PANAJI
The husband-wife pair of Prithvi Naik and Atika Gaur defeated Sanket Nayak and Malali Shevde 6-2 to win the veterans 35+years mixed doubles match, a category which made its debut on Day 1 of the ongoing Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2023 in Panaji, while Ujjwal Sakri beat Aparaj 6-1 in the veterans 55+ years category quarterfinals.
In a series of matches which were held at the club’s stadium in Miramar and the Panjim Gymhkana as part of the annual state level ranking tournament which began on January 26, in the veterans 45+ years singles category, Dmitry beat George (6-0), Abhishek S beat Rajesh B (6-0), Dr Kiran R beat Gordon (6-0), Chetan G beat Rohan (6-3), Ashutosh Pednekar beat Sachin Khedekar (6-1), Ashwin Chandok beat Dr Kiran (6-1), Amit Tambe beat Abhishek Sharan (6-0) and Chetan beat Dmitry (6-2).
In matches held at the Panjim Gymkhana in the same category, Pankaj Kamra beat Nikunj Gupta (6-1), Noel beat Ajml (6-3), Ashutosh P Beat Gaurav S (6-2), Dmitry beat Gearge Paul (6-0), Kiran Rukadikar beat Gordon Lewis (6-0), Chetan G beat Rohan M (6-3), Sumant Paul beat R.Bali (6-0), Natraj Gujran beat Yallappa (6-4), Ameet Aher beat Prashant Badagi (6-0), Narendra P beat Anand J (7-6), Hemanshu V beat M Hudli (6-3) and Brian F beat Anirudh K (6-2).
In the veterans 120+ years doubles category, S Gholap/Ravi Katre beat Bharat P/V Panjwani (6-0), Paul N/Suresh M beat Nagar Asopa/Mahesh K (6-2), Bharat P/K Ansari beat Milind G/P Umarje (6-3), Nimbalkar/Kulkarni beat Laxmanan/Jairam (6-7). At the Panjim Gymkhana Paul N/Suresh M beat Nagar Asopa/Mahesh (6-2), Bharat P/Khalil Ansari beat Milind G/ P Umarje (6-3), Tambe/Tambe beat Shivanand/Vishwanath (6-2), Ajit Sail/Rumi Printer beat Sameer K/Avinash Raiturkar (6-0), Sadguru/David beat Sanjeev/Pereira (7-6).
In the veterans 90+years doubles category Gururaj/Jnandev beat Siddharth Singh/Robert D (6-0), C Langoti/Y Mohta Beat Kedar Tari/Schubert (6-1), Vivek/Jaydeep beat Vijay M/Rajesh D (6-3), Sumant Paul/Prafful beat Gururaj/Jnandev (6-2) Gururaj/Jnandev beat Siddharth/Robert D’Souza (6-0), Sanjay/Jaideep beat Ramesh/A Kolekar (6-2) C. Langoti/Y Mohta beat Kedar Tari/Schubert C (6-1).
In the veterans 110+ years doubles category, Ajit Sail/Rumi Printer beat Anil Choudhary/Prem Sagar (6-1), while Siddharth/Katre beat Narendra/Barve (6-3). Mahesh Keshav beat Ram Gupta (6-0), while Paul N beat Narayanswami (6-1) in the veterans 60+ years singles category, while Ashok Kolekar beat Alok Mishra (7-6), Denzil/Basavaraj beat Swapnil/Rajeev (6-4) and Richard/Rakesh beat Senthil/Narayan (6-3), Gururaj beat Prem Sagar (6-4) in the veterans 55+ years singles category.
