Natasha Palha
Mohit Mayur
Mumbai, January 29, 2016: Top seed Mohit Mayur of
TN outplayed 5th seed Siddharth Vishwakarma of UP to enter the men’s
singles semi-finals of the Rs 13 lakh AITA Ranking Anirudh Desai JVPG
Tennis Tournament, hosted by JVPG, in association with Nine Hills, at their
courts, here, on Friday.
Mayur will take on Mumbai’s unseeded Aryan Goveas, who
continued his fine form to knock out 8th seed Jayesh Pungaliya of Pune
6-4, 7-6 (3)
The second semi-final will feature third seed Anvit Bendre
of Pune and Kunal Anand od Delhi .
While Bendre recovered from the loss of the first set against the wily seventh
seed, Vijay Kannan of TN, to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, the experienced Anand was taken
the distance by AP’s Sai Saran Byreddy before winning 4-6, 6-0,7-6 (1).
In women’s action, top seed and defending champion Natasha
Palha of Goa recorded an authoritative 6-4, 6-2 win over Punjab’s Nandini
Sharma to book her place in the women’s singles title round. Natasha will take
on 7th seed Rashmi Teltumbde, who defeated second seed Sharrmada Baluu of
Karnataka 6-4, 6-2. Sharrmada, who twisted her ankle in the first set was a
mere passenger in the second set. Both Natasha and Rashmi will also feature in
the women’s doubles finals, winning the semi-final encounters with their
respective partners.
Pune’s third seed Anvit Bendre continued his fine form make
the men’s semi-finals, recovering from the loss of the first set against
the wily seventh seed, Vijay Kannan of TN, to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Bendre will
take on Delhi’s Kunal Anand, who was taken the distance by AP’s Sai Saran
Byreddy before winning 4-6, 6-0,7-6 (1).
Also advancing to the semi-finals was Mumbai’s Aryan Goveas,
who accounted for 8th seed Jayesh Pungaliya of Pune 6-4, 7-6 (3).The
17-year-old Goveas will take on top seed Mohit Mayur, who accounted for
5th seed Siddharth Vishwakarma of UP 6-4, 6-0.
With Goveas’s big first serve deserting him, the going was
tough in the first set as both players traded early breaks. However, Goveas
then broke Pungaliya in the ninth game and then served out the set.
The second set also saw both players trading early breaks
and then holding serve to take the set into the tie-breaker, where Goveas
jumped to an early 3-0 lead and kept his nose ahead to win it 7-3.
The left-handed Vishwakarma managed to trouble the top seed
a bit in the first set with his big serves and baseline shots finding the spots
on the flanks. He also had two break points each against Mayur in two games but
could not capitalize on them. However, one break was enough for Mayur to take
the first set 6-4. The second was a no contest ad errors began creeping into
Vishwakarma’s game and Mayur trooped out a comfortable winner.
Women Singles (Semi Final): 1-Natasha Palha (GA) bt Nandini
Sharma (PB) 6-4, 6-2; 7-Rashmi Teltumbde (MH) bt 2-Sharrmada Ballu (KA) 6-4,
6-0;
Men Singles (Quarter Final): 3-Anvit Bendre (MH) bt 7-Vijay
Kannan (TN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; 1-Mohit Mayur (TN) bt 5-Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP)
6-4, 6-0; Aryan Goveas (MH) bt 8-Jayesh Pungliya (MH) 6-4, 7-6(3); Kunal Anand
(DL) bt Sai Saran Byreddy (AP) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6(1)
Women Doubles (Semi-Finals): 1- Natasha Palha (GA) &
Sharrmada Balu (KA) bt 4-Moulika Ram (AP) & Aastha Dargude (MH) 7-6(0),
6-1; 2-Shwetaa Rana (DL) & Rashmi Teltumbde (MH) bt 3-Amrita Mukherjee (WB)
& Samhitha C Sai (TN) 6-2, 6-3.
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