Tejas Shevde and Tithee Bhoomkar won a respective double crown at the BPS All-Goa State Ranking Tennis Tournament 2023 at Margao.
Tejas won the final in the men’s singles event 6-0, 6-0 against Rajaram Kundaikar. Rajaram had previously defeated Mano Chhabra 6-2, 6-3 to reach his first-ever final in the men’s event in a state ranking tournament.
Tejas paired up with Stania Peris in the mixed doubles event to beat Jasmeet Singh and Pranita Pednekar 6-1,6-0 in the final.
Rajaram, however managed to win the men’s double’s crown partnering Santosh Gorawar. Rajaram and Santosh defeated the pair of Prince Agnelo Joven de Silva and Sandesh Satardekar 6-3,6-0.
Tithee came from a set’s deficit to win the crown in the final of the girls’ under-14 category against Vidhi Naik. Tithee lost the first mini-set 1-4, before winning the other two 4-2, 4-2. The two faced-off against in the girls under-18 age group with Tithee coming up trumps 6-0, 6-2.
In the ladies’ singles final Simran Bundela defeated Pranita Pednekar 4-1,4-1 to win the crown.
Darsh Pai did not lose a single game in his final encounter in the under-14 category against Vivaan Agarwal winning 4-0, 4-0. But Pai’s luck ran out in the final of the boys under-18 category in which he faced Punit Fadte. Punit won the honours in the boys’ under-18 category defeating Darsh in a one-sided encounter 6-1,6-0.
