Simran, Tejas seize the titles of Gaspar Dias Open Tennis
GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 31 January 2016 22:58 IST
Tournament favorite Tejas Shevde¬¬¬¬ won the finals of the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Open 2016 in a thrilling match against Gustavo Perziano.
Tejas Shevde came out with his ‘A’ game for the finals and won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to defeat Gustavo Perziano.
Simran Khan overpowered Charmaine Godinho to win 6-2, 6-3 in Women single category.
In the Mens Doubles category, the pairing of Tejas and Bulu won, comfortably defeated Santosh and Gustavo 6-2, 6-3.
In the Veteran Doubles category Kevin and Sadguru took down Noel and Manoj in a fiercely fought match 6-1, 5-7,( 10-7).
Noel Noronha won in the veterans singles category against Prema Sherpa 6-3,5-3 .
Noel suffered an injury in the final set of the match, two points short of winning. As play couldn’t resume due to Noel’s injury, Sherpa displayed a sporting spirit and conceded the match.
The finals of the Under 16 boys category saw Vardhan Karkal triumphant over Jaybhaye Ramkishan winning 6-1,6-0.
In the Girls Under 16 category, Ibtisam Shaikh won against Saumya Sukhthankar to claim the trophy.
In the Under 12 boys Arnav Oruganty won the finals defeating Felix Craven 4-0,4-0.
In the Under 12 girls category Rutuja Prabhudessai defeated Simran Bundela 4-0,4-0 to win the finals.
Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias President Yogesh Nadkarni and Secteray Rajesh Khaunte along with GSTA President Nathan Chowgule and Arjun Gadre, MD, Gadre Premium Seafood, gave away the trophies to the winners at the award ceremony held immediately after the finals.
Category |
Winners |
Runners Up |
Under 12 Boys |
Arnav Oruganty |
Felix Craven |
Under 12 Girls |
Rutuja Prabhudessai |
Simran Bundela |
Under 16 Boys |
Vardhan Karkal |
Jaybhaye Ramkishan |
Under 16 Girls |
Ibtisam Shaikh |
Saumya Sukhthankar |
Mixed Doubles |
Tejas Shevde & Melanie Chowgule |
Bulu Godinho & Charmaine Godinho |
Veterans Doubles |
Kevin Rebello & Sadguru Dessai |
Manoj Pandey & Noel Noronha |
Mens Doubles |
Tejas Shevde & Bulu Godinho |
Gustavo Perziano & Santosh Gorawar |
Veterans Singles |
Noel Noronha |
Prema Sherpa |
Ladies Singles |
Simran Khan |
Charmaine Godinho |
Mens Singles |
Tejas Shevde |
Gustavo Perziano |