Unseeded Tanmay Rane and International and top seeded Divya Deshpande bagged their respective men’s and women’s singles titles in the MCF-4 Star All -Mumbai ranking tournament, hosted by Mandpeshwar Civic Federation at their sports complex at Borivali here today. In the same tournament, the Spirited display by energetic junior Sampada Bhiwandkar, saw her winning both the junior and sub-junior girls singles finals. Sampada’s victim in both the finals was bespectacled Nimisha Warang.
Sampada Bhiwandkar
Divya settled the pretensions of junior Anannya Basak, who had caused flutters by upsetting a couple of seeds on her way to the title round. But stylish Divya, displaying superb footwork and hitting her forehands with telling effect gave her no chance whatsoever and won 12-10, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8). In fact, Anannya, who was in line for a double, having made the final of youth girls singles as well, ended second best in both the events. Top seeded Aditi Sinha too overpowered her in straight games to clinch the youth girls title..
All the medal winners pose with officials on the final day of the MCF-4 Star All -Mumbai ranking tournament held at MCF Sports Complex, Borivali.
Unseeded Tanmay Rane , however, after losing the first game, dominated third seeded Viren Patel to canter to 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 13-11, 11-1 win. However, for Tanmay, it was a mixed day as after winning the men’s singles final, he was defeated by Jignesh Rahatwal in a thrilling youth boys final, which went to the wire, before Jignesh triumphed 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7.
Results of all the finals:
Men’s Singles: Tanmay Rane bt bt Viren Patel 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 13-11, 11-1.
Veteran Singles: Suhas Rane bt Rajesh Singh 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9.
Women’s Singles: (1)- Diviya Deshpande bt Anannya Basak 12-10, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8.
Women’s Doubles: Mamta Prabhu/Senhora D’Souza bt Shalmali Gosar/Mrunmayee Mhatre 11-9, 11-6, 11-8.
Youth Girls Singles: (1)- Aditi Sinha bt Anannya Basak 11-6, 11-8, 11-1, 11-5.
Youth Boys Singles: Jignesh Rahatwal bt Tanmay Rane 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7.
Jr Boys Singles: (1)- Ritvik Nagle bt Aaadil Anand 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10.
Sub-Jr Boys Singles: (1)- Aadil Anand bt (2)-Sameehan Kulkarni 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10.
Jr Girls Singles: Sampada Bhiwandkar bt (1)- Nimisha Warang 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5.
Sub-Jr Girls Singles:(1)-Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Nimisha Warang 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.
Cadet Boys Singles: (1)- Akshat Jain bt Tanmay Rao 12-14, 11-4, 12-14, 11-6, 11-8.
Cadet Girls Singles: (1)- Hardee Patel bt Keisha Jhaveri 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 16-14, 12-10.
Midget Boys Singles: Merwyn Patel bt Aaraav Sanghvi 11-13, 11-5, 12-10, 11-8.
Midget Girls Singles: Swara Salgaonkar bt Rehetkaur Vijan 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3.