Ex-international Nitin Kirtane and Gaurav Kapadia played to their wanted form to make the title rounds in their respective Plus 35 and plus 45 singles of the Khar Gymkhana-Maharashtra State Veterans Tennis Tournament at their courts here today. In fact,Kapadia is also heading to figure in the doubles final as well.
Lavin Khemani and and Rahul Gore got the better of Raj Dubey and Prithvi Ranglani in the day’s toughest encounter,which went to the tie-breaker before they won . They prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 10-4.
Results:
Men (+35) singles (Semifinals): Nitin Kirtane bt Mangela Gajju 6-1, 6-0; Imran Yusoof bt Sandeep Pawar 6-2,6-3.
Men (+45) singles (Semifinals): Gurav Kapadia bt Abhijit Agnihotri 6-2, 6-1; Neelkanth Damre bt Pravin Jadhav 6-2,6-2,.
Men (+45) doubles (Semifinals): Gurav Kapadia/Neelkanth Damre bt Ketan Bedekar/Cliffy D’souza 6-3,6-2; Lavin Khemani/Rahul Gore bt Raj Dubey/Prithvi Ranglani 6-2,4-6-4, 10-4 (tie-breaker).
Men (+55) doubles (semifinals): Kishore Sabhani/Rajeev Punjabibt Rafik Khot/SalimKhan 6-2,6-2; Mayur Vasant/NV Gajjar bt Mayank Dwivedi/Bharat Raghavan 6-2, 6-2.