Indore, September 28:
Manushree Patil and Srushti Haleangadi, both from Maharashtra took contrasting routes towards setting up a clash in the junior girl’s semi-finals of the 11Even Sports National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships.
Manushree Patil
In quarter-final matches, Manushree representing Maharashtra ‘A’ encountered quite a struggle before getting the better of Surbhi Patwari of West Bengal 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9), Srushti representing Maharashtra ‘B’ did not have to exert too much as she quickly disposed of Varuni Jaiswal of Telagana 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8), at the Abhay Prashal, here, on Wednesday.
Srushti Haleangadi
Meanwhile, Siddesh Pande of Maharashtra ‘A’ and Sanish Ambekar of Maharashtra ‘B’ both came through in their respective second round matches. Pande blanked Arnab Sarkar of West Bengal 3-0 (11-6, 15-13, 11-7), while Ambekar outplayed Rajasthan’s Ojha Shubham 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-6)
In men’s action, Omkar Torgalkar of Maharashtra ‘A’ defeated Tamil Nadu’s Divak Kishore Kumar 4-2 (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11) in a first round match and will next clash with top seed Sanil Shetty of PSPB in the second round.
Sanish Ambekar of Maharashtra ‘B’, also progressed to the second after he beat Pankaj Vishwakarma of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board 4-1 (12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9).
Results – Junior girls’ singles (quarter-finals): Manushree Patil (Mhr-A) bt Surbhi Patwari (WB) 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9), Srushti Haleangadi (Mhr-B) bt Varuni Jaiswal (Telg) 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8); Shallu Noorbasha (AP) bt Anusha Kutumbale (MP) 4-1 (11-9, 14-16, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6); Moumita Das (WB) bt Naina (Telg) 4-0 (11-5, 13-11, 11-8, 13-11).
Youth Boys’ singles (2nd round): Siddesh Pande (Mhr-A) bt Arnab Sarkar 3-0 (11-6, 15-13, 11-7); Birdie Boro (PSPB) bt Harshavardhan (Telg) 3-0 (17-15, 11-7, 11-9); Sanish Ambekar (Mhr-B) bt Ojha Shubham (Raj) 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-6); Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Aniruddha Marathe 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-5); Nishaad Shah (AI) bt Soham Bhattacharya (WB) 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8); Sachanandani Harsh (Guj) bt Mandar Hardikar (Mhr-B) 3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8).
Men’s singles (1st round): Omkar Torgalkar (MHR-A) bt Divak Kishore Kumar (TN) 4-2 (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11); Sanish Ambekar (MHR-B) bt Pankaj Vishwakarma (PSPB) 4-1 (12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9).