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Manoj Joshi and Srinivas Rao may have lost their quarterfinal match, but they won the respect and admiration of all their fellow players in the Men's Doubles event at the Rising Star Open Tennis Tournament played at the Fergusson College courts on Saturday with a display of some excellent tennis and an ability that belied their age.Joshi and Rao, the only players in the draw who were aged above 45, pulled off a surprise victory over Nitin Sawant and Anil Kshirsagar in the first round, edging out their opponents 6-5.The duo then beat the team of Dutta Dongre and Vishal Jadhav convincingly, winning 6-1 to enter the quarterfinals.In the quarterfinals, Joshi and Rao put up a spirited fight against Babu and Gopal Jadhav before finally losing 6-4. However, they were lauded by all the younger players for their determined performance, said a press note issued here.The Jadhavs were joined in the Men's Doubles semifinals by the team of Pandurang and Sumit, who beat Prashant Ogale and Prathamesh Kulkarni 6-4. Sandeep and Sachin also entered the semifinals with another 6-4 victory over Sivram S.D. and Krishna Karthik.The pair of Amit Shingare and Ganesh Devkhile completed the semifinal lineup, overcoming their opponents Santosh Khurade and Arjun Waghmare 6-5 in a close match.The Under-14 Girls' pre-quarterfinals, also played yesterday, saw a series of one-sided victories, with Vaibhavi Kachawa, Tejal Shrotriya, Nehal Patankar and Suprabha Pujari all entering the quarterfinals with identical 6-0 wins.Kachawa beat Tanvi Gugale, while Shrotriya overcame Payal Gaikwad convincingly. Patankar and Pujari beat Sheetal Chavan and Mohana Naware respectively to progress to the quarterfinal stage.Results:Men's Doubles (First Round):Prashant Ogale/Prathamesh Kulkarni bt Prasad Lale/Rohit Alaknure 6-3Pandurang/Sumit bt Ratish/Sachin Bhatt 6-3Sivram S.D/Krishna Karthik bt Rahul Manjarkar/Prakash Kusalkar 6-4Mangesh Patil/Rakesh Zadpe bt Satish Orase/Avinash 6-1Manoj Joshi/Srinivas Rao bt Nitin Sawant/Anil Kshirsagar 6-5(Second Round):Pandurang/Sumit bt Sachin Godse/Ashok Denge 6-1 Sandeep/Sachin bt Harish Daswani/Abhimanyu 6-1 Babu Jadhav/Gopal Jadhav bt Abhishek Dole/Saurabh Trivedi 6-0Amit Shingare/Ganesh Devkhile bt Nilesh Gaikwad/Kiran Taware 6-1Santosh Khurade/Arjun Waghmare bt Hanumantha Sathe/Harish Navnit 6-4(Quarterfinals):Pandurang/Sumit bt Prashant Ogale/Prathamesh Kulkarni 6-4Girls' Under-14 (Pre-Quarterfinals)Vaibhavi Kachawa bt Tanvi Gugale 6-0Rutuja Deshpande bt Simran Rasne 6-1Tejal Shrotriya bt Payal Gaikwad 6-0Nehal Patankar bt Sheetal Chavan 6-0Sumedha Mathane bt Maitreye 6-1Suprabha Pujari bt Mohana Naware 6-0.
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