15-year-old Pranjal Shinde, from Swami Vivekanand displayed stupendous form while helping her school to a fine 3-1 win over Andheri’s St Blaise school to claim the under-17 honours in the DSO- Mumbai Suburban District Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament, organized by Vision Sports Reconnect and Fairplay Sports Management at Goregaon Sports Club here today. The girls under-19 ties were postponed to Monday as some of the players are busy participating in the ongoing All India (Central Zone) National championship at Indore.
Swami Vivekanand girls make a happy picture after beating St Blaise 3-1 in the girls under-17 final
Though Pranjal did drop a game both against Krishna Chavan and Synora D’Costa, she made amends by winning both the ties with relative ease.
The Mulund’s Nalanda Public school sprang surprise by upsetting fancied Utpal Sanghvi 3-1 to bag the under-14 honours. Their captain Meghana Karandikar played a star role.
Mulund’s Nalanda Public School, which surprised fancied Utpal Sanghvi 3-1 in the girls under-14 final
Results: GIRLS-17: (Final): Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) bt St Blaise (Andheri) 3-1: Mahika Kudtarkar bt Synora D’Costa10-12,11-4,9-11, 11-5, 11-6; Pranjal Shinde bt Krishna Chavan 12-14, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Nidhi Davange lost to Koyna Chavan 5-11, 7-11,14-12, 11-7, 13-15; Pranjal bt Synora 11-4, 11-1,10-12,11-4.
(Semifinals): Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) bt Utpal Sanghvi 3-0: Mahika Kudtarkar bt Saloni Agarwal 12-10, 11-5, 11-8; Pranjal Shinde bt Mahek Parekh 11-2, 11-6, 11-1; Ovi Kadam bt Vidhita Jagnani 8-11, 11-8,11-6, 11-2.
St Blaise (Andheri) bt Rustomjee Int.(Dahisar) 3-2: Synora D’Costa bt Kavya Nair 11-3,11-4, 9-11, 11-6; Krishna Chavan lost to Tanishka Pawar 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 2-11, 10-12; Koyna Chavan bt Gayatri Deshpande 12-10, 11-9, 11-9; Synora lost to Tanishka 11-8, 11-13, 6-11,9-11; Krishna bt Kavya 1-7, 11-9, 11-7.
GIRLS-14: (Final):, Nalanda Public (Mulund) bt Utpal Sanghvi 3-1: Meghana Karandikar bt Hiya Mehta 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8,11-9; Isha Chavan bt Vidhi Shah 11-9,14-12,10-12, 11-9; Rutuja Parte lost to Ria Talsania 8-11, 10-12, 4-11; Meghana bt Vidhi 11-5, 11-5, 11-2.
(Semifinals): Utpal Sanghvi bt Rustomjee Cambridge (Dahisar) 3-2: Vidhi Shah bt Anoushka Ingale 11-4, 11-4,11-5; Hiya Mehta bt Mahek Narnolia 11-8, 13-11, 7-11,11-6; Ria Talsania lost to Milonee Tari 7-11, 11-8, 3-11,11-8, 9-11; Vidhi lost to Mahek 3-11,9-11, 7-11; Hiya bt Anoushka 11-3, 11-3, 11-5. Nalanda Public (Mulund) w/o Jamnabai Narsee .