Mumbai-based Sanika Kambli stormed into the semi-finals of the ladies singles event, on her debut at the ongoing Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2024. She is also going strong in the mixed doubles category of the annual tennis tournament organised by the iconic Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Miramar.
The 21-year-old Sanika, who ranks 111th in the list of top women tennis players in the country, beat Anya Tewari (6-2) in the singles event. She paired up with Aman Shetty to defeat Dunstan Dias/Marissa duo 6-0 in the state-ranking tournament’s mixed doubles category.
In other matches, Trisha Vinod beat Nidhi Sequeira (6-0), Tanya Shelyazhynska-Caldeira beat Tithee Bhoomkar (6-4), Tvisha Sardesai beat Atika Gaur (6-3) and Ashwini beat Raisa Mergulhao (6-1).
In the mixed doubles category, Mladen Petrovic/Milica Rakovic beat Shankar/Anupama (7-6) (7) and Bulu/Tanya Shelyazhynska-Caldeira beat Sergey Romanov/Julia Shakirova (6-1).
In the men’s singles event, Hafiz Beg beat Tom (6-0) while Maaz Khan beat Vijay Venkateswaran (6-2), to reach the pre-quarterfinals. In other matches, Mano Chhabra beat Joshua Pereira (6-3), Suman beat Ojash (6-2), Aman Shetty beat Pankaj Chadda (6-2), Reagan Rathor beat Vikram (7-5), Prabal Paul beat Utkarsh Singh (6-1), Pankaj Naik beat Kshitij Garg (6-2), Pranab Mehrishi beat Cheriah (6-1), Prathmesh Patil beat Sameer Kakodkar (6-4), Rahul beat Kuldeep Bhagat (6-0), Badal beat Ashwath D. (6-1), Shaurya Verlekar beat Shantanu Gurav (6-4), Sreyas Prasad beat Pankaj Nanoskar (6-0) and Badal beat Sharad (6-1).
In the men’s doubles event, Bharat Paul Singh/Vivek MC beat Prince De Silva/Kuldeep Bhagat (6-2), Ashwin Narsinghani/Shantanu Gurav beat Anurag Agrawal/Jai Gill (6-4), and Bhalchandra Gaitonde/Ganesh Vernekar beat Rehaan Diaz/Sreenath Srinivasan (7-5), to move to the pre-quarterfinals.
Rahul Singh/Badal beat Puneeth Athreya/Pranav Suvarna (6-2), Pankaj Nanoskar/Darsh Pai beat Vedav Adarsh/Vikas (6-4), Nagesh Naik/Pankaj Chadda beat Pratham Fadte/Punit Fadte (7-6)(3), Bharat Paul Singh/Vivek MC beat Ashwath D/Shaurya Awasthi (7-5), Reagan Rathor/Hafiz Beg beat Rahul Sakpal/S. Raghava (6-2) and Bulu/Mano Chhabra beat Sravan Danda/Prabal Paul (6-2).
Deeva Sahni had an easy victory against Lucy Viegas in the girls under-16 event defeating her 6-0 even as Henin Poojari beat Ritisha (6-4) and Ovi Praveen Umaji beat Ahana Kumar (6-2) and Ovi Praveen Umaji went on to defeat Avni Lotlikar (6-1) thus advancing to the semi-finals in girls under-16.
In the under-16 boys category, Rihan beat Vidaal De Menezes (6-1), Vedant Naik beat Vihaan Krishnan (6-1), Arhan Gaunkar beat Samik Satardekar (6-0), Devaansh Naik beat Shashwat Mathiyan (6-3), Shaurya Verlekar beat Agnel Shashi (6-4), Kyan Mavany beat Taroun Salgaonkar (6-4), Alec Barreto beat Ayush Shinnur (6-0) and Akshobhya Acharya beat Arion (6-0).
