Sheel sails into semis

MUMBAI, May 22: Sheel Desai clinched a spot in the boys under-18 State Junior Ranking tennis tournament semi-finals at the Bhushan Tennis A...

MUMBAI, May 22: Sheel Desai clinched a spot in the boys under-18 State Junior Ranking tennis tournament semi-finals at the Bhushan Tennis Academy today with a prolonged three-set victory over Vinay Mony.

Top-seeded Desai won 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to quell the unseeded Mony’s challenge. Serving well and playing effectively at the net, Mony tired and faded away as the match wore on.

Desai, wresting the initiative, confined Mony to the baseline. It did much to lure the unseeded player into errors which enabled the top seed rally to victory.

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Joining Desai into the semis were Kunal Bhojwani who beat Zubin Shetty 6-2, 6-0, Aashay Deshmukh who got the better of Anish Manrai 6-1, 6-2 and Indraneel who overcame Yash Kotak 6-3, 7-6 (7-0).

Keshavan Narsimhan and J Vishnu Vardhan made the final of the boys under-14 event.

Krushmi Chadda got the better Saloni Jobalia 6-1, 6-1 and Sania Mirza beat Dimple Ganjawala 6-0, 6-1 to make the final of the girls under-12 event.

Other results

Boys: U-16 (QF): Kunal Bhoswani bt Akshay Tanna 6-3 7-5; Zuben Shetty bt Ankesh Soni 6-2 6-3; Adiyta Shah bt Shyam Gala 6-0 6-2; Ashay Deshmukh bt Gaurav Naik 6-0 6-4.

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U-14 (semi-finals): Krishna Tanna bt Amit Karunakaran 6-3, 6-1.U-12 (quarter-finals): Karan Rastogi bt Salil Walawalkar 9-4, Krishna Tanna bt Saurabh Kohli 9-5, Rishi Behl bt JN Mehta 9-2, Sujay Mahadevan bt Akshay C 9-1.

Girls: U-14 (quarter-finals): Megha Vakharia bt Kanika P 9-1, Johan Fernandes bt Payal Lalaji 9-4, Lata Asudani bt Sania Mirza 9-1, Medni Sharma bt Mayura B 1-0 (conceded).

CYCLING ELECTIONS: The Amateur Cycling Association of Bombay Suburban District held their 8th Annual General Body Meeting on May 17 at Matunga.

The following office bearers and committee members were elected for a period of four years. Gajen Ganla (President), Prakash Chitle (vice-president), Col Ronnie Mistry (vice-president), Paul D’Souza (hon secretary), Snat Mamtora (Jt Hon Secretary), VK Pillai (hon secretary), Namrata Ganla, Bankim Patel, Prakash Vaidya, Prabjoyt Singh Kalsi, Nitin Gaikwad (all committee member).The Best Up Coming Cyclist Award was handed over to S Sriniwas along with a cheque with a cheque of Rs 500.