Thane Jilha Lawn Tennis Association

Happy to announce,
U 17 Boys Interschool Tennis Tournament
Academy players Hriddant Tanna (silver),
Aarav Durge (bronze),
Abir sitani (5th) in U17 boy's THANE DISTRICT INTER SCHOOL LAWN TENNIS championship and selected for Mumbai divisional interschool championship.

Happy to announce U 14 Inter school 2025
Academy players,
Aniker lokare (Gold),
Kavin (silver),
Tanish (bronze),
Aksh*th(5th place)won medals in U14 boys Thane district interschool championship and selected for Mumbai divisional interschool championship.

Maharashtra state Lawn Tennis Association has conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award on Nitin Kannamwar for his contribution to Maharashtra and Indian Tennis

Starting his career from the MSLTA courts Nitin today is the ITF Officiating Regional Officer for Asia Oceania since 2012

He is a Gold Badge Referee, one of the 4 in Asia. Silver Badge Chief of Umpires and ITF/ATP/WTA Review Official

He has been a part of 58 Grand Slams. 27 Wimbledon, 23 Australian Open, 2 French Open and 6 US Open

He has. Officiated in 4 Olympic Games, 4 Paralympics, 2 Youth Olympic Games apart from being the Only Asian to be a Referee for Tennis Event at Paralympics

He is also an ITF Tutor teaching at many ITF schools worldwide

He has worked at 7 Asian Games and More than 75 Davis and Billie Jean King Cup Events

Nitin has played an important role in promoting Tennis officiating in India and is a true role model for many youngsters who want to make a mark in International Officiating

Happy to announce
TDLTA Academy player Vireshwar Thakur Runner up in All India ranking under 12 doubles tournament held at Indore 🏆

Dare Doubles Tennis Tournament March 2024
Organised By
Thane Lawn Tennis Association and Thane Gymkhana Officers Club
Winner
Aditya Tare And Akshay Dhaigude
Runner up
Paresh and Advait

🚨 NEW DOUBLES WORLD NO. 1 🚨

Our reigning men's doubles champion Rohan Bopanna will take the top spot in the ATP Doubles Rankings on Monday!

You see Rohan Bopanna on a tennis court and you can tell why there's always talk of age associated with his achievements.

There's a lot of grey in his beard, there's a slight stoop and heft to a physique that doesn't exactly look like that of a pro tennis player. Just about a month short of turning 44 with compromised knees and a body that can't burn it out at the gym, this is expected.
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Rohan Bopanna in first men's doubles Australian Open final, reaching his peak at 43

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden celebrate moving into the 2024 Australian Open men's doubles final. Andy Cheung/Getty Images
Zenia D'cunha
Jan 25, 2024, 02:28 PM
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You see Rohan Bopanna on a tennis court and you can tell why there's always talk of age associated with his achievements.

There's a lot of grey in his beard, there's a slight stoop and heft to a physique that doesn't exactly look like that of a pro tennis player. Just about a month short of turning 44 with compromised knees and a body that can't burn it out at the gym, this is expected.

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But that is exactly where appearances deceive.

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Show him an opportunity to volley at the net and see how sharply he can stretch to softly send it right back, no returns. Give him the serve on match point after a dramatic momentum shift and he will fire down an ace.

It's exactly what he did to reach the men's doubles final at the Australian Open on Thursday. Bopanna and Matt Ebden came through a testing phase to beat the Czech-Chinese pair of Tomas Machac and Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7) in 122 minutes to reach their second straight Grand Slam as a pair.

A day after his quarterfinal win ensured that Bopanna would become the oldest first-time world No. 1, he was back on court proving just why the top ranking is coming to him at 43 years is a culmination of hard work and consistency.

There have always older players around in men's doubles; Rajeev Ram became world No. 1 at 38 and is still one of the best around, Mike Bryan, one half of the legendary Bryan Bros was world No. 1 at 41 years old and Jean-Julien Rojer won the French Open at 40 (Martina Navratilova's final Major win was at 46).

But there is something different about Bopanna. He is playing the best tennis of life.

He's peaking at a sport he has played for two decades at 43 years of age. And he's doing it with no cartilage in his knees and with a body that can't do endurance training or regular mobility drills. This is four years after considering retirement due to pain and a decade after getting his previous best ranking of world No. 3.

Indian team wins Asia-Oceania IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge in Tokyo

NEW DELHI, JULY 1:

The Indian team of Rushil Khosla, Rethin Pranav, Sohini Mohanty and Asmi Adkar, won the Asia-Oceania IC Rod LaverJunior Challenge at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo, Japan.

In the four-team competition that featured two teams from host Japan apart from Pakistan, India won all its ties in the round robin format, to qualify for the World Finals to be staged in San Diego, USA, in November.

Each tie had six matches, and India won 6-0 against both Japan-B and Pakistan. However, it was a tough battle against Japan-A, as the captain of the team, Vikram Anand recalled.

Rethin Pranav and Asmi Adkar lost their singles matches. Rushil and Sohini won their singles matches. India won the boys
doubles, but the girls lost the doubles 9-11 in the super tie-break.

In the eventual mixed doubles played on a super tie-break format, Rushil and Sohini prevailed 10-6 against the Japanese to help India triumph 4-3.

The captain appreciated the efforts of all the four players who had assembled from different parts of the world to represent the country. He was very pleased with the quality of game demonstrated by Rushil who won all his matches with a touch of assurance.

“Rushil was outstanding. With the right support, he could be one of India’s top players. With the right preparation we stand a good chance in the World Finals, even though we don’t know the other teams qualifying for it”, said Vikram Anand.

Wishing a very happy 50th birthday to the legend of 🇮🇳 tennis, Leander Paes ❤️

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