Bespectacled Anuprya Ratadiya sprang a surprise as she stunned eight seeded Ovi Kadam in a thrilling women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles in the MCF-4 Star All -Mumbai ranking tournament, hosted by Mandpeshwar Civic Federation at their sports complex at Borivali here today. Anupriya fought back from 0-2 deficit to win the tie 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7,11-8, 7-11, 11-9. However, her progress was cut short by top seeded Divya Deshpande with a 11-4, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 win in the quarterfinals.
Anuprya Ratadiya
Likewise, another home player, Siddhi Kolekar, who thrashed Meghal Furia 11-5, 11-4, 11-9, later was at the receiving end against India junior Ananya Basak, daughter of Arup Basak, a former national champion, who won 11-9, 11-2,11-4, 11-9 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Hard-hitting mercurial Swayam Ibrahampurkar overcame some anxious moments against Arnav Karnavar before rallying to win 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9 to move into the youth boys singles pre-quarterfinals. Swayam, in fact, had a good day, as later he outplayed his MCF compatriot Akshay Gogari 11-9, 11-7, 1-11, 14-12 to make the men’s singles fourth round. Also through was third seeded Viren Patel, who was given tough time by Aryaman Patel before he triumphed 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 6-11,13-11.
Samir Deo
In the men’s singles third round matches played late evening, Tejas Naik beat National veterans 65+ champion Yogesh Desai, while Samir Deo who beat Chandrashekhar Rao 3-0 in the 2nd round, went on to win the third round with hard fought win over Ajay Dodia. Samir was down 4-10 in the fourth game, but fought well to win 6 match points and then win the game and match at 13-11.
Results: WOMEN’S SINGLES: (1)- Divya Deshpande bt Anupriya Ratadiya 11-4, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6; Aditi Sinha bt Krisha Agarwal 11-4, 11-7, 12-10, 11-3; Ananya Basak bt Siddhi Kolekar 11-9, 11-2,11-4, 11-9; Vidhi A Dhoot bt Shweta Joshi 11-3, 8-11,11-3, 9-11,11-8, 11-9.
YOUTH BOYS SINGLES: (3rd round): (1)-Tanmay Rane bt Sudhanshu Sawant 11-8, 13-11,11-6, 11-4; Aadil Anand bt Atharav Sawant 11-5, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Viren Patel bt Shivam Punjani 11-4, 11-6, 11-5,11-5; (4)-Ritvik Nagle bt Mandar Chiplunkar 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-14, 11-8; (3)-Atharva Kurade bt Parth Ghogare 11-8, 11-6, 14-16, 11-8, 11-9; Maruti Kasture bt Parth Rambia 12-10, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 13-11; Swayam Ibrampurkar bt Arnav Karnavar 8-11, 11-5, 9 -11, 11-3, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9;(2)- Jignesh Rahatwal bt Shyam Purohit 11-3, 13-11, 11-7, 11-4.
Men’s singles (3rd round): Yash Doshi bt Naveen Varghese 11-5, 18-16,11-9;Shyam Purohit bt Gautam Bhatia 11-6,11-7, 11-3;Tejas Naik bt Yogesh Desai 12-10, 11-6,11-4; Mainak Nistala bt Sanjay V Mehta 4-11, 11-7, 5-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-9;Mustafa Manager bt Bharat Goel 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3; Sushant khulge bt Sagar Rajpure 11-8, 11-6, 2-11,11-6; Swayam Imbrampurkar bt Akshay Gogari 11-9, 11-7, 1-11, 12-10; Anuj Shah bt Ojas Choksi 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; (3)-Viren Patel bt Aryaman Patel 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 6-11,13-11; Rajesh Shah bt Mehul Poojary 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8; Sumesh Mattu bt Sohan Nirkhe 7-11,11-8, 11-8, 11-6; Carlshen Wadia bt Soham Rane 11-7, 3-11,11-7, 1-11, 11-7.Samir Deo bt Ajay Dodia 3-1.