Players from 16 countries to be seen in action at Gadre Marine MSLTA - ITF Grade 3 Junior Tennis Championship
 
Pune, November 27, 2025: Arnav Paparkar of India and Albina Kakenova of Kazakhstan will Lead boys and girls from over 16 countries at the Gadre Marine MSLTA - ITF Junior Grade 3 Junior tennis Championships 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 from 29th November to 6th December 2025.
 
The event, which is gaining popularity worldwide, will see players from around 16 countries this year, informed Tennis Secretary of the Deccan Gymkhana and Tournament Director Vikrant Sane. The qualifying rounds will  be played on 29th November Saturday and 30th November Sunday . The Main Rounds will start on 1st December Monday while finals will be played on 6th December 2025.

Mr. Sane added that the event  will be an opportunity for the Indian Boys and girls to earn valuable ITF points playing in  home conditions.  The winners of the Boys and Girls event will be presented with the Late MV Deo trophy , The Singles winner will get 100 ITF points, the runners up get 60 ITF points, while Doubles winner will get 75 points and the finalist will get 45 points.

Leading Indian juniors Shivtej Shirfule, Samarth Sahita, Dev Patel, Tavish Pahwa, Prisha Shinde, Snigdha Kanta, Kolhapur girl Aishwarya Jadhav are players to look out for at this edition , Mr Sane said.

He also added" We would like to thank Arjun Gadre and Gadre Marine and the MSLTA for supporting the event for the last 11 years, the event has helped Indian players as this will be an opportunity for many of them to make points for the Australian Open Juniors event  in 2026" .

Mr Arjun Gadre MD of Gadre Marine and keen tennis player himself who is also supporting growth of tennis in Goa said that the The 2025 edition of the tournament was a great sign of the growing popularity of the event we have received encouraging response from the participating countries where the top players are ready to battle for the title. I'm also happy that many young tennis players from Maharashtra  and India are benefited  due to our support to this event . I am hopeful that the Indian players will benefit from the event. He also added that Gadre Marines have been supporting sports and also support Gadre Marine State Badminton event in Ratnagiri where the plant is situated .

Ashwinkumar Jangam, regional sales manager of Gadre Marine Exports added that all the players will benefit from the Healthy ready to eat Marine Products which will be offered to all the players in their menu  .  

Rishita Reddy Basireddy of India had lifted the girls singles crown while Aaron Gabot of France lifted the boys singles crown at the last edition. Leena Nageshkar will be the Supervisor for the event.

Following are the probable seeding list:  
Boys:
1. Arnav Paparkar(96, Ind), 2.Kai Thompson(128, HKG), 3. Samarth Sahita(175, Ind), 4. ARADHYA KSHITIJ(344, Ind), 5. AASHRAVYA MEHRA(350, Ind), 6. Kensuke Kobayas(379, JPN), 7. Pratik Navin(461, AUS), 8. Vraj Gohil(500, Ind)

Girls: 1. Albina Kakenova(205, KAZ), 2. Diya Ramesh(226, Ind), 3. Aishwarya Jadhav(280, Ind), 4.Satima Toregen(321,KAZ), 5. Kseniia Akhrameeva(323, RUS), 6. Dinara De Silva(450, SRI), 7. Angel Warang(509, AUS), 8. Snigdha Kanta(550, Ind)