Heisnam , Mundhe  register upsets at  Gadre Seafoods -MSLTA ITF Grade 3 Junior Tennis Championship
 
Pune, December 2, 2024:  Shanker Heisnam  and Parthsarthi Mundhe caused upsets in the opening round of the Boys and Girls  events 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 first round main draw  Shanker Heisnam  of Manipur showed his mettle leading 6-3,3-0  before fourth seeded  Roshan Santhosh  of USA retired citing Injury , in one of the best matches of the day wildcard Parthsarthi Mundhe justified  the organisors decision to award her a direct entry into the main draw as a wild card toppling eight seeded  Priyanka Rana  of USA    7-6(2), 7-5 in an intense clash .
 
In other first round matches in the boys section   Sehaj Singh Pawar  registered a  6-4, 6-1 over Japanese Taisei Hata  , while 
Samarth Sahita   crafted a  7-6(5), 6-3 win over Kunanan Pantaratorn  Thailand  , another  Indian player Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari  recorded a  7-6(3), 6-2 win over  Japanese Kanata Ozaki  
 
In the Girls matches Belarusian Alexandra Bayuschenko  was given a fight by local girl Prisha  Shinde  before winning  6-4, 1-6, 6-4 , Kolhapur girl
Aishwarya Jadhav rallied out Malika Amirgalieva of Kazakhstan 7-6(3), 6-4 to enter the second round.

The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Sankalp Thali, Head, Sales & Marketing, Gadre Marine Export Pvt. Ltd, Dr. Asmita Jagtap, Executive Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical Foundation, Health Sciences, Mr. Miheer Kelkar, Hon. Secretary Deccan Gymkhana, Mr. Girish Inamdar, Hon.Finance Secretary Deccan Gymkhana, Dr. Vikrant Sane, Tournament Director & Hon. Secretary Tennis Department Deccan Gymkhana and ITF Supervisor Vaishali Shekatkar were present on the occasion. 

Results: Main Draw: First Round: Boys: 
Vihaan Reddy (Usa) bt Om Patel (Ind) 6-3, 6-2;
Egor Shcherbakov (Rus) [8] bt Tavish Pahwa (Ind) 7-5, 6-2;
Cody Atkinson (Nzl) [3] bt Swaraaj Dhamdhere (Ind) 6-3, 6-3;
Izyan Ahmad (Usa) bt Pratyaksh (Ind) 6-3, 6-3;
Sehaj Singh Pawar (Ind) [7] bt Taisei Hata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1;
Samarth Sahita (Ind) bt Kunanan Pantaratorn (Tha) 7-6(5), 6-3;
Shanker Heisnam (Ind) bt Roshan Santhosh (Usa) [4] 6-3, 3-0 Retd;
Kandhavel Mahalingam Akilandeshwari (Ind) bt Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) 7-6(3), 6-2;
Alan Aiukhanov (Rus) [2 ]bt Aradhya Kshitij (Ind) 6-2, 6-4;

Girls:
Alexandra Bayuschenko (Blr) bt Prisha Nikhil Shinde (Ind) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4;
Aishwarya Jadhav (Ind) bt Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) 7-6(3), 6-4;
Parthsarthi Mundhe (Ind) Bt Priyanka Rana (Usa) [8] 7-6(2), 7-5;
Cocomi Saito (Jpn) bt Aakruti Sonkusare (Ind) 6-3, 6-2;
Laxmisiri Dandu (Ind) [5] bt Diya Ramesh (Ind) 6-2, 6-4;
Nainika Reddy Bendram (Ind) bt Riya Sachdeva (Ind) 6-2, 6-0;
Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) bt Harsha Oruganti (Ind) 6-1, 6-2.