Apeksha Bhagwat of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Amrita Jaisingh of J.P. Morgan were the outstanding performers advancing to the ladies singles and mixed doubles semi-finals on the opening day the 4th edition of the 11even Sports Inter-Corporate Table Tennis Tournament, promoted by NSportz and played at the Khar Gymkhana on Saturday.
In the ladies singles quarter-finals, Apeksha easily defeated Swapna Bajpai of J.P. Morgan 11-4, 11-4, 11-3, while Amrita also had things much her own way and scored a comfortable 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 win against Kavita Ghosh of Reliance Industries.
Later in the mixed doubles quarter-final round, Apeksha teamed up with Vishal Yadav and outplayed Ayushi Bansal and Gautam Bhatra of Reliance Industries 11-9, 11-5, 11-6; while Amrita in the company of her partner Chetan Dere were engaged in a keen tussle with Anita Raj and Gunjan Wagle before pulling through in five games at 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 2-11, 11-4 to advance to the semi-finals.
The event organized under the auspices of MCDTTA and MSDTTA, promises to be bigger and more exciting than the previous editions and offers total cash prizes of over Rs 1 lakh, attractive trophies & medals.
Results – Ladies singles (quarter-finals): Apeksha Bhagwat (TCS) bt Swapna Bajpai (JP Morgan) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3); Anita Raj (Bank of America) bt Ayushi Bansal (Reliance Industries) 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8; Manvi Jain (Kotak Bank) bt Vidushi Singh (Visible Alpha) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2; Amrita Jaisingh (JP Morgan) bt Kavita Ghosh (Reliance Ind) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7.
Results – Mixed doubles (quarter-finals): Akshata/Sushant Pedamkar (Douse Fire Systems) bt Kavita Ghosh/Chandrashekar Rao (Reliance Industries) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Swapna Bajpai/Jitendra Bachchhav (JP Morgan) 11-3, 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 12-10; Apeksha Bhagwat/Vishal Yadav (TCS) bt Ayushi Bansal/Gautam Bhatra (Reliance Ind) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6; Amrita Jaisingh/Chetan Dere (JP Morgan) bt Anita Raj/Gunjan Wagle (Bank of America) 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 2-11, 11-4.