Collegian Siddhi Kolekar, from Bhatia junior college, rallies to down Tanishka Pawar in the girls under-16 quarterfinals in the Poinsur Gymkhana promotional table tennis tournament, held at their complex at Kandivali here today. Siddhi, who initially struggled a bit before she went up 2-1. But Tanishka fought back to level the tie as Siddhi in order to be more aggressive made too many mistakes. Even in the decider, Siddhi was down 8-10 before she saved match point and then went on to clinch the tie 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10.In another quarterfinal tie, Synora D’Costa, too, rllied from 1-2 to get the better of Akshata Shinde 11-8, 11-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Siddhi Kolekar
Results: Jr Girls singles: (Quarterfinals):
Vidhi P Shah bt Gayatree Despande 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Synor D’Costa bt Shreya Patil 11-8, `11-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9; Siddhi Kolekar bt Tanishka Pawar 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10; Sheefa Shaikh bt Trisha Dalmia 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
Sub-jr boys singles: (Semifinals): Manav Shah bt Krish Kalranik 13-11, 11-9, 11-8; Craig D’Souza bt Chaitnya Natu 11-8, 12-10, 11-5.
Cadet girls singles: (semifinals): Manasi Jare bt Asha Sanghavi 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 14-12; Shaivi Balwatkar bt Risha Mirchandani 11-6, 14-12, 11-9.
Cadet boys singles (Semifinals): : Asmit Das bt Akshat jain 11-8, 11-3, 11-1; Omkar Gadigaonkar bt Krishana Malhotra 11-7, 12-10, 11-4.
Midget girls singles(Semifinals)::Hardee Patel bt Amir Jhaveri 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9; San D’Souza bt Kavya Desai 11-2, 11-4, 11-8.
Midget boys singles: (Semifinals): Vihaan Badani bt Vedant Patil 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Vineet Deepak bt Sharveya Samant 11-3, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6.
Players & officials observe two minutes silence in memory of KRV Rao
TT umpire/referee K.R.V.Rao, who had done yemon service to the game of table , both at state and national level, passed away recently, after a long illness. Mr Rao, 78, was stricker to rules, while conducting tournament, was a very popular figure in table tennis circles, always ready to help the players. Poinsur Gymkhana,who are hold promotion table tennis tournament, finals, observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to his memory