Group Drop Flying Hawks , Rising Eagles , Go Sports Raging Bulls , Howling Wolves in Semifinals

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Group Drop Flying Hawks , Rising Eagles , Go Sports Raging Bulls , Howling Wolves in Semifinals of Rebound - MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League 2016.

Mumbai, August 19: Group Drop Flying Hawks, Rising Eagles Go Sports Raging Bulls and Howling Wolves moved into the Semifinals of REBOUD MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League sponsored by Rebound and supported by Acharne Sport Tennis Academy, Solinco, Acharne Sports, Selection Sports, Yonex and Performance Plus   being organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and played at Dr. G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre in Mumbai

In the final calculations after addition of points for fitness and attendance at Seminars Group Drop Flying Hawk maintained the top spot in spite of not gaining points in these two categories. The additional points helped Go Sports Raging Bulls to make the second spot, while Rising Eagles got 15 points to make it to the third spot. Howling Wolves managed to get 21 points in the two sections and scraped past by 0.04 percentile points to make it to the fourth spot.

A record of 24 points earned by Dhaigue Sports Academy Deadly Sharks could not help them to make it to fourth spot they will now clash with Yes Bank Grizzly Bank for the fifth and sixth spot. The novel event held for the first time in Mumbai saw city player’s gain through competition and knowledge and also through physical tests.

Seminars and lectures for the benefit of parents, players and coaches were organized during the seven weeklong event, The highlights of the event were Lecture on Diet for budding sportsperson by former tennis national champion and Mumbai's leading sports dietician ‪Krushmi Chedda , Seminar on injury prevention by Satej Dalvi of Live Active Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic , Seminar for parents on Sports Parenting and Lifestyle by Payal Jain and Seminar on Mental toughness for junior players by Janaki Rajapurkar

It’s a very lonely life, especially at the junior level, where you are on your own most of the time, whether traveling, training or competing. “The feeling of being a part of a team is important for players who are otherwise focused only on improving their own skills,” said MSLTA secretary Sunder Iyer initiator of the Junior Tennis Leagues in Pune and Mumbai.

 

The event was planned by MSLTA after it the feeling of camaraderie among tennis players is a rare thing. Right from the beginning of one’s career, s/he is focused only on improving one’s own game. Anything and everything that surrounds the game is focused on individuals, he added.

 

The ongoing Rebound Mumbai Open Junior Tennis League, where players from various academies have been clubbed into different teams, has brought in an added sense of pride for the young guns. “It feels good to be a part of a team. Earlier, we used to play against one another but now, we cheer for each other’s victories.

 

It’s very exciting to find my friends cheering for me,” said Arjun Chatterjee (Under 12) who is part of the Flying Hawks team that leads the table. His father, Siddhartha Chatterjee, was elated to see his son’s mentality change as the tournament progressed.

 

“The format of the tournament is really good. From focusing on his game, he now wants to win for his team. This is a fantastic initiative.”Aryaan Bhatia (Under-14), who was sold at the highest price when the auction took place for the tournament, said: “We had to play against each other all the time.

 

However, now, it’s fun as there are no individual battles being fought. When one of our teammate plays a game, the rest of us shout and cheer against his opponent. The same happens from the other end and the atmosphere is electrifying.”   “It’s good to see him handle the crowd pressure, something which is completely new for him, and yet cherish every moment of the tournament. He’s clearly enjoying himself,” said his mother.

 

Echoing Mr. Iyer’s views, Group Drop Flying Hawks owner Gaurav Kapadia said the feeling of being a part of the team was necessary for a player to develop himself. “When you play cricket and football, the emotions of winning and losing are shared among the team members, which isn’t the case when it comes to tennis but Rebound JTL has changed the entire outlook ,” Gaurav said.

 

The winners of the event will get a Rs 40000/- , while the runners up team will receive Rs 25000 , the best boy and the best girl player will  receive  "Rebound Stationary Trainers"   equipment which helps the players improve their hand to eye coordination, muscle memory, stance correction, shot shaping and racquet speed courtesy title sponsors Rebound.

 

Rebound- Mumbai JTL Point Table (Final Point Table )

 

Name of the Team	Played	Won	Lost	Games Won	Games Lost	Total Points	Percentile
Group Drop   Flying Hawks	5	5	0	160	130	63	1.23
Go Sports Raging Bulls	5	3	2	164	135	43	1.21
Rising Eagles	5	3	2	138	146	45	0.94
Howling Wolves	5	2	3	138	150	41	0.92
Dhaigude Sports Academy Deadly Sharks	5	1	4	144	163	33	0.88
Yes Bank  Grizzly Bears	5	1	4	141	161	23	0.87

Following are the Teams and team members who will play in the Semifinals

 Group Drop Flying Hawks: Owner Gaurav Kapadia :  Team Arjun Chatterjee, Aryaan Bhatia,Eapen Joshua John, Anup Bangargi, Kashish B. Bote, Swarda Parab, Jennika Jaison, Vanshik Kapadia, Aditya Sawant, Omeshwari Chavan, Arnav Vaidya, Vaary Shah,Heerr Kinger

Howling Wolves: Owner Navdip Singh/ Rahil Makharia : Team Aditya Balsekar, Harsshali Mandavkar, Shivam Kadam, Srijesh Pillai, Kotishta Modak, Zai Haider Jivan, Kkaira Chetnani, Veer Prasad, Yohaan Chokhany, Aonjaneya Banerjee, Suhani Sabharwal, Kkhushi Kinger, Hunar Bedi

Go Sportz Raging Bulls: Owner Rehan Sumer ; Team Aarya Zalte, Hrishikesh Iyer, Prajwal Tewari, Prabjeet Singh Chandhok, Aaryaan Qureshi, Durva Deo, Sanika Kambli, Apurv Pawar , Omar Sumar , Atharv Salunkhepatil , Vedant Mestri, Kyra Shetty, Devbrat Banerjee

Rising Eagles : Owner Milan Naik Team : Krish Waghani, Saheb G Sodhi, Arjun Shirgaokar, Bhumika Tripathi, Akanksha Nitture, Shanaya Naik, Greta Anil, Ayush Hindlekar, Aryan Dhamejani, Shiv Karnani, Karnani Divya, Vyomaa Bhaskar, Singh Balavir .

Match for fifth and sixth place:

Yes Bank Grizzly Bears: Owner D.S Rama Rao Team: Prerna Vichare,Alisha Deogaonkar, Aditya Iyer, Nishant Dewulkar, Parth Bhoite, Kabir Chotrani, Nasyam Faiz Mohd, Rahil Joshi, Krish Karpe, Gia Pereira, Mahika Gupta, Devinaa Majumdar, Keval Kirpekar, Dreek Saha

Dhaigude Sports Academy Deadly Sharks Thane: Owners Tushar Dhaigude : Team Veer Shah , Siya Baur ,Nirav Shetty, Karim Khan ,Leston Vaz, Harshita Bangera, Aditya Talati, Aadhirya Tatkare, Nilay Bhole, Neill Pillai, Soha Patil, Sachi Patwardhan, Aakash Subramanian, Akshaj Subramanian