Displaying grit on the tennis court, Tithee Bhoomkar qualified for the semifinals in the girls under 18 and ladies singles categories, defeating her respective opponents Renee de Menezes 6-1 and Poojal Naik 6-3, at the ongoing Baale BPS Open 2025, underway at the B.P.S Sports Club, Margao.
Players across age groups took to the courts to play fast-and-furious pre-quarterfinal, quarterfinal and semifinal matches.
In the girls under 14 category, Tvisha Sardesai beat Danielle Eva Fernandes 6-0, and Bhaavya Bhoomkar overturned Neeraja Damle’s challenge with a score of 6-1, while in the girls under 18 category quarterfinal, Bhaavya Bhoomkar secured another win by blanking out Urvi Pai Panandiker 6-3.
The boys under 14 category saw Shaurya Verlekar win against Vedant Naik 6-1 in the quarterfinal, and Kyan Mavany overwhelmed Arhan Gaunkar 4-2, 4-2 in the semifinal; in the boys under 18 category, Vedant Naik overpowered Alec Cris Barreto 6-4 in the quarterfinal, and Shreyas Patil conquered Ethan Luis De Ataide 4-1, 4-2 in the semifinal.
In the ladies singles category, the pre-quarterfinal witnessed Poojal Naik trumping Kimberly Cabral 6-0, Junette Rodrigues get the better of Renee de Menezes 6-3, and Liza George vanquish Anjali Philip 6-4. In the quarterfinals of the category, Tanya Shelyazhynska-Caldeira and Raisa Menezes Mergulhao emerged victorious over their respective opponents Avni Lotlikar and Junette Rodrigues 6-0, and Atika Gaur bested Liza George 6-3.
In the mixed doubles category, Kimberly Cabral/Joshua Cardozo trounced Gary Steele/Anindita 6-2, and Liza George/Prince Agnelo Joven de Silva won 7-5 after a tough match against Poojal Naik/Pankaj Nanoskar in the pre-quarterfinal, while in the same category’s semifinal matches, the pairings of Lyndon JP/Raisa Menezes Mergulhao and Anjali Philip/Santosh Gorawar played powerful games and easily overcame their respective opponent pairings Rishabh Beria/Nikita Jain and Joshua Cardozo/Kimberly Cabral with a score of 6-1.
Nishad Shevde crushed Arnam Ghosh’s challenge 6-0, and Akhil Shirwaikar bested Rahul Pinto 6-1 in the men’s singles category quarterfinal.
In the 45+ men’s singles, Caetano Fernandes subdued Neville Menezes 6-0, 6-0 in the semifinal, storming into the final.
There were also several matches across the men’s doubles categories.
In the open men’s doubles, Raju/Santosh Gorawar handed Joao Mergulao/Sandeep Menon a defeat 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinal and then went on to defeat Nihaal Borkar/Kane Pereira 6-1 in the quarterfinal. In the 45+ men’s doubles semifinal, Sunil Signapurkar/Shubert Colaco breezed through their match against Valinton Fernandes/Marcus Dcosta 6-0, 6-0 and Naveen Daivajna/Neville Menezes defeated Allan Fernandes/Kedar N. Tari 6-2, 6-1. In the 55+ men’s doubles semifinal, Jude Cardozo/Noel Noronha prevailed over Sameer Kakodkar/Sandeep Verlekar 6-1, 6-1.
