh Soundaraju Ind bt Siddharth Verma 6-1, 6-3; Jaidev Punjabi Ind w/o Christian Gerloff Aus; Sidharth Sharma Ind bt Harshan Kshirsagar Ind 6-1, 6-1; Kedar Tembe Ind bt Hari Chindambaram Ind 6-1, 6-1; Shailesh Dhoble Ind bt Jai Arora Ind 6-2, 6-3; Dipesh Rao Ind bt Mukundan Nandakumar Ind 6-2, 6-1; Sarbinder Singh Ind bt Sharad Khaitan Ind 6-0, 6-1; Jai Udwadia US bt Benjamin Xavier Ind 6-1, 5-7, 6-0; Siddharth Sudhakar Ind bt Akshay Vishal Rao Ind 6-4, 7-6 7-4; Vivian Chhetri Ind bt Keerthi Basapparaju Ind 6-4, 6-3; Anjan Viplav Ind bt Gaurav Kumar Ind 6-4, 7-5; Kedar Shah Ind bt Saif Ali Ind 6-4, 6-3; Rohan Bopanna Ind bt Kartik Raj Ind 6-0, 6-4; Anand Sitaram Ind bt Kamlesh Shukla Ind 6-1, 7-5; Uday Garg Ind bt Pratim Parekh Ind 6-2, 6-3; Abedin Sham Ind btAditya Raj Ind 6-4, 6-3.

Gavaskar XI win

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A superb all-round performance by man of the match Arif Sunsara and an unbeaten half century by opener Nitin Swarankar helped Sunil Gavaskar XI beat Gundappa Vishwanath XI by six wickets to win the 4th Elf-Vengsarkar Cup cricket tournament for Under-14 at Elf-Vengsarkar ground, Oval, today.Set to score 155 in 45 overs, Gavaskar XI were struggling at 68 for four. But the fifth wicket pair, Swarankar and Sunsara, added 88 runs for the unfinished fifth wicket to see them through.

Brief scores: Viswanth XI 155 all out in 41.1 overs Amey Poyrekar 38, Devraj Raut 33, Ninad Borkar 27, Sunsara 3-16 lost to Gavaskar XI 156-4 in 37.2 overs Nitin Swarankar 68 n.o., Arif Sunsara n.o. 45. MoM: Arif Sunasra; Man of series: Parag Madkaikar. Best batsman: Harvindar Singh. Best bowler: Kinjal Patel. Best fielder: Viraj Chavan.

IIT triumph

IIT Powai defeated MLWB Worli 1-0 in the Guru Nanak football tournament, conducted by MDFA, at the St Xavier8217;sground, Parel. The all-important goal was scored by Shubhankar Roy.

Easy for IPCL

IPCL, Nagothane, trounced Voltas 5-0 in the inaugural match of the newly-formed Thane District Hockey Association and played at the Thane Central Police ground, today.