Kadhe, Bhosale, Banthia top MSLTA 2017 year end rankings

National sub-junior champion Rutuja Chaphalkar,India No 5 Mens player Arjun Kadhe, India No 4 womens player Rutuja Bhosale and India No 1 junior Siddhant Banthia emerged as No 1 ranked Maharashtra tennis players in their respective age groups for 2017.

The annual rankings of Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) for 2017 were announced today by its secretary, Sunder Iyer, here.

Mihika Yadav, Aryaan Bhatia, Prerna Vichare, Arjun Gohad, Manas Dhamne, Neel Joglekar, Madhurima Sawant and Asmi Adkar were the other players to emerge number 1, a media release issued by MSLTA said here.

Pune region took the honours by finishing with nineNo 1 players in Maharashtra in 2017.

They are Arjun Kadhe (Mens Singles), Rutuja Bhosale (Womens Singles), Siddhant Banthia (Boys Under 18), Rutuja Chaphalkar (Girls Under 14), Arjun Gohad (Boys Under 14) Madhurima Sawant(Girls Under 12), Manas Dhamne (Boys Under 12), Neel Joglekar (Boys Under 10) and Asmi Adkar (girls Under 10).

Mihika Yadav (Girls Under 18),Aryaan Bhatia(Boys Under 16)and PrernaVichare (Girls Under 16)were the three No 1 players from Mumbai region, the release stated.

The top three players in each group will be felicitated by MSLTA in May here at the hands of Dr Jurgen Morhard, Consul General of Germany, and Mrs Petra Morhard, it said.