Yes Bank Grizzly Bears edge out Go Sportz Raging Bulls in Super tiebreak at Rebound - MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League 2016
Mumbai, July 25: Yes Bank Grizzly Bears edged out Go Sportz Raging Bulls 33-32 in the super tiebreak at the first Rebound MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League being organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and played at Dr. G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre in Mumbai.
Both teams were tied 32-32 all after 7 matches which forced the tie into sudden death . In the super tiebreaker the best two nominated players by both teams took to the court , Prerna Vichare and Aditya Iyer combined to edge out Prabjeet Singh Chandhok and Prajwal Tewari 10-5 to give the Grizzly Bears a valuable point and win the tie 33-32.
Grizzly bears started badly with Under 10 player Alisha Deogaonkar going down to Hrishikesh Iyer 2-6 , in the Boys Under 12 their player Nishant Dewulkar lost to Prajwal Tewari 5-6 , their Girls under 12 player Mahika Gupta lost to Aarya Zalte 2-6 , however their fortunes turned with Boys under 14 player Nasyam Faiz scarping past Atharv Salunkhepatil 6-4 and Girls under 14 Prerna Vichare reducing the deficit with a 6-0 win over Durva Deo , the Bears Boys Doubles pair of Kabir Chotrani and Aditya Iyer prevailed over Aaryaan Qureshi and Apurv Pawar to go up 27-26
However their Mixed Doubles pair of Parth Bhoite and Gia Pereira lost to Prabjeet Singh Chandhok and Kyra Shetty 5-6 to let Bulls come back and level the score . In the Supertiebreak that followed Prerna Vichare and Aditya Iyer got the better of Prabjeet Singh Chandhok and Prajwal Tewari 10-5 to gain the valuable point and a win.
In the other matches Howling Wolves registered a 37-24 win over Dhaigude Sports Academy Deadly Sharks 37-24, Shivam Kadam ,Harsshali Mandavkar , Aditya Balsekar , Srijesh Pillai ,Veer Prasad , Aonjaneya Banerjee and Kotishta Modak secured wins for Wolves , Aditya Talati and Siya Baur won their respective ties for the Sharks
Group Drop Flying Hawks outplayed Rising Eagles 31-21 Jennika Jaison, Arjun Chatterjee Aryan Bhatia Anup Bangargi / Eapen Joshua won their matches for Hawks while Bhumika Tripathi , Akanksha Nitture , Arjun Shirgaonkar and Shanaya Naik won their ties for the Eagles
Following are the results: League round:
Yes Bank Grizzly Bears bt Go Sportz Raging Bulls 33-32(Singles: Under 10: Alisha N Deogaonkar lost to Hrishikesh Iyer 2-6; Boys Under 12: Nishant Dewulkar lost to Prajwal Tewari 5-6; Girls under 12: Mahika Gupta lost to Aarya Zalte 2-6; Boys under 14: Nasyam Faiz bt Atharv Salunkhepatil 6-4; Girls under 14: Prerna Vichare bt Durva Deo 6-0; Boys Doubles: Kabir Chotrani / Aditya Iyer bt Aaryaan Qureshi / Apurv Pawar 6-4; Mixed Doubles: Parth Bhoite / Gia Pereira lost to Prabjeet Singh Chandhok / Kyra Shetty 5-6; Supertiebreak: Prerna Vichare / Aditya Iyer bt Prabjeet Singh Chandhok / Prajwal Tewari 10-5);
Howling Wolves bt Dhaigude Sports Academy Deadly Sharks 37-24(Singles: Under 10: Kkaira Chetnani lost to Aditya Talati 3-6;Boys Under 12: Shivam Kadam bt Nirav Shetty 6-4; Girls Under 12: Harsshali Mandavkar bt Soha Patil 6-1; Boys under 14: Aditya Balsekar bt Leston Vaz 6-1; Girls under 14: Zai Jivan lost to Siya Baur 4-6;Boys Doubles: Srijesh Pillai / Veer Prasad bt Karim Khan / Aadhirya Tatkare 6-2; Mixed Doubles: Aonjaneya Banerjee / Kotishta Modak bt Veer Shah / Harshita Bangera 6-4);
Group Drop Flying Hawks bt Rising Eagles 31-21(Singles: under 10: Jennika Jaison bt Greta Anil 6-0; Boys Under 12: Arjun Chatterjee bt Saheb Sodhi 6-2; Girls under 12: Kashish Bote lost to Bhumika Tripathi 4-6; Boys under 14: Aryan Bhatia bt Ayush Hindlekar 6-0; Girls under 14: Swarda Parab lost to Akanksha Nitture 0-6; Boys Doubles: Anup Bangargi / Eapen Joshua bt Balavir Singh / Aryan Dhamejani 6-1; Mixed Doubles: Aditya Sawant / Omeshwari Chavan lost to Arjun Shirgaonkar / Shanaya Naik 3-6)