Pune, February 14, 2025: Maharashtra players Trisha Bhosale and Laqshaya Tripathi entered the girls and the Boys singles finals for at the 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025 being organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at GA Ranade Tennis Courts.
In the girls finals 12th seeded Trisha Bhosale upset 4th seeded Kanishka Govind of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-1 to set up a title clash with the No. 1 seed Aaradhana Tehlan of Haryana who staved off a fighting 4th seed Myra Shaikh of Maharashtra winning 1-6, 6-1, 6-0;
In the Boys semifinal in an all Maharashtra battle 4th seed Laqshaya Tripathi stopped the winning run of Yashvantraje Pawar 6-1, 6-4. He will take on 3rd seeded Nayan Khatri of Delhi who battled past Riaan Nandankar of Gujarat winning 3-6, 6-2, 6-2;
Bhriti Velladandi of Karnataka and Aaradhana Tehlan won the girls doubles event scraping past the Maharashtra pair of Sara Fengse and Myra Shaikh winning 6-1, 1-6, 10-3.
Toshinosuke Unami of Delhi and Nihal Reddy of Karnataka upset Haryana’s Kabir Dahiya and Delhi’s Arjun Dua seeded second 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 to win the boys doubles title.
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr.Nikhil Sampat, Joint Secretary of MSLTA and Mr. Manoj Vaidya, CEO of MSLTA, Vaishali Shekatkar, ITF Supervisor
Results: Singles:
Semifinal Round:
Girls:
Aaradhana Tehlan(1)(Har) bt Myra Shaikh(4)(Mah) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0;
Trisha Bhosale(12)(Mah) bt Kanishka Govind(7)(TN) 6-2, 6-1;
Boys:
Nayan Khatri(3)(Del) bt Riaan Nandankar(14)(Guj) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2;
Laqshaya Tripathi (4)(Mah) bt Yashvantraje Pawar(7)(Mah)6-1, 6-4;
Doubles:
Semifinal Round:
Boys:
Toshinosuke Unami(Del)/Nihal Reddy(Kar) bt Thanush Shekar BC(Kar)/Aarav Bele(Mah)(4)7-6(4), 3-6, 10-3;
Kabir Dahiya(Har)/Arjun Dua(Del)(2) bt Riaan Nandankar(Guj)/Tegveer Singh(Del) 6-4, 6-2;
Final Round: Toshinosuke Unami(Del)/Nihal Reddy(Kar) bt Kabir Dahiya(Har)/Arjun Dua(Del)(2) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7;
Girls:
Semifinal Round:
Bhriti Velladandi(Kar)/Aaradhana Tehlan(Har)(1) bt Priyangsi Chatterjee(WB)/Kanishka Govind(TN) 3-6, 6-2, 15-13;
Sara Fengse(Mah)/Myra Shaikh(Mah) bt Saumya Chaudhary(Raj)/Trisha Bhosale(Mah)(3) 7-5, 7-6(2);
Final Round: Bhriti Velladandi(Kar)/Aaradhana Tehlan(Har)(1) bt Sara Fengse(Mah)/Myra Shaikh(Mah) 6-1, 1-6, 10-3.