SHLOK Hinge, Mohd Nawaz Shaikh, Aayansh Akhade and Kabiir Panchmatia stormed into the semi-finals from boys section while in the girls category, Bhargavi Bhosale, Riddhi Rathi, Aava Taneja and Ananya Sindhwani booked the last four berths in the MSLTA Suhana Smart-10’s Tennis Circuit at Ramnagar MSLTA courts on Saturday. In the boys category, top seed Hinge thrashed Sudhariya Mane 6-0 while Shaikh beat Avi Sood 6-1. Similarly, Akhade got the better of Shaurya Bendre 6-4 and Panchmatia saw off the challenge from Rusham Gupta 6-0.

 

In girls section, Bhargavi beat Myra Saboo 6-1, Riddhi defeated Arhasee Pise 6-0, Aava ousted Gargi Burade 6-2 and Ananya crushed Navisha Jejani 6-0. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Vikram Naidu, Joint Secretary, NDHTA. Treasurer Vijay Naidu was also present. A total of 31 boys and 12 girls from Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Amravati, and Nanded apart from Nagpur are participating in the tournament. Dr Sudhir Bhiwapurkar is Tournament Director while Vijay Naidu is Tournament Secretary and Vishal Landge is Tournament Supervisor. The semi-finals and finals in both categories will be held on Sunday.