Stylish Mamta Prabhu, ex-international, coming out of forced retirement (in 2012) after almost five years, won her second title of the season, beating title favourite Ashlesha Trehan 4-2 in the women’s singles final of the Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships held at Khar Gymkhana here today. Earlier this season, she had won the JVPGC-All Mumbai Ranking title last month.
All the prize winners pose with their trophies
Mamta, who had represented the country in the Asian, Comonwealth and many other international tournaments for number of years, used her experience to the hilt to subdue Ashlesha in a tensely fought tie that saw the Dena Bank player emerging victorous with a 11-9, 13-15, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3 scoreline.
For unseeded collegian Viren Patel, it was quite a memorable day as he knocked out second seeded Bhavitvya Shah 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5 to clinch the men’s singles title.
Sharing the final day’s honours, were Srushti Haleangadi and Reagan Albuquerque, as they ended with a both each . Both won their respective youth and junior singles finals with a commanding display.
Results of all the finals:
Men’s singles: Viren Patel bt (2) Bhavitvya Shah 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5.
Women’s singles: Mamta Prabhu bt (1) Ashlesha Trehan 11-9, 13-15, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3.
Youth boys singles: Reagan Albuqerque bt (1) Jignesh Rahatwal 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11.
Youth girls singles: Srushti Haleangadi bt Aditi Sinha 11-9, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10.
Jr girls singles: Srushti Haleangadi bt Mihika Rohira 11-3, 12-10, 11-9, 13-11.
Jr boys singles:: Reagan Albuqerque bt Shivam Das 11-1, 11-6, 11-7, 13-11.
Sub-jr boys singles: Dev Shroff bt Jash Jobalia 111-3, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5:
Sub-jr girls singles: Mihika Rohira bt Vidhi A. Shah 54-11, 11-6,11-4, 11-7, 8-111, 6.
Cadet boys singles Havish Asrani bt Kushal Patel 11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6.
Cadet girls singles:Ananya Chande bt Mukta Dalvi 11-5, 11-7, 11-9
Midget boys singles: Dev Hingorany bt Yuvraj Yadav 9-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4.