PANAJI
Thirty five-year-old Nagesh Naik advanced to the next third round in the ongoing Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2024 defeating Pramod Umarje (6-3) in the men’s singles category.
Naik, who has participated in the premier state-ranking tournament over the last nine years, will now face-off Prajat Halankar.
In other matches in the men's singles category, Maaz beat Shantanu Joshi (6-0), Ashwin Narsinghani defeated Dr. Suraj Patlekar (6-0), Shantanu beat Siddharth (6-1), while Santosh, Vivek and Rahul Sakpal defeated Mackelroy, Dunstan Dias and Anup without losing a single game.
The men’s singles category also witnessed contests between Shaurya Awasthi who defeated Pratham Fadte (7-5), Joshua P beat Sravan D (7-5), Sreyas Prasad swept aside Aryan Mathure’s challenge (6-0), Aman Shetty beat Apoorv Bamba (6-1), Pankaj C beat Kedar Tari (6-0), Caetano Fernandes beat Smital Kamat (7-5), Bharath Paul Singh beat Rohish (6-1) and Vishal beat Tanay Amonkar (6-0).
In the mixed doubles category, Vivek Sahni/Deeva Sahni beat Laxman Alway/Atika Gaur (7-6) (6-8), Bharat/Nidhi beat Sreenath/Anjali (6-0), Maaz/Trisha beat Eugene/Lianne (6-0) and Nagesh/Aishwarya beat Lyndon/Raisa (6-2).
In the five matches in the women’s singles category, Manuela beat Sharon C (6-0), Tithee Bhoomkar beat Janavi (6-3), Sanika Kambli beat Sanjanna Agarwal (6-1), Ashwini beat Astha (6-4) and Anya Tewari beat Tashina (6-0).
