PANJIM: Mixed doubles partners Kafil Kadvekar and Prapti Patil stormed into the finals of Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2023, while Siddhesh Khade overcame a tough challenge to defeat Sankalp Pawar in three sets to also reach the finals in the boys’ under-16 category.
Kafil and Prapti defeated Sonu Todu and Ahana Patil (4-1; 4-1) to reach the finals, while Khade won the first set 4-2, lost the second 3-4 in a tie breaker, while winning the last set 10-7 in another tense tie-breaker against Pawar.
In the ladies’ singles category, Simran Bundela reached the semi-finals of the tournament defeating Ahana Patil (6-2), while in other rounds in the same category, Aishwarya beat Neha (6-0) and Prapti beat Tanya (6-0) to reach the semi finals.
In the four boys’ under-16 quarter final matches, Arhan Inamdar beat Darsh (6-2), Sarthak beat Akshobhya (6-0), Siddhesh beat Krishna (6-1) and Sankalp beat Atharv (6-1). Earlier in the previous round matches played in the same category, Sarthak beat Uttam (6-0) and Atharv beat Samarth (6-2).
In four other quarter final matches played in the boys under-12 category, Akhilesh beat Shaurya (6-2), Aditya beat Noah (6-0) Kyan beat Ishaan (6-3) and Harshit Meghani beat Vivaan Agrawal (6-3). In earlier round matches played in the same category, Shaurya beat Alec (6-0), Noah beat Arhan G (6-2), Kyan beat Ethan (6-2) and Harshit beat Adarsh (6-0). In the girls’ under-12 category Tanvi beat Nishi (6-3).
In the girls’ under-16 category Ahana beat Tithee (6-1) and Aishwarya beat Bhakti (6-0), while in the boys’ under-12 category Shaurya beat Alec (6-0), Noah beat Arhan G (6-2), Kyan beat Ethan (6-2) and Harshit beat Adarsh (6-0).
In the mixed doubles quarter finals Mika/Simran beat Nagesh/Neha (4-0,4-0) and Arshad/ Aishwarya beat Tejas/ Stania (7-5), after Prapti/Kafil beat Harshvardhan/Nidhi (6-0) and Tejas/Stania beat Aman/Nona (6-3) in previous rounds.
Vikrant reached the men’s singles semi-final defeating Ravindra (4-3, 4-1), while in the men’s doubles matches Tejas/Nishad beat Prajat/Anuj (6-0) and Vikrant/Siddhant beat Mika/Aman (6-4).
The matches are being played at the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias and the Panjim Gymkhana courts in the state capital.
The 8th edition of the Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2023 had witnessed record participation, with 386 tennis players registering for the event, out of which 199 had registered under the veterans category, while 187 players had registered for the open category.
