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PANJIM: A master class from Gustavo outplayed Noel 9-0 while Santosh overpowered Rahul 9-0 to enter the next round of Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Open 2016 at the club’s blue clay courts, Miramar, on Monday.
Kevin and Sadguru were engaged in a thrilling battle for supremacy with Glen and Sandeep in the veterans doubles category where the former registered a 9-1 victory to progress into the next round while Prema Sherpa pulled off a dominating win over Gurudas Lotlikar 9-1 in the veterans singles category to cap off the morning session.
The evening session saw the commencement of the under-16 category for girls and boys. The budding players took to the courts amidst cheers from their fellow players and close friends. Rujuta was dominant from the first swing of the racket as she notched up a close victory over Shirley 7-5 to progress into the next round.
Simultaneously on court 1, Shanley brushed aside Wynona in a one sided game to make it 7-0. In the boys category, Felix and Aron were engaged in long rallies as Aron progressed to the next round with a 7-4 victory.
Aman convincingly defeated Nehal 7-5 and Jaybhave won 8-6 over Werner. Arnav got the better of Arlindo with a 7-1 win to make it into the next round while Ibtisam won 7-2 over Milisa in the girls category.
