Team Herald
PANJIM: The morning session of the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Open 2017 witnessed David Mendonsa and Kevin Rebelo storm into the final by edging out Glen D’silva and Noel Noronha in a (4-1, 4-2) battle in the Veteran Doubles category. Whereas Nagesh Naik secured his spot in the semi-finals by defeating Santosh Gorawar (4-3, 4-3) in the quarter finals of the Men’s Singles category.
Ibtisam Shaikh defeated Nitsa Murthy (2-4, 4-1, 4-2) to progress in the finals U-16 Girls category. In the Men’s Singles category, Tejes Shevde shone against Benjamin Crevan (4-1, 4-0) edging closer to winning the title.
Tennis enthusiast gathered around the blue courts to watch an intense battle between the spectators’ favourite pair Bulu Godino and Lucio Fernandes triumph over Suresh Kadam and Sandeep Verlekar by 4-2, 4-2 margin in the Veteran Doubles category, bringing the morning session to an end.
Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Open 2017 commenced with a total of 133 entries coming in across 10 categories.
