Pune, March 26: PYC A edged out PYC C team by a solitary game to retain the MSLTA All Maharashtra Inter Club Championships organized by MSLTA in association with PYC Hindu Gymkhana and played at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana tennis courts In closely fought finals PYC A edged out PYC C 18-17. PYC C started on a winning note as their 90+ pair of Sunder Iyer & Amit Natekar scraped past Dr. Rajendra Sathe & Amit Latey 6-5(7-4); In the first open match Dhruv Meid and Varun Mangikar rallied past Rutuparna Kulkarni and Sarang Devi 6-1 to take the score to 12-6, however PYC A team members Abhishek Tamhane and Mihir Divekar scored a 6-3 win over Arjun Chitale & Sarang Pabalakar to reduce the deficit to 15-12 , in the crucial 110+ Doubles PYC A team of Himanshu Gosavi and Dr.Abhay Jamenis kept their nerves to register a 6-2 win over Satyamoorthy Ramaswami and Anup Minda and deny PYC C a shot at the trophy winning the match 18-17 . In the match for the 3rd & 4th Place Combined district team scored a 20-16 win over fancied Mumbai team CCI. In the 110+ Doubles Sheetal Bhosale & Dr.Dinesh Shingte (Kolhapur) won 6-3 against Brinda Dayal and Sagar Engineer 6-3; the Nasik pair of Kiran Kulkarni and Shrikant Kumawat served out Jayesh Sampat and Nikhil Sampat 6-1 to take a 12-4 lead in the 90+ Doubles Dr.Akram Khan and Vijay Meher of Aurangabad went down 3-6 to Vikram Sampat and Luv Kothari getting the score to 15-10. In the last Open Doubles Kolhapur pair of Nilesh Sawant and Mehul Kenia lost to Imran Yusuf and Prasad Pradhan 5-6(5-7) ensuring a win for the Combined District A team. The prizes were given away at the hands of PYC president Vijay Bhave, president of PMDTA Kishor Patil, Tournament director Sharad Kannamwar and MSLTA Hon secretary Sunder Iyer, The winners PYC A team got a winner’s purse of Rs 75,000/-, the runners up PYC C got Rs 50,000/- and the third placed team Combined District A got Rs 25000, Following are the results: Final Round: PYC A beat PYC C 18-17(110+ Doubles: Himanshu Gosavi & Dr.Abhay Jamenis bt Satyamoorthy Ramaswamy & Anup Minda 6-2; Open Doubles: Abhishek Tamhane & Mihir Divekar bt Arjun Chitale & Sarang Pabalkar 6-3; 90+ Doubles: Dr.Rajendra Sathe & Amit Latey lost to Sunder Iyer & Amit Natekar 6-5(7-4); Open Doubles: Rutu Kulkarni & Sarang Devi lost to Dhruv Meid & Varun Magikar 1-6); 3rd & 4th Place: District A beat CCI A 20-16(110+ Doubles: Sheetal Bhosale & Dr.Dinesh Shingte bt Brinda Dayal & Sagar Engineer 6-3 Open Doubles: Kiran Kulkarni & Shrikant Kumawat bt Jayesh Sampat & Nikhil Sampat 6-1 , 90+ Doubles: Dr. Akram Khan & Vijay Meher lost to Vikram Sampat & Luv Kothari 3-6; Open Doubles: Nilesh Sawant & Mehul Kenia lost to Imran Yusuf & Prasad Pradhan 5-6(5-7).