Articles by Jigar Hindocha
Aggressive approach helps Thandi to overcome Raina to enter finals of Pune ITF open
Karman Kaur Thandi who ranks 219 in world WTA defeats local girl Ankita Raina 26, 62, 64 in 2 hours 16 minutes to enter finals of Pune Open ITF women’s championship
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar hindocha
Pune Open Women’s championship: Slovenian Zidansek outplays Russia’s Melnikova to enter semis
On Thursday, at the Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex in Balewadi, Zidansek displayed great performance to outplay Marina Melnikova of Russia 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 in a 1 hour and 45 minutes battle to enter the semi-final
Updated on Nov 30, 2018 03:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
BVG Pune Open ITF women’s championship: Raina stands tall, 3 Indians knocked out of tournament
Wildcard entrants Rutuja Bhosale, Snehal Mane and Jennifer Luikham fail to next round
Updated on Nov 28, 2018 02:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Pune Open ITF: Raina-Thandi acing it on same side of court
Pune’s Ankita Raina and Delhi’s Karman Kaur Thandi play to each other’s strengths... on their way to being India’s next tennis powerhouse
Updated on Nov 27, 2018 04:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
KPIT Challenger: Prajnesh Gunneswaran extends super run, enters semifinals
The fourth-seed Indian gave yet another impressive performance and was in control of the game against Nedovyesov
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 05:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar hindocha
State table tennis: City’s Sakpal stuns top seed D’souza to earn cadet category title
Pune player, Sakpal who with her ferocious game defeated Sana D’souza of Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Association 4-0 to clinch the title in the cadet category of the 49th inter-district and 80th state table tennis championship at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex on Friday.
Updated on Nov 17, 2018 03:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
State table tennis: Pune’s player Vartikar defeats Kotecha to enter sub-junior final
In the final Vartikar will face Tiya Wagh of Thane who defeated her district-mate Kheya Shah
Updated on Nov 16, 2018 05:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | jigar Hindocha
Pune sub-junior girls clinch gold, cadets settle for silver in state TT
Radhika, who played four matches on the trot, was happy with her performance, but felt that the cadet teams could have won a gold medal.
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
‘Tata Open 2019 will be bigger and better’: Prashant Sutar, tournament director, Tata open Maharashtra
After a highly successful first year, Tata open Maharashtra is all set to roll down in its second year which will start on December 31 and will conclude on January 5.
Updated on Nov 12, 2018 03:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Pritha, Mrunmayee and Aneeha script easy win for Pune
Seasoned campaigners from the city – Pritha Vartikar, Mrunmayee Raikhelkar and Aneeha D’souza won their respective matches to give Pune 3-0 win over Nagpur.
Updated on Nov 11, 2018 04:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
‘I will continue to win medals for the country... it takes some hard work, says Nitten Kirrtane, senior tennis player
Nitten Kirrtane’s hard work paid off once again as he clinched the silver medal at the 2018 World Tennis Championship held at the Miami beach tennis centre, Miami ,Florida, USA.
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Gaikwari beats Khawale in all-India ranking under-16 tennis championship
A class 7 student of DES school, Gaikwari wrapped up the first set 6-2 breaking Khawale in the fourth, sixth and eighth game and showing no sign of slowing down
Updated on Nov 06, 2018 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Our aim is to shape players for a big stage: Bhanushali
Hrishikesh Bhanushali, CEO of Solaris Sports and Fitness club explained how the club is keeping its best foot forward to nurture young players.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
The tournaments help to kick-start the career of young tennis players: Pandey
Ravindra Pande, feels that championship series tournament helps young tennis players to understand the basics of tournament.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 02:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Akanksha Nitture is now mentally strong says, coach Shekhar Tompe
Coach Shekhar Tompe who led Akanksha to victory talks about her working to get ready for big tournaments.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 05:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Akanksha scripts victory, defeats Pune girl Gargi in tennis finals
Bringing varieties into her shots, Akanksha broke Gargi twice in the first 15 minutes of the game to make her intentions clear
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 02:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha
Giant-killer Akanksha Nitture knocks out top-seed to enter tennis final
In the final, Nitture will play local girl, Gargi Pawar, who defeated Bela Tamhankar 6-2, 6-4 in the second semifinal.
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 02:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | Jigar Hindocha