MUMBAI, JAN 29: Unseeded Pratim Parikh upset second seed Vivek Jhaveri to enter the under-16 boys semi-final of the Priyadarshini Park Junior Tennis tournament today. Pratim won 6-1, 6-3. Top seed Akshay Tanna, Garyl Fernandez (fourth seed) and Rohan Gajjar (sixth) were the others to make it to the last four.In the girls section, Isha Lakhani marched past Kalpita Raje 6-3, 6-2. Sonal Phadke, Megha Vakharia and Lisa Pereira also sailed through.
Results (all quarter-finals)
Boys Under-16: 1-Akshay Tanna bt 7-Krishna Tanna 6-3, 6-1; 4-Garyl fernandes bt 5-Ankit Doshi 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; 6-Rohan Gajjar bt Sourabh Kohli 64, 6-4; Pratim Parikh bt 2-Vivek Jhaveri 6-1, 6-3; U-14: 5-Sujoy Mahadevan bt Rishi Behl 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; 3-Vikrant Sane bt 7-Amit Karunakaran 6-2, 6-1; 1-Rohan Gajjar bt 6-Krishna Tanna 6-0, 6-3; 2-Ankit Doshi bt 8-Sourabh Kohli 6-2, 6-3; U-12: C Akshay bt Krushank Shah 6-0, 6-2; 4-Siddharth Sane bt Allan Moses 6-1, 7-5; Keshavan Narsiman bt Dewang Shah 6-1, 6-3; Rohan Sewakramani btHarish Mehta 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; U-10: Gaurav Agarwal bt Shantanu Sahey 6-3; 8-Tejaswi Rao bt 3-S Agnel Gladwin 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; 6-Arnav Jain bt 4-Bhargav Shelerka 6-4, 6-1; Kaushal Mahale bt Mirang Manek 6-0, 6-0.
Girls U-16: Isha Lakhani bt Kalpita Raje 6-3, 6-2; Sonal Phadke bt Mayura Bandekar 6-0, 6-2; Megha Vakharia bt Johann Fernandes 6-1, 7-5; Lisa Pereira bt Medini Sharma 6-2, 6-0; U-14: Medini Sharma bt Uttara rao 6-1, 6-2; Megha Vakharia bt Mayura Bhandekar 6-1, 6-2; Johan Fernandez bt Krushmi Chedda 6-4, 6-4; Isha Lakhani bt Anuja Parikh 6-2, 6-1; U-12: Lizenka Pereira bt Sagrika Phadke 6-2, 6-3; Kanisha mehta bt Aditi Vasant 1-6, 7-6, 6-3; Tulsi Mehta bt Nidhi Shah 6-2, 6-1; Kartiki Bhat bt Pankti Chheda 6-0, 6-1.
Himanshu shines
Himanshu Waigankar did the star turn for Podar as they defeated Dr Ambedkar by ten wickets in the Inter-Collegiate cricket tournament today. Himanshu (unbeaten 104) and Hrishikesh Shende 104 n.o.) put on 211 for the opening stand after the former had prised out fourAmbedkar wickets for 31 runs.
Brief scores: Dr Ambedkar 190 (Kaustubh Bhave 30, Amit Gadekar 37; Himanshu Waigankar 4-31, Abhishek Jaywant 3-44, Rohit Wagh 2-35) lost to RA Podar 211-0 (Himanshu Waigankar 104 n.o., Hrishikesh Shende 104 n.o.); Rizvi 440 (Mandar Gokarn 56; Ivan John 3-34) bt Bhavan's 181 (Navin Mudbhakal 32, Shamim Ahmed 31, Hussain Bhimani 30, Ivan John 22; Sandeep Dahad 3-50, Amit Vedpathak 3-18, Sachin Sawardekar 3-36). Jhunjhunwala 602-4 (Milind Tamhane 270; Kalpesh Jhangla 4-127) bt Borivali 61 (Abhinav More 3-24, Jayesh Pandya 4-6, Chandan Prajapati 2-10). Ruparel 298 bt Mithibai 186 (Pushkaraj Jadhav 77, Rishi Lakhani 40; Faizal Shaikh 3-47, Vinit Sarang 3-31, Shriram Kannan 2-40). Narsee Monjee 372 bt Acharya Marathe 141 (Vinay Lad 30, Sachin Sawant 31; Rachit Bhatia 4-29, Rohan Naik 3-11, Amir Manji 2-42). Kirti 225 bt Bhausaheb Vartak 155 (Kailash Vaghela 61, Vipul Shireya 28, Praksh Hewal 5-51, Nitin Vichare 3-35). Siddharth 252 (Mahesh Wakkar 125, Chandran M 51, KamleshMalwankar 30; Pankaj Chipalkatti 5-48, Darshan Shivalkar 3-66) bt Ruia 148 (Darshan Shivalkar 71, Srinivas Goswami 31; Chandran Muthuswamy 3-22, Prasad Rane 3-15, Sunder Shetty 3-34). Chinai 150 bt Hinduja 133 (Vaibhav 26; Salil D'Souza 4-64, Sameer Joshi 3-15, Rakesh Singh 3-32).
Sanjay nets brace
Sanjay Suryavanshi's two goals helped Greater Mumbai Police (GMP) defeat Ave Maria 2-1 in a first Division match conducted by the Hockey Association of Mumbai at the St Andrew's ground, Bandra. GMP took lead in the 14th minute when Suryavanshi scored a field goal off a pass from left flank. Vincent Periera scored the equaliser in the 38th minute for Ave Maria. But Suryavanshi scored the match-winner for GM Police in the 44th minute.
Narrow win for PNB
Reserve Bank of India defeated BEST 3-0 in the Inter-Office Table-Tennis League conducted by Bombay Gymkhana at the University Pavilion. In the other match Punjab National Bank squeezed out a 3-2 win over Indian Oil 3-2.Results: RBI bt BEST 3-0(Mythili Sodhi bt Sheetalk Shukla 21-11, 21-9; Nayana Dhuru bt Geetanjali Dalvi 21-12, 21-19; Sodhi-Shubha Ghate bt Sheela P Thakur-Sheetal Shukla 19-21, 21-14, 21-15); PNB bt Indian Oil 3-2 (Merle D'Souza lost to Vibha Shinde 19-21, 21-14, 21-15; Vaidehi Patil bt Tressa Almedia 21-14, 21-15; Merlew-Vaidehi bt Vibha-A Despande 21-12, 21-17; Merle lost to Tressa 17-21 22-24; Vaidehi bt Vibha Shinde 21-10, 21-13).
MNB triumph
MNB Industrial Home for the Blind, Jogeshwari emerged winners at the National Sports Club of the Blind organised 2nd State Level Kabbadi Tournament for the Blind at the Shramik Gymkhana recently. Maharashtra Sports Association of the Blind, Nagpur finished runners-up.
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