All the seeded players advanced to the next round displaying their best shots, competing with each other for every point on the opening day of the Ray Sugar Gondwana Club Senior’s Open Tennis Tournament which started at Gondwana Club from Friday. The inaugural function was graced by President Jatin Kale, Managing Committee Member (Sports) Abhishek Thakur, Tournament Director Dr Hemant Jahagirdar, Tournament Supervisor Dr Ashok Bhiwapurkar, Tournament Secretary Mr Vikramaditya Samarth Tournament Coordinator Mr Naresh Chafekar, Tournament Chief Referee Dr Darshan Dakshindas, Dr Vaibhav Bhisikar and Mr Raju Menon. Players have come from all over Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh for the tournament. In the 35+ singles, Abhishek Wadhwant defeated Anand Bansal 9-5 while Pritesh Nimbalkar beat Shymal Panchmatia 7-1.

 

In singles 45+ age group, Rajesh Kumar got the better of Pankaj Sabane and Gaganpreet Chadda ousted Laxman Autade 7-1. The 55+ singles saw Devendra Sharma beat Shrikant Chandrikapure in a gruelling battle winning the match 7-4. Dr Mahesh Kriplani defeated Shivaji Chavan 7-2 and VK Gangrade sent Ali Panjwani packing with a 7-3 verdict. Results: 35+ singles: Abhishek Wadhwani bt Anant Bansal 7-5; Pritesh Nimbalkar bt Shyamal Panchmatia 7-1; Karan Upadhyay bt Vaibhav Bhisikar 7-2; Chaitnya Suralkar bt Nikhil Bhoyar 7-3; Pankaj Saudagar bt Amit Mete 7-1; Rohan Chhabra bt Nikhil Deshmukh 7-1; Vipul Pasari bt Sagar Thutheja 7-2; Rohan Khune bt Kalyani Balbudhe 7-1. 45+ singles: Rajesh Kumar bt Pankaj Sabane 7-0; Gaganpreet Chadda bt Laxman Autade 7-1; Vishal Deepaware bt Shyam Hulke 7-3; Harjinder Singh bt Prafulla Shiwalkar 7-0. 55+ singles: Devendra Sharma bt Shrikant Chandrikapure 7-4. 65+ singles: Dr Mahesh Kriplani bt Shivaji Chavan 7-2; V K Gangrade bt Ali Panjeani 7-3; Raghunath Holambe bt Bajesh Tripathi 6-1; M Suresh beat Anil Baukhadi 7-1. 35+ Doubles: Kartik Trivedi-Bhakti Trivedi bt Rubal Bhartia-Nishant Bhagiya 7-5. 45+ Doubles: Mahesh Tolani-Vinu Paul bt Kalyani Balburhe-Pankaj Sabane 7-0.