Overwhelming response, over 175 participants! The entries just kept coming. We had one team turning up on the second day, they played the losers round.
Women’s Doubles:
This had us worried as we were not sure how many will play but in the end we had a draw of 11 teams. Thank you ladies. The participation was from 16 years to 60 years.
Radhika Kanitkar and Namita Bal won the title defeating Sana Sohoni and Tanaya Gosavi 10-1
60 plus Men’s Doubles:
Bipin Shah and Kishor Savkur successfully defended their title to beat Suhas Bhopatkar and Dilip Parulkar 10-5.
This category deserves a special mention as it is not easy to be out there in the sun and play a couple of matches a day. The oldest participant was Prof. Joshi at 82 years. Hats of to him.
45 plus Men’s Doubles:
Jaideep Date, last year’s winner with Nitin Joshi, teamed up with Himanshu Gosavi to get the beat Rohinton Irani and Laxman Randhir 10-9 (7-5)in a close match. Rohinton and Laxman were up 5-2 in the tie break before Jaideep and Himanshu turned it around.
Men’s Open Doubles:
Arjun Kadhe and Sameer Paranjape saw off Abhishek Tamahane and Paraj Natekar 10-2
Dr. Ajit Ranade was the chief guest for the prize distribution followed by dinner at the clubhouse terrace at Deccan Gymkhana.
Our sincere thanks to Nitin Joshi for the support and encouragement, our sponsors Nayan Gandhi of Darshan Tyres & Michellin and Srivardhan Sukhatme of Granart. Shri Ghogale for his support. Prince and Shakti Sports for the equipment. Milind Date our official photographer for the pictures. Abhijat Savarkar for calling a hotly contested semi final. Thanks to all of you.
Promise to be back next year and strive to be better
Mukund Joshi & Sudheer Ranade
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Hats off to you Mukund & Sudheer for taking the initiative as well as successfully coordinating the tournament for the 2nd year in succession.
Do keep it up !
3 Cheers to both of you.
Milind Talathi
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