Pune: Sonkusare causes upset , Bansode continues good run at MSLTA Mahatennis Deccan Gymkhana AITA U-18 Super Series Tennis Tournament

Pune, May 10,  2022:  Aakruti Sonkusare of Solapur caused the biggest upset of the day knocking out seventh seeded Mrunmayee Joshi of Aurangabad 6-2,6-1 to enter the girls quarterfinals of the MSLTA Mahatennis Deccan Gymkhana AITA Under 18 Super Series Tennis Tournament which will be organized by Deccan Gymkhana and Maha Tennis Under the auspices of MSLTA and AITA and to be played at Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts

Eighth Seeded Sejal Bhutada of Nagpur stopped 14 year old qualifier Aishwarya Jadhav of Kolhapur 6-3, 6-2 to make it to the last eight alongside top seeded  Ruma Gaikwari , Qualifier Prisha Shinde and Asmi Adkar , Presha Shanthamoorthi , Sreenidhi Balaji , N Harshini of Karnataka were the other girls to make it to the quarters

In the Boys section  qualifier Sarth Bansode edged out  Aryan Kotasthane  6-3, 1-6, 7-6(1) in a all Pune tussle and in the longest match of the day , Another qualifier Arnav Paparkar also made it the last eight stage , alongwith Maharashtra Boys Nishit Rahane ,Abhiram Nilakhe , third seeded Azmeer Shaikh , Tanishq Jadhav and lucky loser
Jay Dixit and topseeded Tarun Korwar

Following are the results: Boys: Second Round:
Tarun Korwar(TS)[1] bt (Q)Arya Kallambella(Kar)6-4, 6-4;
(Q)Sarth Bansode(Mah) bt Aryan Kotasthane(Mah)6-3, 1-6, 7-6(1);
Nishit Rahane(Mah) bt Sahil Tambat(Mah)7-6(3), 6-2;
(Q)Arnav Paparkar(Mah) bt Ojus Dabas(Mah)6-4, 1-2 conceded;
Abhiram Nilakhe(Mah) bt (LL)Pradyumna Tomar 2-6, 6-2, 6-4;
Azmeer Shaikh(Mah)3] bt Manan Chitania(Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
Tanishq Jadhav(Mah) bt Pranav Gadgil(Mah) 7-6(5), 6-3;
(LL)Jay Dixit(Mah) bt (LL)Namit Misra(Mah)6-2, 6-1;

Girls:
Ruma Gaikwari(Mah) bt Rajitha Rajesh 6-0, 6-0;
(Q)Prisha Shinde(Mah) bt (Q)Shreya Pathare(Mah)6-3, 6-1;
Presha Shanthamoorthi(Kar)[4] bt (Q)Ritika More(Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
Aakrutte Sonkusare(Mah) bt Mrunmayee Joshi(Mah)[7] 6-2, 6-1;
Sejal Bhutada(Mah)[8] bt (Q)Aishwarya Jadhav(Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Sreenidhi Balaji(Kar)[3] bt (LL)Devanshi Prabhudesai(Mah) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1;
N Harshini(Kar)[6] bt Dancia Fernando 6-3, 6-3;
Asmi Adkar(Mah) bt (Q)Mehak Kapoor(Mah) 6-3, 6-1;

Doubles: Boys: First Round:
Azmeer Shaikh/Sahil Tambat[1] bt Arjun Gohad/Arnav Paparkar 6-2, 7-6(4);
Sarth Bansode/Siddharth Marathe bt Arjun Kirrtane/Abhiram Nilakhe 7-6(4), 6-0;
Parth Deorukhkar/Jay Pawar[4] bt Anmol Nagpure/Ved Thakur 7-5, 6-3;
Anish Ranjalkar/Arjun Abhyankar bt Ishaan Godhbharle/Namit Misra 6-3, 6-1;

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