Krish Waghani caused a major upset when he sent second seeded Arjun Chatterjee packing in the boys singles quarterfinals of the Khar Gymkhana- All India Ranking Championship Series Tennis Tournament-2018 , sponsored by Chenab Impex and hosted by Khar Gymkhana here today. In the best of 17 games, Krish triumphed 9-6.Later, Krish played intelligently to beat sixth seeded lefthander Arjun Shirgaonkar 9-4 tomake thetitle round.
Krish Waghani
Mahika Gupta, the girls top seed, was rather off-colour against Gauri Mangaonkar ,who beat her comprehensively 9-2. But Gauri‘s joy was short-lived as she was beaten by Ruma Gaikaiwari 9-5 in the semifinals. In the girls other semifinals, Suhani Sabharwal got the better of Alisha Deogaonkar (9-8) in a long drawn tie-breaker.
Ruma and Suhani, the girls finalists
Results :
Girls u-16 singles (Quarterfinals) : Gauri Mangaonkar (1)- Mahika Gupta 9-2; Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Kkushi Kinger 9-5; Suhani Sabharwal bt Rijul Sidnale 9-3; Alisa Deogaokar bt Mithali Shetty 9-8 (6). (Semifinals): Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Gauri Mangaonkar 9-2; Suhani Sabharwal bt Alisa Deogaokar 9-8 (4).
Boys U-16 singles (Quarterfinals): (1)- Vedant Mestri bt Ayush Hindlekar 9-2; Nirav Shetty bt Prabjeet Singh 9-2; Arjun Shirgaonkar bt Ayan Tezabwala 9-5; Krish Waghani bt ( 2)- Arjun Chjatterjee 9-4. (Semifinals): (1)- Vedant Mestri bt Nirav Shetty 9-2; Krish Waghani bt Arjun Shirgaonkar 9-4.