Gavryl in line for a fine double

MUMBAI, February 20: Gavryl Fernandes put himself on line for a double in the Inter-Schools tennis championships co-sponsored by Garden Silk...

MUMBAI, February 20: Gavryl Fernandes put himself on line for a double in the Inter-Schools tennis championships co-sponsored by Garden Silk Mills, Pepsi and Head at the Garden Tennis Academy today.

Third-seeded Gavryl (Rajhans Vidyalaya) claimed the under-16 doubles title with school-mate Zubin Shetty and entered the final in the singles section, upsetting second seed Vivek Jhaveri (Manav Mandir) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The Tanna cousins Akshay and Krishne took their school, Cathedral and John Connon into the finals with a win in the deciding doubles after the two teams were tied at 1-1. Rohan Gajjar

beat Akshay to put Jasudben ahead while Krishne drew parity in the second singles. The cousins then handed Gajjar and Rewant Datta their second defeat of the afternoon in the doubles.

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Gajjar and Datta had earlier lost in the u-14 doubles final to Krishne and Jay Mehta. Gajjar, however, had the satisfaction of entering the under-14 singles final.

RESULTS

Boys — Singles (semi-finals): U-16: Akshay Tanna(Cathedral and John Connon) bt Satyajit Seshadri (Bombay International) 6-3, 6-0; Gavryl Fernandes (Rajhans Vidyalaya) bt Vivek Jhaveri (Manav Mandir) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

U-14: Rohan Gajjar (Jasudben) bt Krishne Tanna (Cathedral) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Ankit Doshi (Greenlawns) bt Sujoy Mahadevan (Holy Cross) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

U-12: Karan Rastogi (Jamnabai) bt Ayush Wadhwan (Jasudben) 9-1, K Narsiman (St Theresa’s) bt Rohan Shewakramani (Bombay International) 9-5.

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U-10: Bhavik Selarka (Jasudben) bt Kaushal Mahale (Maneckji Cooper) 9-4, Arnav Jain (Jasudben) bt Keegan Quadros (Jamnabai) 9-5.

Doubles (finals): U-16: Gavryl Fernandes/Zubin Shetty (Rajhans) bt Shyam Gala/A Patel (Bhavans AH Wadia) 7-6 (9-7), 7-5.

U-14: Jay Mehta/Krishne Tanna (Cathedral) bt Rohan Gajjar/Rewant Datta (Jasudben) 7-5, 6-2.

U-12: K Rastogi/Karan Javeri (Jamnabai) bt Devang Shah/Harsh Mehta (St Mary’s ISC) 6-3, 6-2.

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Team championships (semi finals): Rajhans Vidyalaya bt Greenlawns 2-0 (Gavryl Fernandes bt Ankit Doshi 6-3, Zubin Shetty btVishal Choksi 6-0). Cathedral and John Connon bt Jasudben ML 2-1 (Akshay Tanna lost to Rohan Gajjar 2-6, Krishne Tanna bt Rewant Datta 6-1, K Tanna/A Tanna bt R Gajjar/R Datta 6-1).

Girls’ singles (semi finals): U-16: Jitisha Selarka (St Anne’s) bt Kanika Premanarayan (Bombay Scottish) 9-1, Liza Pereira (St Blaise) bt Radhika Gonzalves (St Joseph’s) 9-1.

U-14: Megha Vakharia (Maneckji) bt Joanne Fernandes (St Theresa’s) 9-3, Medini Sharma (Gyan Kendra) bt Dionne Appuhamyee (Convent of Jesus and Mary) 9-4.

U-12: Tulsi Mehta (Bombay International) bt Nidhi Shah (AVM Juhu) 9-2, Liza Pereira (Lady Vissanji) bt Aditi Vasant (Queen Mary) 9-2.

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U-10: R Luthra (AVM, Juhu) bt Upasana Desai (Bombay Scottish) 9-0, Monisha Kalhan (St Anne’s) bt Mallika Saran (Cathedral) 9-2.