Top seeds Omi Mehta and Neel Joglekar faced little difficulty in getting past their respective opponents to march into the girls’ and boys’ singles semi-final round of the MSLTA-Wodehouse Maharashtra State Ranking Under-10 Tennis Tournament, played at the Wodehouse Gymkhana.
In the girls’ quarter-finals, Omi was in cracking form and handed Shreya Deshpande a 6-0 defeat, while Neel also was in great form and easily defeated Daksh Kukreti 6-2 in the boys’ last eight round.
Akakansha Agnihotri the second seed in the girls’ category also qualified for the semi-finals as she got past unseeded Aahana Attavar 6-2. In other last eight round matches, fifth seed Jui Kale scored an upset 6-4 win against third seed Anandi Bhutada, while fourth seed Avani Chitale defeated Mukta Sawant 6-4.
The others to advance to the semi-finals of the boys’ event are unseeded Karan Rawat who scored a stunning 6-1 win against foruth seed Eshan Meru, Samarth Sahita scored over Jeevan Nadar 6-3 and Aarav Mehta overcame Mihir Kantawala 6-4.
Results – Girls Singles (quarter-finals): 1-Omi Mehta bt Shreya Deshpande 6-0, 5-Jui Kale bt 3-Anandi Bhutada 6-4, 4-Avani Chitale bt Mukta Sawant 6-4, 2-Akakansha Agnihotri bt Aahana Attavar 6-2. (Pre-quarter-finals): 1-Omi Mehta bt D.S. Mirdullaa 6-0, Shreya Deshpande bt 6-Urvee Kate 6-3, 3-Anandi Bhutada bt Vaidehi Khutale 6-2, 5-Jui Kale bt Araina D’Souza 6-0, Mukta Sawant bt Arya Borkar 6-3, 4-Avani Chitale bt Anwesa Das 6-3, Aahana Attavar bt Milonee Kadam 6-1, 2-Akakansha Agnihotri bt Ananya Sirsath 6-4.
Boys singles (quarter-finals): 1-Neel Joglekar bt Daksh Kukreti 6-2, Karan Rawat bt 4-Eshan Meru 6-1, 3-Samarth Sahita bt Jeevan Nadar 6-3, Aarav Mehta bt Mihir Kantawala 6-4. (Pre-quarter-finals): 1-Neel Joglekar bt Sahil Kothari 6-3, Daksh Kukreti bt Raghav Amin 6-3, 4-Eshan Meru bt Ramansh Sharma 6-1, Karan Rawat bt Om Verma 6-0, Jeevan Nadar bt 7-Akansh 6-3, 3-Samarth Sahita bt Hrishikesh Ramanathan 6-3, Mihir Kantawala bt 5-Vedant Bhasin 6-1, Aarav Mehta bt Shaan Worlikar 6-4.