Ex-international Nitin Kirtane was at his best, both in singles and doubles while making the title round in both the events in the Khar Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Senior State Tennis tournament at their courts here today. Nitin made the men’s (plus 45)singles final, beating Siddharth Chatterjee 6-2,6-2 and later paired with Karan Singh to beat Himanshu Bhatia/Neelkanth Damre 6-1, 6-4 to set for a double.
Nitin Kirtane
While favourite Naerndra Singh, who defeated Rewanth Datta 6-2, 6-2 in the singles,later paired with with Gajanandf Maangle made to fight hard before they overcame Aman Koihli and Vardhan Shah 7-6,6-4 in the plus 35 doubles.
Results:
Men’s (+35) singles(Semifinals): (1)- Narendra Singh bt Rewanth Datta 6-2, 6-2; Kabir Satyani bt Devendra Krishna 6-3,6-2;
Men’s (+45) singles(Semifinals): (1)-Nitin Kirtane bt Siddharth Chatterjee 6-2,6-2; Pravin Jadhav bt Karan Singh 6-2, 6-3.
Men’s (+35) doubles (Semifinals): (1)- Narendra Singh/Gajanand Manghela bt Aman Koihli/Vardhan Shah 7-6,6-4; Kabir Satyani/Yusoof/Imran bt Gaurav Kapadia/Gautam Chande 6-1, 6-2.
Men’s (+45) doubles(Semifinals): (1)- Nitin Kirtane/Karan Singh bt Himanshu Bhatia/Neelkanth Damre 6-1, 6-4; (2)-Bhushan Akut/Gaurav Kapadia bt Vipul Verma/Vijaykumar 6-2, 6-3;
Men’s (+55) doubles (semifinals): Bhushan Akut/Manoj Chandiramani bt Prithvi Ranglani/Toru Devnani 6-0, 6-1; Sanjay Kumar/Clifton D’Souza bt Rajeev Punjabi/Kishore Sabnani 6-3, 6-2.
Men’s (+65) doubles (Final): Rama Rao /Dr Pendharkar bt Moti Sherwani/Shyam Bhagat 6-1,6-2.
Men’s (+75) doubles (Final): Shyam Bhagat/Subhash Trilokekar bt Suresh Bhaya/Satish Khanna 6-1, 6-2.