October to December 2018 Edition : 10

Dear FrienDs , I’m delighted to to present this quarterly albeit a little late , the reasons being the record activities national and international in the quarter, this time Instead of presenting my report I would like to share an article from Scroll.in penned by journalist Zenia D’Cunha which well sums up the efforts of MSLTA DOMINATION IN EVERYS SENSE WHY MAHARASHTRA IS RULING INDIA”S JUNIOR TENNIS

The 2018 Nationals saw Maharashtra emerge as a dominant force in junior tennis. Maharashtra players fin-ished either winners or runners up in 11 out of 16 events at the Nationals in 2018 and are ranked No 1 in India in five junior categories as of November.

This success has not been achieved overnight but the fruits of an almost decade-long structured programme. Here, the state support is not just about sponsorship or monetary bonuses and reimbursements for tournament and training travel; the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association’s involvement goes beyond that to special-ized training and unique initiatives.

The state of Maharashtra has been at the forefront of Indian tennis for the last couple of years when it comes to tournaments. In the last one year, the state has hosted a WTA (Mumbai Open) as well as an ATP (Maharashtra Open) event – the first association in India to do so in the same season as well as the longest running ATP Challenger.

However, it is not more than just this external infrastructure that sets Maharashtra tennis apart, it their long-term grassroots planning and investment. MSLTA’s developmental system at the junior level is something that has shown consistent results at the national level on the junior circuit.

Maharashtra has always had players in the list of Nationals and national ranking tournament finalists, but never to this extent. A look at the Nationals winners for the last five years in the All India Tennis Association data-base suggests an increase in the number of Maharashtra players in the junior National finals.

In 2013, Maharashtra had a winner (Mihika Yadav) and a runner-up (Snehal Mane) in Under-14 girl category, while Arjun Kade was the men’s runner-up. In 2014, Mihika Yadav defended her title, while Siddhant Banthia was the runner-up in the boys category.

But it was in 2015 that a real change was seen: Malikaa Marathe, Aryan Goveas, and Salsa Aher, all of whom would go on to become regular names on the junior circuit, as well as Sanya Singh and Vikrant Mehta, were among the final two in various junior categories at the Nationals.

The only other state that comes close in terms of finalists is Tamil Nadu, whose robust program is bearing fruit now with a majority of the top Indian men’s players coming from the state – Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Jeevan Neduncherhiyan, Vijay Sundar Prashanth, Mukund Sasikumar, and Sriram Balaji to name a few. ………………………………………………………………………………………..Cont’d on Page 2

Vision 2020 The MSLTA’s plan to create a similarly strong structure for junior players to train and transition to seniors is called Vision 2020. We started this program about eight to nine years back and there has been structured growth in it,” said Sunder Iyer, secretary of MSLTA. “Last year we had five to six players in our mission program, this year we have 20. To be part of this program, a player has to be ranked in India and ranked in the state among other things.

“It has an elite player pyramid programme with categories right from the Under-10 level for children to the elite group of seniors – starting from the bottom and then going to the top. “Many times, organizations can be guilty of doing it the other way round, supporting only the top players.

Tennis is an individual sport and most players have to go pro – manage their careers without external finances. But Maharashtra is making its players work like a team, in order to give them a better background. The pro-gramme works with and monitors the progress of the players without disturbing their existing dynamics of play and coaches.

“We are doing camps for them, sending travelling coaches,” said Iyer. “For example, at the Nationals in Delhi we had three travelling coaches and MSLTA was paying for them. “Every Nationals we send a coach; the coach is not attached to any player but the state. They go there, watch the players, explain to them what to do in the next match, get them to warm up and cool down as a team. So these small changes in the entire structure that are making a difference,” he added.

Human resource The association also sends its junior players for camps internationally in the presence of the coaches from the programme. In the past, players from the state such as Rutuja Bhosale, Arjun Kadhe, and Aryan Goveas have been sent to the Tennis Val Academy in Spain, where the likes David Ferrer, Dinara Safina and Marat Safin have trained.

Another very interesting aspect of the program is how MSLTA has integrated the human resources available, by making all coaches part of it. “We have included all coaches in Maharashtra to be part of this programme,” said Iyer. “Even if they are not from the association, everybody feels they are a part of the programme.

“Nandan [Bal], Hemant [Bendrey], Kedar Shah, Aditya Madkekar, Radhika [Tulpule-Kanitkar]… all the play-ers who have been coaching and have produced players are all a part of the programme. They do camps for the players.

“So ultimately the inputs are not coming from just one coach. If there is one coach who has gone for the Nation-als, he then writes a report about you and sends it to your coach. He doesn’t change it there. In any sport, a coach looks at a player from one angle or perspective. This way there are value-additions that are circulated to all coaches and it really helps the student,” Iyer explained.

Decentralization An important aspect of this is decentralization of the sport. Gone are the days when tennis was considered a sport for the rich with access only in urban areas. Gone are the days when Mumbai and Pune were the main centers of tennis in the state; MSLTA is taking the sport to the other districts.

In the year 2016-’17, 40 out of 111 players in the Vision 2020 programme were from other districts. The association also holds tournaments in these places, from Solapur to Aurangabad.. The results of this programme are there for all to see. Banthia and Yadav became Asian junior champions, while Sharannya Gaware is the India No 1 in both Under-16 and Under-18 category, and Aher made it to the Indian team for the WTA Future Stars event at Singapore in 2017.

Currently, Maharashtra has one man and two women in the seniors’ top 10 in singles, as well as two men and three women, including the top-ranked Prarthna Thombare, in doubles. But it in the next crop, the age-group players, who Maharashtra have focused on, it might prove to a huge game-changer in the coming years as they become seniors and make their way to the pro circuit.

KPIT ATP MSLTA ATP CHALLENGER 2018

Elias Ymer Of Sweden played all round tennis to stop the winning streak of India No 1 Prajnesh Gunnes-waran to lift the singles title at the 5th edition KPIT MSLTA ATP Challenger organized by MSLTA and PMDTA and played at the Mhalunge- Balewadi Tennis Complex.

In a pulsating finals watched by over 2000 spectators the third seeded Elias Ymer stopped event favorite Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-2, 7-5 in 1 hour 27 minutes in a high quality tennis match.

Ymer looked in control of the match broke the tired looking Prajnesh in the 6th and 8th game in the first set and in the 12th game at love .

It was The second title for Ymer who earlier won on Carpet in Paris three weeks ago , it was the second final in row for Prajnesh and a second loss at Pune have earlier lost 3 years ago to Sadio Dumba of France .

Ymer the winner of KPIT Men’s Challenger got $7,200 (Rs. 5,25,000) and gain 80 ATP points, while the runners up got $4,053 (Rs. 2,95,000) and 55 ATP points.

The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Kishor Patil President of PMDTA and Chairman of the organizing committee and MD of KPIT. Mr Bharat Oza President MSLTA , Mr. Sunder Iyer, Tournament Director and Hon sec. of MSLTA, Kaustubh Shah Organizing secretary, ATP Supervisor Andrei Kornilov were present on the occasion.

Results: Singles: Final Round: [3] Elias Ymer (SWE) bt [4] Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) 6-2,7-5;

From L to R- Mr.Kishor Patil, MD of KPIT, Singles Winner Elias Ymer and Runner up Prajnesh Gunneswaran with the trophy, Mr.Sunder Iyer, Hon Sec of MSLTA &

Ramkumar Ramanathan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won their first title together emerging winners at the KPIT MSLTA ATP Challenger organized by MSLTA and PMDTA and played at the Mhalunge-Balewadi Tennis Complex.

The win fetched the doubles winner $3100 & 80 points, while runner up got $1800 & 48 points.

The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Kishor Patil President of PMDTA and Chairman of the or-ganizing committee and MD of KPIT. Mr. Bharat Oza President MSLTA, Mr. Sunder Iyer, Tournament Director and Hon sec. of MSLTA, Kaustubh Shah Organising secretary, ATP Supervisor Andrei Kornilov were present on the occasion.

Doubles: Final Round: N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt [3] HSIEH, Cheng-Peng(TPE) / YANG, Tsung-Hua (TPE) 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 10-7.

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Luksika kumkhum triumphs in the mumbai Open Fifth seed Luksika Kumkhum bounced back from a slow start to beat Irina Khromacheva of Russia 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the $125,000 L&T Mumbai Open at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) courts.

Luksika had bounced back from the brink of defeat to beat qualifier Pranjala Yadlapalli in the first round, and had beaten the top seed Zheng Saisai of China in three sets in the quarterfinals.

The title was worth 160 WTA points and $20,000. The runner-up collected 95 points and $11,000.

The doubles title was bagged by third seeds Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova of Russia as they beat fourth seeds Bibiane Schoofs and Barbora Stefkova in straight sets.

The doubles champions won 160 points and $5,500. The runners-up gained 95 points and $2,700.

Results: Singles final: Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) bt Irina Khromacheva (Rus) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles final: Natela Dzalamidze & Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) bt Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) & Barbora Stefkova (Cze) 6-4, 7-6(4).

DOUBLES WINNERS Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova

SINGLES WINNERS Luksika Kumkhum

Thandi loses ploT goes down in finals of $25000 BVg pune open iTf women’s championships

Giant Killer Karman Kaur Thandi met her match in top seeded and world No 70 Tamara Zidansek in the finals of the $25000 BVG Pune Open ITF women’s championships organized under the auspices of AITA , MSLTA and PMDTA by NS Sports Academy at the MSLTA School of tennis Complex at Mhalunge Balewadi. In a one sided finals the world No 70 Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia got the better of tired looking fourth seeded Thandi 6-3,6-4 in 1 hour 29 minutes.

The Singles winner got 50 WTA Points and trophy, while runner up received 30 WTA Points and Trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Navnath Shete, tournament director, Mr.Sudhir Dhawade and Mr.Shivaji Chaudhari, Jt. Secretary of Pune Open Foundation.

Results: Singles final: Tamara Zidansek (SLO) [1] bt Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) [4] 6-3, 6-4.

Thandi- Raina lift Doubles title

In the doubles finals top seeded Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi edged past Aleksandrina Naydenova Of Bulgaria and Tamara Zidansek Of Slovenia 6-2, 6-7(5), 11-9 to win their second title to-gether on a trot . The Doubles winner got 50WTA Points and trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr.Narendra Sopal. Result: Doubles Final: Ankita Raina (IND)/Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) [1] bt Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL)/Tamara Zidansek (SLO)6-2,6-7(5),11-9

Savinykh winS 18th edition of neCC deCCan itf $25000 women’S tenniS tournament

Unseeded Valeria Savinykh of Russia made a dramatic comeback saving five match points to upset top seeded Jia Jing Lu of China and claim the singles title at the 18th edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $25000 Women’s Tennis Tournament India’s longest running international tennis tournament organized under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts.

In a thrilling final lasting 2 hours and 25 minutes Valeria Savinykh upset Jia-Jing Lu,3-6, 6-2,7-6(7),Savinykh came back from being 2-5 down saving 4 match points in the 9th game being down 4-5 , to level scores 5-5 and then force a tiebreak. Lu then lead 5-2 in the third set tiebreak and 6-5 but Savinykh showed grit and character to come back and win the match on her second match point and win her first title of the year , Savi-nykh had lost the doubles finals yesterday. Savinykh won $3919 and 50 WTA points for her brave effort , while Lu had to be content with $2091 and 30 WTA points.

The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. BSR Shastri, GM of NECC, Mr.Anand Tulpule, Life Vice President MSLTA, Mr. Sunder Iyer Hon Secretary MSLTA, Mr. Vishwas Lokare, VP of MSLTA and Gen Secretary DG, Mr. Girish Inamdar Finance secretary DG, Mr. Ashwin Girme Tournament Director and Ten-nis Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana, ITF Referee Sheetal Iyer were present on the occasion.

Results: Singles final: Valeria Savinykh(RUS)bt Lu,Jia-Jing(CHN)[1]3-6, 6-2, 7-6(7).

In the doubles finals Indonesian Beatrice Gumulya and Montenegro‘s Ana Veselinovic upset fourth seeded Canada's Sharon Fichman And Russian Valeriya Savinykh 7-6(4),1-6,11-9 to win the title for the second time here, the pair had won the title in 2016. The winners got 50 WTA points and $1450.The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Pramod Bakre, Governing Body member of Deccan Gymkhana, Mr.Sunder Iyer, Hon. Sec of MSLTA, Ashwin Girme, Tennis secretary Deccan Gymkhana and Tourna-ment Director, Sheetal Iyer were present on the occasion.

Doubles: Final: Beatrice Gumulya(INA)/Ana Veselino-vic(MNE) bt Sharon Fichman[4](CAN)/Valeria Savinykh(RUS) 7-6(4),1-6,11-9. Gulmulya-Veselinovic Lift Doubles Title

Marina wins Oasis Solapur Open $25K Tennis Tournament

Miyabi-Lu lift doubles title

Unseeded Melnikova Marina of Russia upset fourth seeded Jia-Jing Lu of China 6-1, 6-2 and claim the sin-gles title at the $25K Oasis Solapur Open ITF womens Championships being organised by Solapur District Lawn Tennis Association and MSLTA and played MSLTA school of tennis in Solapur.

The tournament was inaugurated at the hands of Shri KH Govindraj IAS and Mayor of Solapur Shoba Banshetti in presence of MSLTA secretary Sunder Iyer , Vice President Prashant Sutar , Tournament Director Rajiv Desai and ITF Supervisor Sheetal Iyer . The prizes were given away at the hands of the the sponsors of the event Mr. Siddarth Gandhi, Mr. Yatin Shah , Mr. Rajesh Damani and Mr. Ram Reddy

In the doubles finals Jia-Jing Lu of China pair with Inoue Miyabi of Japan upset top seeded Great Britan's Grey Sarah Beth and Russian Yashina Ekaterina 6-3 6-3 to win the title.

Results: Singles: Melnikova Marina (RUS) bt Lu Jia-Jing (CHN) [4] 6-1 6-2 Doubles: Inoue Miyabi (JPN)/ Lu Jia-Jing (CHN) bt Grey Sarah Beth (GBR)/ Yashina Ekaterina (RUS) [1] 6-3 6-3

BarBara Haas (austria) WiNs NMsa orgaNized $ 25000 iNterNa-tional Women’s tennis Championship 2018 at navi mumbai .

Second seeded Tennis Player Barbara Haas won the title of the 6th Navi Mumbai Sports Association’s ITF Women’s Tennis Championship after defeating Diana Mercinkevica of Latvia by scoring 0-6, 6-3, 7-5.

In this tournament 60 International Players from 26 countries participated in the year. The winner of the tournament was presented glittering trophy by the hands of chief guest Mr. Ganeshji Naik President NMSA and cash prize of Rs 2,69, 980/- by Mr. Tushar Doshi, Deputy Commissioner Navi Mumbai.

Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Shri Sanjay Kumar handed over the runner up trophy to Diana Mercenkevica (Latvia) and the prize money Rs. 1,44,049 /- was given by Mr. Gautam Mehra – Chair-man Savita Oils.

At this ceremony, Secretary DR. S.R Phadnis, Treasurer Arun Patil, Joint Secretary Dattu Patil, Vijay R. Patil, Committee Member, Vijay S. Patil, Ashok Patil, Raju Shinde, Dr. Ashok Patil, Balasaheb Patil – Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Piyush Thakkar – Giriraj Group Off Company, Smt. Hemangi Patil – R.TO Head Panvel, Shri Naren Shah – Prime Sports, ITF Supervisor Nitin Kannmwar, Ghan-shyam Khobrekar and others were present on the occasion.

Banthia, Mananchaya are Winners at 2nd hcL asian Junior tennis Championship

Fourth seeded and Local boy Siddhant Banthia and Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand emerged Boys and Girls Championships at the 2nd edition of the HCL Asian B1 Junior Tennis Championship hosted by leading global conglomerate HCL organized by MSLTA and PMDTA under the auspices of the ITF, Asian tennis Federation (ATF) and AITA which concluded at the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts in Pune.

In the Final Round Boys local lad and MSLTA vision programme member Siddhant Banthia who is also sup-ported by Lakshya and Bharat Forge outplayed second seeded Sergey Fomin Of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-4

In the Girls finals third seeded Mananchaya Sawangkaew Of Thailand player out a close first set to get past Priska Madelyn Nugroho Of Indonesia 7-6(5), 6-3

The winner got 280 ITF Points and Trophy, while runner up got 170 points and trophy .The prizes were given away at the hands of Olympian and Asian games gold medalist Dattu Bhoknal and Sundar Mahalingam, Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Corporation and Shiv Nadar Foundation. Kaustubh Shah of Tournament Director, Leena Nageshkar Tournament supervisor were present on the occasion.

Results: Singles: Final: Boys : S.4 Siddhant Banthia (Ind) bt S.2 Sergey Fomin(Uzb) 6-1, 6-4 Girls: S.3 Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt S.4 Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) 7-6(5), 6-3

In the doubles finals Mananchaya Sawangkaew later paired with Himari Sato Of Japan to take the doubles title in the finals they put our Saki Imamura of Japan and Punnin Kovapitukted Of Thailand 7-5, 6-3.

Third seeded Christian Didier Chin Of Malaysia and Sergey Fomin Of Uzbekistan Carved our 7-6(7-5), 6-3; win over India pair of Dev Javia and Mann Shah to win the boys doubles crown .

Results: Doubles: Final: Boys: S.3 Christian Didier Chin (Mas)/Sergey Fomin (Uzb) bt Dev Javia(Ind) /Mann Shah(Ind) 7-6(7-5), 6-3; Girls: S.1 Himari Sato(Jpn) /Mananchaya Sawangkaew(Tha) bt Saki Imamura(Jpn) /Punnin Kovapitukted(Tha) 7-5, 6-3

Indian Girl Salsa Aher and Thailand’s Kasidit Samrej lifted the girls and boys singles title at the Gadre Marine MSLTA - ITF Junior U 18 Tennis Championship for the MV Deo memorial trophy organized by Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices of ITF, AITA MSLTA, PMDTA which concluded at Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts here.

In the girls singles final the Pune girl and sixth seeded Salsa Aher rallied out fifth seeded Pimrada

Jattavapornvanit Thailand 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour. It was the first ever ITF junior singles title for Aher who is a member Of MALTA vision programme and supported by Lakshya, the win ensures that The left handed Aher moves Into the top 200 in world junior rankings and also entry into the Australian Open junior qualifiers.

In the boys section in a well contested final Thailand’s Fourth seeded Kasidit Samrej came back from loss of first set to stop Giant killer Ryuhei Azuma of Japan 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to win his first grade 3 title, the win ensures Kasidit will move into top 100 in junior rankings.

The Singles event winner received 100 points and M.V.Deo Trophy and Runner up received 60 points and trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of Col. Kher, Mr. Sunder Iyer, Hon Sec. of MSLTA, Mr. Ashwinkumar Jangam regional sales manager of Gadre Marine Exports and Mr. Vishwas Lokare, Hon. Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana. Tennis Secretary of the Deccan Gymkhana and Tournament Director Mr. Ashwin Girme, Supervisor Leena Nageshkar were present on the occasion.

Results: Singles: Final: Boys: Kasidit Samrej (THA) [4] bt Ryuhei Azuma (JPN) [7] 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Girls: Salsa Aher(Ind)(6) bt Pimrada Jattavapornvanit (THA) [5] 6-2, 6-2.

SalSa, KaSidit win Gadre Marine MSlta-ITF JunIor Tennis Championships

In the Boys Doubles Final Top seeded Dev Javia and Mann Shah claimed the title scraping past Second seeded pair of Kasidit Samrej Of Thailand and Sacchitt Sharrma 6-3 2-6 [10-8]. In girls event Li, Yu-Yun of Taipei and Koharu Niimi Of Japan registered a 6-3 6-2 win over Salsa Aher and Erika Matsuda to claim the girls doubles crown

The Doubles winner got trophy and 75 points, while runner up received trophy and 45 points. The prizes were given away the hands of Tournament Director Ashwin Girme and DG sports Committee member Kalyanrao Shelar.

Results: Doubles: Final: Boys: Dev Javia(Ind)/, Mann Shah (Ind) [1] bt Kasidit Samrej(THA) / Sacchitt Sharrma (Ind)[2] 6-3 2-6 [10-8]

Girls: Li, Yu-Yun(TPE)/ Koharu Niimi (JPN)[3] bt Salsa Aher (Ind)/ Erika Matsuda (JPN)[4] 6-3 6-2.

MSLTA Hotel Ravine All India Ranking 3Lac Men’s & Women’s Tennis Tournament 2018

C Sai Samhita of Tamil Nadu added the girls singles title to the doubles title while Anurag Nenwani Of Delhi claimed the men’s singles title at the MSLTA Hotel Ravine All India Ranking 3Lac Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament 2018 organ-ized by Ravine Hotel under the auspices in association with MSLTA and played at the Ravine Hotel, Panchgani.

The Boys singles winner got trophy and 35AITA points, while girls winner re-ceived trophy and 16AITA points. The prizes were given away at the hands of Javed Sunesara tournament director and AITA Supervisor Vaishali Shekatkar.

Results: Singles: Final Round: Men's: S.4 Anurag Newani(Del) bt S.8 Armaan Bhatia(Mah) 7-6(0), 6-1; Women's: S.1 Sai Samhita Chamarthi bt S.2 Pratibha Narayan(Kar) 6-0, 6-3.

MSLTA - Yonex Sunrise Hotel Ravine Super

Maharashtra's Arnav Paparkar and Telagana's Ikaraju Kanumuri won a memorable double crown in the boys and girls singles and doubles event at the MSLTA - Yonex Sunrise Hotel Ravine Super Series Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 organized by Ravine Hotel at their tennis courts under the auspices of MSLTA and played at the Ravine Hotel, Panchgani.

The winner got trophy and certificates. The prizes were given away at the hands of cine star Javed Sunesara tournament director and AITA Supervisor Vaishali Shekatkar.

Results: Final Round: Boys: S.2 Arnav Paparkar(Mah) bt S.5 Chaitra Galiveti Reddy(TS)6-4,3-6,6-3 Girls: S.1 Ikaraju Kanumuri(TS) bt S.8 Prapti Patil(Mah) 6-0, 6-1.

10th Edition of Om Dalvi Memorial Mikro India Trophy All India Ranking U-18 Tennis Tournament 2018

Akanksha Nitture of Maharashtra and Mohit Bondre of Gujarat claimed the Girls and the Boys singles titles at the 10th Edition of Om Dalvi Memorial Mikro India Trophy All India Ranking U-18 Tennis Tournament 2018 organized by Om Dalvi Memorial Trust under the auspices of the AITA and played at Maharashtra Police(MT Gymkhana) Tennis Gymkhana, Parihar Chowk, Aundh.

The winners got trophy and 50 AITA points, while runner up got trophy and 40 AITA points. The prizes were given away at the hands of Vikram Boke, trustee of Om Dalvi Memorial Trust Mr.Rajesh Pawar, director of

Mikro India and Mr.Sundararajan. Mr.Umesh Dalvi, trustee of Om Dalvi Memorial Trust and ITF White Badge Referee Santosh Venkatraman were present on the occasion.

Results: Final Round: Boys: Mohit Bondre (Guj) bt S.4 Aryaan Bhatia (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Girls: Akanksha Nitture(MH) bt S.4 Gargi Pawar(MH) 6-1, 7-5.

MSLTA Yonex Sunrise EMMTC under 14 National Tennis Tournament

Yuvan Nandal of Haryana and Kundana Bandaru of Tamilnadu claimed the Girls and the Boys singles ti-tles at the MSLTA- Yonex Sunrise EMMTC under 14 national Tennis Tournament being organized by Endurance Marathwada MSLTA tennis Center (EMMTC) played at divisional sports complex, Aurangabad.

The winner and runner up got trophy and certificates. The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Sanjay Dutta (Head of Securities & CSR Endurance),AITA Supervisor Mrs. Vaishali Shekatkar, Ashutosh Mishra , Dr. Ashwini Jaiswal, Gajendra Bhosle, head coach of EMMTC, Pravin Gaisamudre were present on the occasion.

Results: Final Round: Boys: S.8 Yuvan Nandal (Har) bt S.2 Ayushman Arjeria (MP) 7-5, 6-2

Girls: S.14 Kundana Bandaru (TN) bt S.5 Shruti Ahlawat (Har) 6-2, 6-3

MSLTA MASTerS Shri. Rajesh Damani, President SDLTA inaugurated the MSLTA Masters at the MSLTA tennis centre, Solapur Mr RAjiiv Desai Jt Secretary MSLTA

was present on the occasion

Boys Under 12 1 Arnav Paparkar 2 Neel Joglekar 3 Vedant Bhasin 4 Keval Kirpekar 5 Dreek Saha 6 Aditya Talati 7 Ramansh Sharma 8 Raghav Amin

Boys Under 10 1 Aarav Mehta 2 Vivaan Karande 3 Saksham Bhansali 4 Abhay Nagarajan 5 Avaneesh Chafle 6 Neev Kothari 7 Archit Dhoot 8 Sarthak Gaikwad

Girls Under 10 1 Armani Nalavade 2 Nainika Reddy 3 Araina D'souza 4 Mundhe Parthsarthi 5 Devanshee Prab-hudesai 6 Bhakti Maindarar 7 Aakruti Sonkusara 8 Siya Prasade

Girls Under 12 1 Ira Shah 2 Kkaira Chetnani 3 Alisha Deogaonkar 4 Hriti Ahuja 5 Swara Katkar 6 Asmi Adkar 7 Urvee Kate 8 Prapti Patil

Maharashtra SHINING in Indian tennis to bag 8

trophies at the Fenesta Nationals

Men’s Singles Runner up : Arjun Kadhe Boys U/18 Singles Winner : Siddhanth Banthia Boys U/18 Doubles Winner : Siddhanth Banthia Girls U/18 Doubles Winner : Salsa Aher Girls U/16 Singles Winner : Gargi Pawar Girls U/16 Doubles Winner: Rutuja Chaphalkar Girls U/14 Singles Runner up :Vaishnavi Adkar Girls U/14 Doubles Winner :Vaishnavi Adkar

FOLLOWING ARE THE PLAYERS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE MSLTA MASTERS 2018

MSLTA NDTA Maharashtra State Ranking Under 10 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Ndta, Nashik Results: Boys Under 10: Karande Vivaan Pranav bt bhansali Saksham Girls Under 10: Reddy Nainika bt Mundhe Parthsarthi

MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise Practennis Academy All India Ranking Championship Series(7) Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 12: Neel Joglekar bt Ved Thakur Girls Under 12: Kkaira Chetnani bt Urvee Kate Boys Doubles Under 12: Ved Thakkur / Joglekar Neel bt Hunar Bedi / Keshav Nahata Girls Doubles Under 12: King Erheerr / Danica Fernando bt Swara Katkar / Prapti Patil

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrise Emmtc All India Ranking Talent Series Under 14 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Emmtc, Aurangabad Results: Boys Under 14: Kokane Arnav bt Aryan kale Girls Under 14: Shreeya Deshpande bt Mavish shaikh

MSLTA – Yonex Sunriseviswas Chemicalpractennis Academy All India Ranking Championship Series(7) Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 12: Samarth Sahita bt Vedant Bhasin Girls Under 12: Urvee Kate bt Anil Greta Boys Doubles Under 12: Parth Deorukhakar /Amod Sabnis bt Jash shah /Dreek Saha Girls Doubles Under 12: Nainika Reddy / Aanandi Bhutad bt Heer Kinger /Danica Fernando

MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise Nanded Club All India Ranking Championship Series Under 14 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Nanded Club, Nanded Results: Boys Under 14: Arnav Kokane /Arnav Paperkar Girls Under 14: Nupur Gupta /Rushika Doifode

MSLTA DSC Maharashtra State Ranking Under 10 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at DSC, Kolhapur Results: Boys Under 10: Vivaan Karande Bt Shardul Khawale Girls Under 10: Armani Nalavade Bt Bhakti Maindarar

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrise Ndhta All India Ranking Championship Series Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Ndhta, Nagpur Results: Boys Under 12: Kashit Nagrale bt Aryan Sutar Girls Under 12: - Angel Jhamnani bt Shreeya Deshpande

MSLTA Kottage Gardenpractennis Academy All India Ranking Men’s And Womens 1lac Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Mens: Paramveer Bajwa Singh bt K.S.Dheeraj Womens: - Tejasvini Kate bt Swarda Parab Mens Doubles: Sahil Gaware / Naesar Jaewoor bt Rohan Bhatia/ Vidit Vaghela Womens Doubles: Sharanya Shetty / Malvika Shukla bt Pragati Ganeshi/ Aniya Ganeshi

MSLTA NDHTA Maharashtra State Ranking Under 10 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Ndhta, Nagpur Results: Boys Under 10: Vivaan Karande bt Saksham Bhansali Girls Under 10: - Armani Nalavade bt Anandi Bhutada

MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise Niwec All India Ranking Talent Series Under 14 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at NIWEC, Nashik Results: Boys Under 14: Aryan Kale Bt Arnav Orunganty Girls Under 14: Mehvish Shaikh bt Aleena Shaikh

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrise Nmsa All India Ranking Championship Series Under 16 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at NMSA, Navi Mumbai Results: Boys Under 16: Saheb Sodhi bt Arjun Chatterjee Girls Under 16: Akanksha Nitture bt Harshita Bangera

MSLTA ILTA Maharashtra State Ranking Under 10 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Ichalkaranji Lawn Tennis Association, Ichalkaranji Results: Boys Under 10: Avaneesh Chafle bt Divij Patil Girls Under 10: Armani Nalavade bt Araina D'souza

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrisepractennis Academy All India Ranking Championship Series Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 12: Dreek Saha bt Keval Kirpekar Girls Under 12: Danica Fernando bt Avani Chitale

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrise EMMTC All India Ranking National Under 14 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at EMMTC, Aurangabad Results: Boys Under 14: Yuvan Nandal bt Ayushmaan Arjeria Girls Under 14: Sri Kundana Bandaru Bt Shruti Ahlawat Boys Doubles Under 14: Deep Munim / Aayush Bhat Bt Ayushmaan Arjeria Girls Doubles Under 14: Radhika Mahajan / Anjali Rathi bt Purva Vemuria / Abhaya Vemuri

MSLTA DSC Maharashtra State Ranking Under 10 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at DSC, Kolhapur Results: Boys Under 10: Avaneesh Chafle bt Vivaan Karande Girls Under 10: Nainika Reddy bt Armani Nalavade

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrisepractennis Academy All India Ranking Championship Series (7) Under 14 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 14: Arjun Chatterjee bt Azmeer Shaikh Girls Under 14: Pari Chavan bt Srihitha Jaligama

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrisesolaris Club All India Ranking Championship Series Under 16 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 16: Sahil Tambat bt Prasad Ingale Girls Under 16: Ruma Gaikiwari bt Shravani Khawale

MSLTA– Yonex Sunrisepractennis Academy All India Ranking Super Series Under 12 Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Practennis Academy, Andhari Results: Boys Under 12: Pranav R S bt Rayan Koothrat Girls Under 12: Kanumuri Ikaraju bt Urvee Kate Boys Doubles Under 16: Mahalingam Kandhavel / Pranav R S bt Arnav Manral / Arnav Paparkar Girls Doubles Under 16: Kanumuri Ikaraju / Laxmi Pranathi bt Alisha Deogaonkar /Kkaira Chetnani

MSLTA Khar Gymkhana All India Ranking 3lac Men’s Tennis Tournament 2018 played at Khar Gymkhana, Mumbai Results: Mens: Fahad Mohammed bt Atharva Sharma Mens Doubles: Ishaque Eqbal / Yash Yadav bt Shivam Dalmia / Fahad Mohammed

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