PANAJI: Ashwin Chandiok roared his way into the Veterans 45+ singles semi-finals at the ongoing Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2023 tennis tournament at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias here on Friday.
In a close contest, Ashwin beat Chetan Ganjali 6-4 in the quarter-finals. Over in the 55+ event, Ujjwal Sakri outplayed Aparaj 6-1.
Meanwhile, the veterans 35+years mixed doubles category made its debut on Thursday night where Prithvi Naik and Atika Gaur defeated Sanket Nayak and Malali Shevde 6-2.
Goa’s biggest tennis tournament is being organised by Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias under the aegis of Goa State Tennis Association, and is played at Miramar as well as Panjim Gymkhana courts.
Other results: veterans 45+ years singles category – Dmitry beat George (6-0), Abhishek S beat Rajesh B (6-0), Dr. Kiran R. Beat Gordon (6-0), Chetan G beat Rohan (6-3), Ashutosh Pednekar beat Sachin Khedekar (6-1), Ashwin Chandiok beat Dr. Kiran (6-1), Amit Tambe beat Abhishek Sharan (6-0) and Chetan beat Dmitry (6-2), Pankaj Kamra beat Nikunj Gupta (6-1), Noel beat Ajml (6-3), Ashutosh P. Beat Gaurav S. (6-2), Dmitry beat Gearge Paul (6-0), Kiran Rukadikar beat Gordon Lewis (6-0), Chetan G beat Rohan M (6-3), Sumant Paul beat R.Bali (6-0), Natraj Gujran beat Yallappa (6-4), Ameet Aher beat Prashant Badagi (6-0), Narendra P. beat Anand J (7-6), Hemanshu V beat M. Hudli (6-3) and Brian F. beat Anirudh K (6-2).
Veterans 120+ years doubles category: S Gholap/Ravi Katre beat Bharat P/V Panjwani (6-0), Paul N/Suresh M beat Nagar Asopa/Mahesh K (6-2), Bharat P/K Ansari beat Milind G/P Umarje (6-3), Nimbalkar/Kulkarni beat Laxmanan/Jairam (6-7). At the Panjim Gymkhana Paul N/Suresh M beat Nagar Asopa/Mahesh (6-2), Bharat P/Khalil Ansari beat Milind G/ P Umarje (6-3), Tambe/Tambe beat Shivanand/Vishwanath (6-2), Ajit Sail/Rumi Printer beat Sameer K/Avinash Raiturkar (6-0), Sadguru/David beat Sanjeev/Pereira (7-6).
Veterans 90+years doubles category: Gururaj/Jnandev beat Siddharth Singh/Robert D (6-0), C Langoti/Y Mohta Beat Kedar Tari/Schubert (6-1), Vivek/Jaydeep beat Vijay M/Rajesh D (6-3), Sumant Paul/Prafful beat Gururaj/Jnandev (6-2) Gururaj/Jnandev beat Siddharth/Robert D’Souza (6-0), Sanjay/Jaideep beat Ramesh/A Kolekar (6-2) C. Langoti/Y Mohta beat Kedar Tari/Schubert C (6-1). Veterans 110+ years doubles: Ajit Sail/Rumi Printer beat Anil Choudhary/Prem Sagar (6-1), while Siddharth/Katre beat Narendra/Barve (6-3),
