Arjun , Rishita in finals of Gadre Seafoods -MSLTA ITF Grade 3 Junior Tennis Championship
Pune, December 6, 2024: Arjun Rathi and Rishita Reddy Basireddy entered the boys and girls singles finals at the Gadre Seafoods - MSLTA ITF Junior Grade 3 U18 tennis Championships for the MV Deo Trophy organised by Deccan Gymkhana Under the auspices of ITF, AITA PMDTA at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts
In the semi finals Arjun Rathi who had won a similar grade event in Delhi last week kept his run ending the challenge of 15 year old Vihaan Reddy of USA 7-5, 6-2 , he will take on fifth seed Aaron Gabet of . France who registered 7-5,6-2 win over Russian Fedor Altukhov .
In the Girls singles semifinal second seeded Rishita Reddy Basireddy edged out Aishwarya Jadhav 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) in a close match lasting 3 hours , Rishita will now clash with topseeded Japanese Aoi Watanabe who out rallied Fourth Seed Yasaman Yazdani of Iran 6-4, 7-5;
Japanese pair of Cocomi Saito and Rio Wakayama claimed the girls doubles event as they edged out Riya Sachdeva of India and Aoi Watanabe of Japan 6-3, 3-6, 10-8. Russian boys Alan Aiukhanov and Fedor Altukhov won the doubles title winning 7-5,7-5 against New Zealand's Cody Atkinson and Roshan Santhosh of USA . The winner received MV Deo trophy and ,while runner up got trophy. The prizes were given away at the hands of ITF White Badge Referee Leena Nageshkar, Former Davis Cup Player Sandeep Kirtane, Dr. Vikrant Sane, Tennis Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana and ITF Supervisor Vaishali Shekatkar
Results: Main Draw: Semifinal Round: Boys:
Arjun Rathi (Ind) bt Vihaan Reddy (Usa) 7-5, 6-2;
Aaron Gabet (Fra) [5] bt Fedor Altukhov 7-5, 6-2;
Girls:
Aoi Watanabe(Jpn)[1] bt Yasaman Yazdani(IRI)[4] 6-4, 7-5;
Rishitha Reddy Basireddy (Ind) [2] bt
Aishwarya Jadhav (Ind) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3);
Doubles: Girls: Final Round:
Cocomi Saito (Jpn) / Rio Wakayama (Jpn) bt Riya Sachdeva (Ind) / Aoi Watanabe (Jpn) 6-3, 3-6, 10-8;
Boys:
Alan Aiukhanov / Fedor Altukhov bt Cody Atkinson (Nzl) [2] / Roshan Santhosh (Usa) 7-5, 7-6(7).