Pune, December 8, 2023: Wildcard Arnav Paparkar continued his giant killing run as he entered the boys singles finals while India.n girls Maya Rajeshwaran and Laxmisiri Dandu will clash in the girls singles finals at the Gadre Marine MSLTA - ITF Junior Grade 3 U18 tennis Championships for the M.V. Deo Trophy organized by Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices of ITF, Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and Pune Metropolitan District Tennis Association to be played at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts
Local Wildcard Arnav Paparkar justified the organisers faith in him and continued his upset spree taking out second seeded Indian Compatriot Kriish Tyagi 3-6,6-3,6-3 to make it to his first ever career final at ITF Juniors event .
Fifteen years old Paparkar will take on fifteenth seed Moise Kouame of France who received a walkover from an indisposed Hiromasa Koyama of Japan
It will be an all Indian battle in the girls event with top seeded Maaya Revathi Rajeshwaran registering a 6-3,7-5(5) win over Ariana Gogulina of Kazakhstan
In the singles finals Maya will take on unseeded Laxmisiri Dandu who upset second seed Mandegar Farzami of Iran 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Kriish Tyagi however had the consolation of winning the boys doubles title as he paired with Cahir Warik to register a 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 win over Hitesh Chauhan and Rethin Senthil Kumar
Laxmisiri also placed herself in line for a double crown lifting F the girls doubles title in partnership with Aishi Bisht the pair. Scored a 6-4 ,6-4 win against Sreenidhi Balaji and Rishita Basi Reddy for the title
The doubles winner got MV Deo Trophy and 75 ITF Points, while runner up got trophy and 45ITF Points. The prizes were given away by Former Davis Cup Player Sandeep Kirtane, Mr.Ashwin Girme, Tennis Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana and ITF Supervisor Leena Nageshkar.
Results: Semifinal Round: Boys:
Arnav Paparkar (Ind) bt Kriish Tyagi (Ind) [2] 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Moise Kouame (Fra) [15] w/o Hiromasa Koyama (Jpn) [16]
Girls:
Laxmisiri Dandu(IND bt Mandegar Farzami(IRI) [2] 2-6, 6-4, 6-2;
Maaya Revathi (Ind) [1] bt Ariana Gogulina(Kaz) [11] 6-3, 7-6(7-5);
Doubles: Boys: Semifinal Round:
Hitesh Chauhan/Rethin Senthil Kumar(Ind)[3] bt Kazuma Kimura /Ivan Iutkin [1] 6-1, 7-6(1);
Kriish Tyagi/Cahir Warik(Ind)[2] bt Vihaan Reddy/Debasis Sahoo(Ind)[7] 6-2, 3-6, 12-10;
Final Round: Kriish Tyagi/Cahir Warik(Ind)[2] bt Hitesh Chauhan/Rethin Senthil Kumar(Ind)[3] 5-7, 6-4, 10-8;
Girls: Semifinal Round:
Aishi Bisht/Laxmisiri Dandu(Ind) bt Tejasvi Dabas/Maya Rajeshwaran Revathi(Ind)[1] 6-3, 6-1;
Sreenidhi Balaji/R Basireddy(Ind)[5] bt Aanya Choubey/Saumya Ronde (Ind) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6;
Final Round: Aishi Bisht/Laxmisiri Dandu(Ind) bt Sreenidhi Balaji/Rishita BasiReddy 6-4,6-4