Top seed Prajwal Tewari comfortably defeated Arnav Paparkar 9-2 to advance into the semi-finals of the boys’ singles event of the Wodehouse Gymkhana organsied MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise-Wodehouse Gymkhana All India Ranking Championship Series Under-12 Tennis Tournament 2017, and played at the Wodehouse Gymkhana tennis courts on Sunday.
Seventh seed Aryan Kale shocked second seed Rohan Patel 9-2 in a boys’ under-12 singles quarter-final match of the MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise-Wodehouse Gymkhana All India Ranking Championship Series Under-12 Tennis Tournament 2017.
However, second seed Rohan Patel crashed out going down rather tamely to seventh seed Aryan Kale by a 2-9 scoreline. Third Seed Aryan Deokar and fourth seed Omar Sumar also fell by wayside. Fifth seed Arjun Abhyankar overcame Aryan 9-5, while unseeded Aditya Talati got the better of Omar 9-4 to complete the semi-final line-up.
Meanwhile, the top four seeds in the girls’ event as expectedly booked their berths in the semi-finals. Top seed Kyra Shetty defeated Saumya Ronde 9-5, while second seed Asmi Wadhwa overcame 7th seed Gia Pereira 9-4. Third seed Anya Jacob prevailed over 8th seed Soha Patil 9-2 and 4th seed Pari Chavan tamed 5th seed Veronica Gilby 9-3.
In the boys’s semi-finals, Prajwal Tewari will take on Aditya Talati and Arjun Anhyankar will clash with Aryan Kale. The girls’ semi-finals will witness Kyra play against Anya and Asmi take on Pari to decide who enters the title round.
Results – Girls’ Under-12 (pre-quarter-finals): 1-Kyra Shetty bt Omi Mehta 8-4, Saumya Ronde bt Kavya Krishnan 8-4, 3-Anya Jacob bt Sakshi Kaknale 8-2, 8-Soha Patil bt Danica Fernando 8-1, 5-Veronica Gilby bt Hriti Ahuja 8-7(3), 4-Pari Chavan bt Greta Anil 8-3, 7-Gia Pereira bt Jaison Jennika 8-4, 2-Asmi Wadhwa bt Kunjal Kank 8-5.
Quarter-finals: 1-Kyra Shetty bt Saumya Ronde 9-5, 3-Anya Jacob bt 8-Soha Patil 9-2, 4-Pari Chavan bt 5-Veronica Gilby 9-3, 2-Asmi Wadhwa bt 7-Gia Pereira 9-4.
Boys’ Under-12 (pre-quarter-finals): 1-Prajwal Tewari bt Yohaan Chokhani 9-4, Arnav Paparkar bt 6-Rahil Joshi 9-4, 4-Omar Sumar bt Balvir Singh 9-2, Aditya Talati bt Jay Gala 9-6, 5-Arjun Abhyankar bt Krish Karpe 9-4, 3-Aryan Deokar bt Laksh Gujarathi 9-2, 7-Aryan Kale bt Svarmanyu Singh 9-0, 2-Rohan Patel bt Samrath Sahita 9-1.
Quarter-finals:1-Prajwal Tewari bt Arnav Paparkar 9-2, Aditya Talati bt 4-Omar Sumar 9-4, 5-Arjun Abhyankar bt 3-Aryan Deokar 9-5, 7-Aryan Kale bt 2-Rohan Patel 9-2