MARGAO
Noel Noronha and Ashutosh Pednekar were amongst a host of Goan players to make it to the second round of the veterans competition on the opening day of Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2022 tennis championships being played at the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias courts-Miramar and at Panjim Gymkhana.
Ashutosh got a walkover in his 45+ singles outing, while Noel scored a 6-1 victory over Rajashekar Umrani in the same age-group event. In doubles, Goa's Ganesh Vernekar and Sadguru Dessai defeated Raksekhar Shettar-Nandi 6-2. Sachin Dukle and Kevin Rebello also made their way into the next round following a walkover.
Elsewhere, Gordon Lewis overcame a stiff challenge from Vijay Mangaonkar for a close 7-6 win. Yenepoya Ajml beat Ravindra Bali 6-4 in another close encounter. In other results, Vishwanath-C Langoti beat Allan F-Signapurkar 6-3; Gholap-Hemant B beat Adeep-Ashraf 6-1, Cusrow Sadri beat Nikunj Gupta 6-3, Rajesh D'Souza beat Ajit Parulekar 6-2, Suresh Paul beat Nitesh Rungta 6-1.
