MARGAO
Kimberly Cabral and Junette Rodrigues rallied together as a powerful pairing to overpower Danielle Eva Fernandes and Helen 6-0, advancing to the semifinal of the ladies doubles category of the ongoing Baale BPS Open 2025, at the B.P.S Club, Margao.
In the girls under 14 semifinals, Tvisha Sardesai advanced to the final after her opponent Kimberly D’Sa retired from the match 3-0 due to illness, and Urvi Pai Panandiker defeated Bhaavya Bhoomkar after a prolonged battle on the court with a score of 4-2, 1-4, 10-7. In the girls under 18 semifinals, Tithee Bhoomkar trounced Avni Lotlikar 4-0, 4-1, and Tvisha Sardesai beat Bhaavya Bhoomkar 4-0, 4-0.
The boys under 14 category saw Ethan Luis De Ataide overcome Timofei Polosin 6-0 in the quarterfinal, before succumbing to Shaurya Verlekar’s challenge in the semifinal 4-3, 0-4, 12-10. In the boys under 18 semifinal, Kyan Mavany overpowered Vedant Naik 4-1, 4-0.
Junette Rodrigues/Nishad Shevde and Liza George/Prince Agnelo Joven de Silva prevailed over their respective opponents Tvisha Sardesai/Sanket Nayak and Dustan Dias/Tanya Shelyazhynska-Caldeira 6-1 in the quarterfinal of the mixed doubles category; in the same category, Anjali Philip/Santosh conquered Raisa Menezes/Lyndon JP 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinal.
Siddharth conquered Prince Agnelo Joven de Silva 6-1 in the open men’s singles quarterfinal. In the Masters 45+ men’s singles category, Sameer Kakodkar got the better of Sandeep Menon 6-1 in the quarterfinal, and in the semifinal of the same category, Manoj Pandey overwhelmed Sameer Kakodkar 1/6, 6/1, 10/4 after a fierce match.
In the Masters 55+ men’s singles semifinals, Jude Cardozo quelled Noel Noronha’s challenge 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 to advance, while in the Master’s 55+ Men’s Doubles semifinal, Caetano Fernandes/Basavraj Pattanshetty bested Raju/Aman Prabhu Gaonkar 6-4, 6-4.
