Subramanya ,Malpani , Gadgil , Ganapathy cause upsets at the MT ITF S400 Seniors tennis championships.

Pune , October 9, 2023: Raghavendra Subramanya, Ashsish Malpani , Rajesh Ganapathy, Gautam Gadgil caused upsets in their age groups at the ITF S400 Seniors championships-co sponsored by Aryan Pumps and conducted under the Auspices of ITF, MSLTA and PMDTA at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis courts

In the Mens 30 Plus event eighth seeded Raghavendra Subramanya upset second seeded Arun BHOSALE 7-6(3) 2-6 [10-4] to enter the semifinals of the event

In the Mens 40 Plus event Gautam Gadgil upset eighth seeded Amit Kindo 6-4, 6-1 to enter the quarterfinal of the men’s singles event

In the 50 plus quarter finals eighth seeded Asheesh Malpani upset third seeded Balan Ramadass 7-5, 6-0 , in the same event fifth seeded Rajesh Ganapathy upset fourth seeded Ashish Pant 6-2, 6-2 to move into the semifinals

Following are the results: Mens 30 Plus: Quarterfinal Round:
Vishal VISHU (IND) bt Amruth SUNDARKUMAR (IND) [7]6-0,6-0;
Partha CHIVATE (IND) bt Ajinkya PATANKAR (IND)6-2 6-2;
Raghavendra Subramanya (IND) [8] bt Arun Bhosale (IND) [2]7-6(3) 2-6 [10-4];
Prosonjit PAUL (IND) bt Ankit KAPSE (IND)6-2, 6-1;

Mens 35 Plus: Quarterfinal Round:
Ravindranath PANDEY (IND) [1] bt Milind MARNE (IND) [6]6-3 3-0 Ret;
NITIN B SAWANT (IND) [4] bt Nitin RAJPURE (IND)6-4 6-4;
Shrikant KUMAWAT (IND) [3] bt Ganesh DEVKHILE (IND) [5] 6-2, 6-2;
Ketan DHUMAL (IND) [2] bt Narhar GARGE (IND) [8] 7-5, 6-4;

Mens 40 Plus: Pre-Quarterfinal Round:
AMIT TILAK (IND) [6] bt Haresh RAMCHANDANI (IND) [11] 6-0, 6-1;
Shriram OKA (IND) [13] bt Girish MISHRA (IND) [5] 1-0 Ret;
Sandeep Pawar PAWAR (IND) [3] bt Abhijeet MUZUMDAR (IND) [9] 1-6 6-4 [10-7];
Aditya KHANNA (IND) [1] bt Aditya KANITKAR (IND)6-2 6-4;
Punar BHASIN (IND) [7] bt Madhur INGALHALIKAR (IND 6-1, 6-1;
Swarandeep Singh DHODI (IND) [4] bt Vikas SHIGWAN (IND)6-0 6-3;
Gautam GADGIL (IND) bt Amit Kindo (IND) [8]6-4, 6-1;
Mandar WAKANKAR (IND) [2] bt Sadasivam S (IND) [12]6-1 6-2;

Mens 45 Plus: Quarterfinal Round:
Nitten KIRRTANE (IND) [1] bt Amit SHINDE (IND) [7]6-0 6-1;
Manav ARORA (IND) [3] bt Girish KUKREJA (IND)6-1 6-3;
Nitesh RUNGTA (IND) [4] bt Apoorva YATINDRA (IND)6-3, 6-4;
Yati GUJARATHI (IND) [2] bt Nelson JATIN KUMAR (IND)6-2, 6-4;

Mens 50 Plus: Quarterfinal Round:
Rajesh GANAPATHY (IND) [5] bt Ashish PANT (IND) [4] 6-2, 6-2;
Asheesh Malpani(IND) [8] bt Balan RAMADASS (IND) [3] 7-5, 6-0;
Rvrk RANGA RAO (IND) [2] bt Jaiprakash NISHAD (IND) [7] 6-1, 6-3;

Womens 40 Plus: Round Robin:
Radhika KANITKAR (IND)bt Arti GANESH (IND)6-1, 6-0;

Womens 45 Plus: Round Robin:
Mayuka SAKAI (JPN) bt Dr Jyotsna PATEL (IND)6-0 6-0;