Sonkusare qualifies for main draw at  Gadre Seafoods -MSLTA ITF Grade 3 Junior Tennis Championship
 
Pune, December 1, 2024:  State girl Akruti Sonkusare   alongside five other Indian qualified  for the main draw at the   Gadre Seafoods- MSLTA ITF  Junior Grade 3 U18 tennis Championships for the MV Deo Trophy organized by  Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices of ITF, AITA PMDTA at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts

In the girls final round qualifying  second seed Aakruti Sonkusare of Solapur  out rallied Aarohi Deshmukh 6-1, 6-1 . In the other matches topseeded Harsha Oruganti registered a 6-2,6-4 win over Shreya Pathare Sai Janvi  got the better of. VG Kasturi 6-1, 6-2, while third seed Anvi Punaganti  scored a relatively easy win over KA Adarai winning 6-2, 6-2;        

In the boys event third seed. Tavish Pahwa ended the challenge of local boy Ahan Shetty winning 6-1, 6-4 while Sriniketh Kannan stopped another local boy Parth Deorukhakar  6-2, 6-2

Nikita Nikolenko of Kazakhstan and Venkat Batlanki of USA were the other qualifiers

Results: Final Qualifying Round: Boys:
Nikita Nikolenko (Kaz) [1] bt Vishal M (Ind) [6] 6-1, 6-2;
Venkat Batlanki (USA) [2] bt Mahit Mekala (Ind) [5] 1-6, 7-5, 10-8;
Tavish Pahwa (Ind) [3]  bt Ahan Shetty (Ind) 6-1, 6-4;
Sriniketh Kannan (Ind) bt  Parth Deorukhakar (Ind) [8] 6-2, 6-2;


Girls:
Harsha Oruganti (Ind) [1] bt Shreya Pathare (Ind) 6-2, 6-4
Aakruti Sonkusare(Ind) [2] bt Aarohi Deshmukh (Ind)6-1, 6-1
Sai Janvi (Ind) bt VG Kasturi(Ind) 6-1, 6-2
Anvi Punaganti (Ind) [3] bt KA Adarai 6-2, 6-2;