Shashank upsets Aniket

PUNE, Dec 15:Shashank Kulkarni knocked out fourth seed Aniket Joglekar of Pune 9-8 (7-5) to enter the quarterfinals of the boys under-16 ...

PUNE, Dec 15:Shashank Kulkarni knocked out fourth seed Aniket Joglekar of Pune 9-8 (7-5) to enter the quarterfinals of the boys under-16 event at the 13th Pravin Trophy state ranking junior tennis tournament sponsored at the Hill Side Gymkhana today.

In the same event, top seed Gavryl Fernandes of Mumbai was stretched to the limit by Siddharth Patil before winning 9-7. All other seeds Ankush Chabbra, Jyotindra Kanekar, Joshva Fonsenca and Abhishek Tamhane had an easy passage into the quarters.

Sumit Satoskar maintained his good run in the tournament when he defeated Apte 9-7 to enter the quarterfinals in the Boys under-12 event.In the girls section, Sonali Sanap of Mumbai overcame two match points to defeat Priya Pachkawde of Nasik before winning 8-7(9-7) to enter the under- 16 pre-quarterfinals.

Boys Under 16 (Pre-q/f):

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Gavryl Fernandes (Bom) bt Siddharth Patil (Pune) 9-7; Ankush Chhabra (Bom) bt Aashay Deshmukh (Bom) 9-4; Jyotindra Kanekar (Pune) bt Ketan Dhumal (Pune) 9-3; Shashank Kulkarni (Pune) bt Aniket Joglekar (Pune) 9-8 (7-5); Joshwa Fonseca (Pune) bt Dhananjay Kawde (Pune) 9-2; Abhishek Tamhane (Pune) bt Shwaytej Raste (Pune) 9-3; Sham Pednekar (Pune) bt Siddharth Desai (Pune) 9-5.

Boys U-12 (Pre-q/f):

Ayush Wadhwan (Bom) bt Gaurav Agarwal (Bom) 9-2; Gautam Samarth (Pune) bt Kenneth Quadros (Bom) 9-3; Allan Moses (Bom) bt Akash Wagh (Pune) 9-2; Gaurav Ganpule (Pune) bt Aditya Nalekar (Pune) 9-4; Hrishikesh Pataskar (Pune) bt Pranav Gokhale (Bom) 9-2; Sumit Satoskar (Pune) bt Rugved Apte (Pune) 9-7; Vedang Bhagwat (Pune) bt Rohan Gide (Pune) 9-5; Rohan Sevakramani (Bom) bt Marlon Coelho (Bom) 9-5.

Boys U-10 (1st Round):

Gaurav Ganpule (Pune) bt Amrut Sathe (Pune) 7-2; Keegan Quadros bt Prathamesh Kulkarni (Pune) 7-0; Tejasvi Rao (Bom) bt Akash Gujrathi (Pune) 7-6 (7-4); Pranav Gokhale (Bom) bt Kunal Bhide (Pune) 7-0; Debendra Das (Bom) bt Hrishikesh Pingale (Pune) 7-5; Gaurav Aggarwal bt Varun Hirlekar (Pune) 7-0.

Girls U-10 (1st Round):

Mihika Karve (Pune) bt Rasika Sunkpal (Pune) 7-0; Anu Bhagwat (Pune) bt Sayali Phatak (Pune) 7-1; Nikita Atal (Pune) bt Vinaya Birasdar (Pune) 7-0; Nirija Hingane (Pune) bt Daksha Mulay (Pune) 7-2; Devika Chivate (Pune) bt Anuja Bagul (Pune) 7-5.Girls U-12 (1st Round):

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Mughda Barve (Pune) bt Anu Bhagwat (Pune) 7-2; Padmini Kulkarni (Pune) bt Vinaya Birasdar (Pune) 7-2; Preeti Sathe (Pune) bt Daksha Mulay (Pune) 7-0; Roshni Luthra (Bom) bt Nikita Atal (Pune) 7-1.