PANAJI
Tournament favorite Tejas ShevdeÂÂÂÂ won the men's singles title at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Open 2016, beating Gustavo Perziano in a thrilling final on Sunday. Simran Khan won the ladies singles title.
Playing at the brand new blue courts at the club, Tejas and Gustavo played out an entertaining match of tennis. With the crowds behind him, Tejas came out with his ‘A’ game for the finals and won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to defeat Gustavo. All through the tournament, Tejas and Gustavo had been playing sublime tennis and it was apt for these two players to face off in the finals.
After his win, Tejas said: “It was one of the best games I have played. Gustavo is a tough player and I knew it would be difficult but I gave it my all."
The popular ladies singles category saw Charmaine Godinho take on Simran Khan in the finals. Both women played a great match as Simran overpowered Charmaine to win 6-2, 6-3 . On her way to the finals Simran played some of her best tennis to defeat Manuela Gomes and Shirley. With another title to her name Simran now looks forward to the next tournaments in 2016.
“I feel great to have won the finals. It was absolutely amazing to win on these new courts at Clube Tennis de Gasper Dias. It was a tough match but I felt confident of winning it,” Simran said.
In the men's doubles category, the pairing of Tejas and Bulu won the title, comfortably defeating Santosh and Gustavo 6-2, 6-3. Tejas with his second title of the tournament had paired up with Bulu for the men's doubles and the pairing was perfect as both understood each other's game plan.
In the veteran doubles category, Kevin and Sadguru took down Noel and Manoj in a fiercely fought final 6-1, 5-7 (10-7). Noel Noronha won in the veterans singles category against Prema Sherpa 6-3, 5-3 . Noel suffered an injury in the final set of the match, two points short of winning. As play couldn’t resume due to Noel’s injury, Sherpa displayed a sporting spirit and conceded the match.
The finals of the under-16 boys category saw Vardhan Karkal beat Jaybhaye Ramkishan 6-1,6-0 while in the girls under-16 category, Ibtisam Shaikh won against Saumya Sukhthankar to claim the trophy. The under-12 category boys, Arnav Oruganty won the finals defeating Felix Craven 4-0,4-0 while in the under-12 girls category, Rutuja Prabhudessai defeated Simran Bundela 4-0,4-0 to win the finals.
Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias president Yogesh Nadkarni and secteray Rajesh Khaunte along with GSTA president Nathan Chowgule and Arjun Gadre, MD, Gadre Premium Seafood, gave away the trophies to the winners at the awards ceremony.
