Kadhe, Bhosale, Adkar, Dhamne, Jadhav, Paparkar, Munde, Patil, Dudhane, Nair emerge State No 1 at MSLTA 2022-year end rankings.

Pune, February 9: Maharashtra International Tennis players Arjun Kadhe , Rutuja Bhosale, Vaishnavi Adkar, Manas Dhamne, Asmi Adkar, Arnav Paparkar & Aishwarya Jadhav along with , Parthsarthi Mundhe, Daksh Patil, Adhiraj Dudhane and Tamanna Nair emerged as Maharashtra No 1 in their respective age groups in the MSLTA annual rankings for 2022.

The Annual rankings of the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association for the year 2022 were announced by the Hon Secretary of MSLTA Sunder Iyer and Chairman of the Ranking and Chairman of the MSLTA tournament Committee Abhishek Tamhane . ” We are happy that due to the quality national and international level events MSLTA organised in our state, players have improved their ranking. Seven Maharashtra players finished amongst the top 5 players in the country in various age groups in 2022-year end rankings.” Iyer added

Pune zone took the honors by finishing with Nine No 1 players in Maharashtra in 2022 which includes Arjun Kadhe (Men’s Singles), Rutuja Bhosale (Women’s Singles), Vaishnavi Adkar(Girls Under 18), Manas Dhamne(Boys Under 16 and 18), Arnav Paparkar (Boys Under 14), Asmi Adkar(Girls Under 16), Daksh Patil (Boys Under 12) and Adhiraj Dudhae (Boys Under 10) , Aishwarya Jadhav from Kolhapur zone finished No 1 in the Girls under 14.Parthsarhi Munde from Solapur division finished No 1 in Girls Under 12 event and Tamanna Nair from Navi Mumbai zone finished No1 in the Girls under 10.

In 2022 MSLTA Conducted over 65 tournaments which consisted of 12 International events (Tata Maharashtra Open ATP 250, 3 ITF Womens, 1 ITF Mens, 2 ITF Juniors & 5 ITF Seniors) 36 AITA ranked events & 17 Under 10 State Ranking events along with Maharashtra District and Zonal Championships.

Pune region hosted 30 events including 7 international event the highest in the country, Mumbai Region hosted 13 Tournaments including 2 International events, 6 AITA Ranking and 5 State Ranking tournaments, Kolhapur region hosted 7 events, Aurangabad region hosted 6 events including 1 ITF Seniors event, Navi Mumbai hosted 1 international event, Solapur and Nagpur region hosted 2 events and Nashik region 1 events.

The players finishing top 3 in each age groups , the Winners of the Gujarat National Games , Khelo India Youth Games , meritorious Coaches , Best District Association will be awarded at a function to be held at the Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium in Pune on March 4

Following are Top 8 ranked players age group wise(Year 2022)

Boys Under 10: 1. Dudhane Adhiraj (Pune), 2. Chhallani Aarav (Navi Mumbai), 3. Naagar Taksheel (Pune), 4. Gaikwad Veer (Solapur), 5. Rathod Soham (Baramati), 6. Pawar Yashwantraje (Solapur), 7. Sheth Neev (Sangli), 8. Aland Shlok (Solapur)

Girls Under 10: 1. Tamanna Nair (Navi Mumbai), 2. Srushti Suryavanshi (Pune), 3. Myra Shaikh (Pune), 4. Shamiksha Shetty (Mumbai), 5. Harsha Deshpande (Kolhapur), 6. Nakshatra Iyer (Pune), 7. Avighna Antad (Solapur), 8. Trisha Bhosale (Navi Mumbai)

Boy’s Under-12: 1. Daksh Patil(Pune) , 2. Shounak Suvarna (Kolhapur) , 3. Jay Gaikwad (Solapur) , 4. Darsh Khedekar (Mumbai) , 5. Pradnyesh Shelke(Pune) , 6. Varad Undre (Pune), 7. Rishikesh Mane (Navi Mumbai), 8. Smit Undre(Pune)

Girl’s Under-12: 1. Parthsarthi Mundhe(Solapur) , 2. Swanika Roy (Pune) ,3. Ritika Dawalkar (Kolhapur) , 4. Vrandika Rajput (Aurangabad) , 5. Eshal Pathan (Mumbai) , 6. Janhavi Chougule (Ichalkaranji) , 7. Srushti Suryavanshi (Pune) , 8. Ritsa Kondkar (Pune)

Boy’s Under-14: 1. Arnav Paparkar (Pune) , 2. Samarth Sahita (Mumbai) , 3. Shivtej Shirfule (Nanded) , 4. Om Verma (Navi Mumbai) , 5. Daksh Kukreti (Navi Mumbai) , 6. Ayush Poojary (Mumbai) , 7. Vedant Bhasin (Mumbai) , 8. Avaneesh Chafle (Pune)

Girl’s Under-14: 1. Aishwarya Jadhav(Kolhapur) , 2. Aakruti Sonkusare (Solapur) , 3. Nainika Reddy Bendram (Solapur) , 4. Sejal Bhutada (Nagpur) , 5. Mehak Kapoor (Pune) , 6. Riddhi Shinde (Mumbai) , 7. Devanshee Prabhudesai (Pune), 8. Devashree Mahadeshwar (Mumbai)

Boy’s Under 16: 1. Manas Dhamne (Pune) , 2. Samarth Sahita (Mumbai) , 3. Parth Deorukhakar (Pune) , 4. Vedant Bhasin (Mumbai), 5. Cahir Warik (Mumbai) , 6. Svarmanyu Singh (Mumbai) , 7. Daksh Kukreti (Pune) , 8. Karan Rawat (Navi Mumbai)

Girl’s Under 16: 1. Asmi Adkar (Pune) , 2. Aakruti Sonkusare (Solapur) , 3. Aishwarya Jadhav (Kolhapur), 4. Sejal Bhutada (Nagpur) , 5. Nainika Reddy Bendram (Solapur) , 6. Kkaira Chetnani (Mumbai) , 7. Siya Prasade (Pune) , 8. Jennika Jaison (Mumbai)

Boy’s Under 18: 1. Manas Dhamne (Pune) , 2. Nishit Rahane (Pune) , 3. Tanishq Jadhav (Pune) , 4. Daksh Agarwal (Pune), 5. Cahir Warik (Mumbai), 6. Saheb Sodhi Mumbai, 7. Prajwal Tewari (Mumbai) , 8. Arjun Abhyankar (Pune)

Girl’s Under 18: 1. Vaishnavi Adkar (Pune) , 2. Madhurima Sawant (Pune) , 3. Sonal Patil (Kolhapur) , 4. Asmi Adkar (Pune) , 5. Ruma Gaikaiwari (Pune) , 6. Aakruti Sonkusare (Solapur) , 7. Sejal Bhutada (Nagpur), 8. Kkaira Chetnani (Mumbai)

Men’s : 1. Arjun Kadhe (Pune) , 2. Sandesh Kurale (Kolhapur) , 3. Atharva Sharma (Pune)

Women’s : 1. Rutuja Bhosale (Pune) , 2 . Akanksha Nitture (Navi Mumbai) , 3. Vaishnavi Adkar (Pune);