Manas Dhamne and Siddh Patel, both found the going tough but after some initial struggle managed to scrape through to the boys’ under-12 semi-final round of the MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise Wodehouse Gymkhana All-India Ranking Talent Series Tennis Tournament – 2016 and played at the gymkhana’s tennis courts.
Manas Dhamne
In quarter-final encounters, Manas battled hard for his 9-7 win over Aryan Pant while Siddh managed to overcome a strong challenge from Jay Joshi to post 9-5 win and to set a semi-final clash.
Meanwhile, in the other quarter-final ties, top seed Prajwal Tewari easily sidelined Aryan Kale 9-1 and Aum Parikh tamed Sarvesh Jhawar, also winning by a 9-1 margin.
In girls’ under-12 action, top seed Harshit Bangera outplayed Soha Patil 9-4 and in the semi-final round will take in Ishanya Hatankar who prevailed over Kkaira Chetnani 9-7.
The second semi-final will be played between, Ruma Gaikwad and Saaz Tandel.
Results – Boys’ under-12 (pre-quarter-finals): Prajwal Tewari bt Azmeer Shaikh 8-2; Aryan Kale bt Atharva 8-2; Sarvesh Jhawar bt Ishant Godhbharle 8-4; Aum Parikh bt Arnav Pangarkar 8-5; Manas Dhamne bt Rahil Joshi 8-2; Aryan Pant bt Mangat Singh 8-1; Jay Dixit bt Prasad Veer 8-4; Siddh Patel bt Omar Sumar 8-5. Quarter-finals: Prajwal Tewari bt Aryan Kale 9-1; Aum Parikh bt Sarvesh Jhawar 9-1; Manas Dhamne bt Aryan Pant 9-7; Siddh Patel bt Jay Dixit 9-5.
Girls’ under-12 (pre-quarter-finals): Harshit Bangera bt Alisha Deogaonkar 8-5; Soha Patil bt Gia Pereira 8-5; Kkaira Chetnani bt Andrea Alemida 8-7(7); Ishanya Hatankar bt Parashie Sidhwani 8-4; Ruma Gaikwad bt Kavya Krishnan 8-1; Greta Anil bt Muskan Deshwal 8-3; Khushboo Deshwal Mahi Master 8-5; Saaz Tandel bt Mahek Chhabria 8-2. Quarter-finals: Harshit Bangera bt Soha Patil 9-4; Ishanya Hatankar bt Kkaira Chetnani 9-7; Ruma Gaikwad bt Greta Anil 9-2; Saaz Tandel bt Khushboo Deshwal 9-6.