Group Drop Flying Hawks emerge winners at Rebound - MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League 2016

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Group Drop Flying Hawks emerge winners at Rebound - MUMBAI OPEN Junior Tennis League 2016

Mumbai, August 21:  Group Drop Flying Hawks, Rising Eagles   outplayed Go Sports Raging Bulls 32-18   to emerge winners at the first edition of the 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 

Parle G Rising Eagles edged out Howling Wolves 28-27 to claim the third spot.  In the semifinals played in the morning session  Flying Hawks scored a a close 28-24 win over the Eagles , while Raging Bull outplayed Howling wolves 39-22.Yes Bank Grizzly Bears scraped past Dhaigude Sports Academy deadly sharks 33-30 to finish fifth  

 In the finals Hrishikesh lyer  and  Prajwal Tiwari managed to salvage some pride for  Raging Bulls winning their encounters  , however  Aryaan Bhatia , Swarda Parab ,  Anup Bangargi and  Eapen Joshua John  blanked their other opponents to take the Group Drop Flying Hawks to a big win and the title. The winners will now represent the Mumbai zone in a clash with winners of the Pune zone Vepar Speeding Cheetahs in October

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 

The winners of the event received a trophy and Rs 40000/- , while the runners up team received Rs. 25000 and a trophy.  The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Bharat Oza President MSLTA , Sunder Iyer Hon Sec MSLTA , Sharad Kannamwar ex-president MSLTA, Hitesh Shah of SCS Sports and Prashant Kulkarni representing Sponsors Rebound

The best boy and the best girl players Hrishikesh Iyer, Arjun Chatterjee , Harshali Mandavkar , Aryan Bhatia , Prerna Vichare    received  "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 JTL Commissioner Manoj Vaidya welcomed the guests , while Ms Payal Jain , referee of JTL proposed the vote of thanks 

Following are the results 

Finals 

Flying Hawks bt Raging Bulls 32-18

Under 10 Singles Jennika Jaison lost to Hrishikesh lyer  2-6 , Under 12 Boys Singles:-Yash Raina lost to Prajwal Tiwari bt 2-6 , Under 12 Girls Singles:-  Kashish B. Bote bt Aarya Kailas Zalte 6-0 , Under 14 Boys Singles: -  Aryaan Bhatia bt Aryaan Qureshi  6-0 , Under 14 Girls Singles:- Swarda Parab bt  Durva Rajesh Deo 6-0 , Mixed Boys Doubles:- Anup Bangargi / Eapen Joshua John  bt Vedant Mestri / Prabjeet Singh Chandhok 6-0

Third  Place 

Rising Eagles bt Howling Wolves 28-27

Under 10 Singles: - Singh Balavir S. lost to Kkaira Chetnani 6-1, Under 12 Boys Singles: - Veer Prasad lost to Saheb G Sodhi 6-3, Under 12 Girls Singles:- Bhumika Tripathi lost to Harshali Mandavkar 6(7) – 5, Under 14 Boys Singles: - Aditya Balsekar bt Arjun Shirgaokar 6-3, Under 14 Girls Singles:- Akanksha Nitture bt Kotishta Modak 6-0, Mixed Boys Doubles:- Srijesh Pillai / Shivam Kadam bt Krish Waghani/ Shiv Karnani 6-1, Mixed Doubles: - Shanaya Naik / Ayush R. Hindlekar bt Aonjanayee Banerjee / Kkhushi Kinger 6-3

 

Following are the teams

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

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 .

 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