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PANJIM: Praneet Venugopal got into an intense battle on the courts of Clube Tennis De Gaspar Dias with Amar Dariyanavar to move closer to the Men’s Singles title of the Gaspar Dias Open.
Amar was on the upper hand at the beginning defeating his opponent 6-2 in the 1st set. The second set was fought hard by both the men, won by Praneet with a score of 6-4 and the third set was eventually won by Praneet with 11-9 which secured his place in the final.
Bringing out their ‘A’ game, Praneet Venugopal and Suraj Bikkannavar took the lead and championed against Pramod Umarje and Yatin Dalvi beating them 6-0, 6-0 to move into the Finals of the Men’s Doubles category.
The final of the U-16 boys category saw Ankit Batheja get the better of Saiel Gajinkar 6-2, 6-1. In the Girls U-16 semi-finals saw an outstanding game by Ritika Dawalkar against Simran Bundela 4-1, 4-2 claiming her position at Girls U-16 final.
Over in the girls U-12 category, Ritika won over Jiya 4-0, 4-1. The U-12 category of boys saw Sarthak Gaikwad and Arav Eshwar battle it out for the title with Sarthak coming up triumph 4-1,4-2 in straight sets to claim the Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2021 trophy.
