Kadhe, Bhosale, Nitture, Gaikwari, Jadhav, Sodhi, Shinde, Paparkar, Shinde, Damle, Dudhane, Fengse emerge State No 1 at MSLTA 2021-year end rankings

Mumbai, 11th April 2022: Maharashtra International Tennis players Rutuja Bhosale, Akanksha Nitture, Ruma Gaikaiwari and Aishwarya Jadhav who ended the year 2021 as top 5 India  along with Arjun Kadhe  Saheb Sodhi,  Jaishnav  Shinde, Arnav Paparkar  Prisha Shinde,  Amogh   Damle, Adhiraj Dudhane  and  Sara Fengse emerged as  Maharashtra No 1 in their respective age groups in the MSLTA annual rankings for 2021

The Annual rankings of the Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association for the year 2021 were announced by the Hon Secretary of MSLTA Sunder Iyer  ”  we had a curtailed tennis year due to the second  and third waves of Covid , we however  managed to host  over 21 tennis tournaments in Maharashtra despite Covid  in from January to December 2019.

In 2021 MSLTA Conducted over 21 tournaments which consisted of 7 International events (3 ITF Womens, 2 ITF Juniors & 2 ITF Seniors) 8 AITA ranked events & 6 Under 10 State Ranking events along Maharashtra District and Zonal Championship.  While Mumbai region hosted 7 events including 2 international event, Pune Region Hosted 4 International events the highest in the country and 1 State Ranking tournament, Kolhapur region hosted 3 events, Solapur region hosted  1 international event , Navi Mumbai hosted 1 international event, Solapur region hosted 1 events, Aurangabad region 1 events, and Nashik region 1 events.

We are happy that due to these quality national and international level  events our state players  have  improved their ranking . Four Maharashtra girls finished  amongst   top 5   players in the country in various age groups in 2021-year end rankings.   ” he added

Pune region took the honors by finishing with Nine No 1 players in Maharashtra in 2021 which includes Arjun Kadhe (Mens Singles), Rutuja Bhosale (Womens Singles), Ruma Gaikaiwari (Girls Under 16), , Arnav Paparkar (Boys Under 14), Prisha Shinde (Girls Under 12), Amogh Damle (Boys Under 12), Adhiraj Dudhane (Boys Under 10) & Sara Fengse (Girls Under 10)

Saheb Sodhi (Boys under 18) from Mumbai region , Jaishnav Shinde (Boys Under 16) from Nashik division , Akanksha Nitture from Navi Mumbai finished No 1 in the Girls under 18 and Aishwarya Jadhav from Kolhapur finished No 1 in the Girls under 14.

Following are Top 8 ranked players  age group wise

Boys under 10: 1.  Adhiraj Dudhane(Pune), 2. Aarav Bele (Pune), 3.  VedangGaikwad (Sangli), 3. VirChattur  (Pune), 4.  Parth Dabhikar (Pune), 5.Yugandhar  Shastri (Pune), 6. Smit Undre  (Pune), 7. KabirGundecha  (Pune), 8.  Viraj Seth(Pune)

Girls under 10: 1.  Sara Fengse(Pune), 2. Srushti Suryavanshi (Pune), 2.  (joint)  Shravee Deore (Pune), Mohak Kulkarni (Mumbai), 3. Harsha Deshpande  (Pune), 4.(Joint)Anika Nair  (Pune), .  Rupal Amdekar(Pune)

Boys under 12: 1. Amogh   Damle (Pune), 2. Om Verma (Mumbai), 3. Dhron Suresh (Mumbai), 4. Ayush   Poojary (Mumbai), 5. Shivtej  Shirfule (Nanded), 6. Ayan  Shetty (Mumbai), 7. Shaurya Ghodke (Pune), 8. Shlok Chauhan (Mumbai).

Girls under 12: 1. Prisha Shinde (Pune), 2. Parthsarthi   Mundhe (Solapur), 3. Mehak Kapoor (Pune), 4. Vrandika   Rajput (Aurangabad), 5. Mrunal  Shelke (Mumbai), 6. Riddhi Shinde (Mumbai), 7. Hritika  Kaple (Pune), 8. Anusha Mehta (Mumbai).

Boys under 14: 1.Arnav  Paparkar (Pune), 2.Samarth   Sahita (Mumbai), 3.Vedant Bhasin (Mumbai), 4.Manas  Dhamne (Pune), 5.Pradyumna  Singh Tomar (Navi Mumbai), 6.Daksh Kukreti (Navi Mumbai), 7.Neel   Joglekar (Pune), 8.Abhiram  Nilakhe (Pune).

Girls under 14: 1. Aishwarya   Jadhav (Kolhapur)  2. Asmi   Adkar (Pune) , 3. Nainika   Reddy Bendram (Solapur), 4. Aakruti    Sonkusare (Solapur) , 5. Sejal  Bhutada (Nagpur) , 6. Devanshee   Prabhudesai (Pune), 7. Anandi    Bhutada ( Navi Mumbai), 8. Prisha  Shinde (Pune).

Boys under 16: 1. Jaishnav  Shinde (Nashik), 2. Manas  Dhamne (Pune), 3. Tanishq   Jadhav (Pune), 4. Omar   Sumar (Mumbai)   5. Azmeer Shaikh (Navi Mumbai), 6. Prajwal   Tewari (Mumbai), 7. Pranav  Korade (Aurangabad), 8. Arjun Abhyankar (Pune),

Girls under 16: 1. Ruma  Gaikaiwari (Pune), 2. Madhurima  Sawant (Pune), 3. Sonal Patil (Kolhapur), 4. Aishwarya   Jadhav (Kolhapur), 5. Khushi   Sharma (Pune), 6. Anya Jacob (Pune), 7. Gia   Pereira (Mumbai), 8. Kkaira   Chetnani (Mumbai)

Boys under 18: 1.Saheb  Sodhi (Mumbai), 2.Sandesh  Kurale (Kolhapur), 3.Daksh   Agarwal (Pune), 4.Anargha Ganguly (Pune), 5.Shivam   Kadam (Mumbai), 6.Manas  Dhamne (Pune), 7.Prasad Ingale (Pune), 8.Anup   Bangargi (Navi Mumbai)

Girls under 18: 1.Akanksha Nitture (Navi Mumbai), 2.Ruma  Gaikaiwari (Pune), 3.Vaishnavi Adkar (Pune), 4.Madhurima    Sawant (Pune), 5.Sudipta Senthil Kumar (Mumbai), 6.Radhika  Mahajan (Pune), 7.Sonal   Patil (Kolhapur), 8.Sai   Bhoyar (Nagpur)

Mens: 1. Arjun Kadhe (Pune)   2. Aryan Goveas (Mumbai)

Womens: 1.Rutuja S Bhosale (Pune)  2.Mahak Jain (Navi Mumbai)