Arnav Paparkar, Aoi Watanabe to Lead Global Tennis Talents at Pune ITF Junior Championship
Pune, 29th November 2024: Arnav Paparkar of India and Aoi Watanabe of Japan will Lead boys and girls from over 12 countries at the MSLTA – Deccan Gymkhana Gadre Seafoods ITF Junior Grade 3 U18 tennis Championships organized by Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices of ITF, Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and Pune Metropolitan District Tennis Association to be played at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts from 30th November to 7th December 2024.
The event, which is gaining popularity worldwide, will see players from around 12 countries this year, informed Tennis Secretary of the Deccan Gymkhana and Tournament Director Dr Vikrant Sane. The qualifying rounds will be played on 30th November Saturday and 1st December Sunday. The Main Rounds will start on 2nd December Monday while finals will be played on 7th December 2024.
Dr Sane added that the event will be an opportunity for the Indian Boys and girls to earn valuable ITF points playing in home conditions. The winners of the Boys and Girls event will be presented with the Late MV Deo trophy , The Singles winner will get 100 ITF points, the runners up get 60 ITF points, while the Doubles winner will get 75 points and the finalist will get 45 points.
He also added, “We would like to thank Arjun Gadre and Gadre Marine and the MSLTA for supporting the event for the last 11 years, the event has helped Indian players as this will be an opportunity for many of them to make points for the Australian Open Juniors event in 2025.”
Arjun Gadre, MD of Gadre Marine, and a keen tennis player himself who is also supporting the growth of tennis in Goa said that the 2024 edition of the tournament was a great sign of the growing popularity of the event we have received an encouraging response from the participating countries where the top players are ready to battle for the title. I’m also happy that many young tennis players from Maharashtra and India have benefited due to our support to this event. I am hopeful that the Indian players will benefit from the event. He also added that Gadre Marines have been supporting sports and also support Gadre Marine State Badminton event in Ratnagiri where the plant is situated.
Pradeep Kadam, regional sales manager of Gadre Marine Exports added that all the players will benefit from the Healthy ready to eat Marine Products which will be offered to all the players in their menu.
Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi of India lifted the girls singles crown while Moise Kouame from France lifted the boys singles crown at the last edition. Vaishali Kannamwar will be the ITF Supervisor for the event.
Following is the probable seeding list:
Boys: 1. Arnav Paparkar(Ind, 233), 2. Aarjun Pandit(Ind, 278), 3. Cody Atkinson(NZL, 296), 4. Roshan Santhosh(USA, 322), 5. Egor Shcherbakov(Rus, 325), 6. Sehaj Singh Pawar(Ind,)327), 7. Aaron Gabet(Fra, 333), 8. Taisei Hata(Jpn, 358);
Girls:1. Aoi Watanabe(JPN, 240), 2. Rishitha Reddy Basireddy(Ind, 257), 3. Sara Oliveriusova(Cze, 298), 4. Polina Sleptsova(Kaz,307), 5. yasaman yazdani(Iri, 324), 6. Laxmisiri Dandu(Ind,385), 7. Eva Kaliadina(Rus, 389), 8. Malika Amirgalieva(Kaz, 448)
