Seventh seeded Ritvik Nagle stunned 2nd seeded Bhavitvya Shah 4-1 to enter the men’s singles semi final of the Khar Gymkhana-5-Star Mumbai Suburban District table tennis championships, here today. After dropping the3 first game, Ritvik hitback strongly to take next four games to clinch the last four berth with a 8-11,11-7, 12-10,12-10, 11-4 win. Earlier, Ritvik had beaten Swayam Ibrampurkar 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 for a place in the youth boys semi finals too.
Ritvik Nagle
Equally, impressive was junior Chinmaya Somaiya, who is top seeded in men’s as well as junior boys singles. Chinmaya thrashed eighth seeded seasoned Nishant Kulkarni, who is twice his age, in straight games (11-7,11-9,11-7, 11-9).However, earlier, he was made to fight hard by Aadil Anand before he triumphed 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-2,11-8 in the youth boys singles quarterfinals.
. Ravindra Kotian, the current men’s state champion, who is making a comeback after a long layoff, appeared a bit rusty but managed to get past Jignesh Rahatwal 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11,11-6 to make the men’s last four.
Jash Modi
Sharing the day’s honours was Jash Modi, who is just out of cadet boys. He won both his sub-junior as well as junior boys singles with some terrific display of controlled aggression. The third seeded Jash overpowered Mainak Nistala after trailing1-2 before he was through with a 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 15-13, 11-7 win in the junior boys singles. And in the sub-junior boys section, he got better of Kushal Patel 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3.
Results of the quarterfinals:
Youth boys singles : (1)-Jignesh Rahatwal bt Maruti Kasture 11-6,11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Ashwin Subramanian bt Viren Patel 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8; Ritvik Nagle bt Swayam Ibrampurkar 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Chinmayia Somaiya bt Aadil Anand 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-2,11-8.
Men’s singles: (1)- Chinmaya Somaiya bt Nishant Kulkarni 11-7,11-9,11-7, 11-9; Ravindra Kotian bt Jignesh Rahatwal 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8,9-11,11-6; Bhavesh Apte bt Jai Jani 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9; Ritvik Nagle bt (2)-Bhavitavya Shah 8-11,11-7, 12-10,12-10, 11-4.
Jr boys Singles: (1)- Chinmaya Somaiya bt Arnav Karnavar 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11,15-13,11-8; (2)-Ashwin Subramanian bt Sagar Kasture 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Aadil Anand bt Ritvik Nagle 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-2,11-9; ; (3)-Jash Modi bt Mainak Nistala 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 15-13, 11-7.
Sub-jr boys singles: Havish Asrani bt Akshat Jain 11-8,11-8, 11-6; Aadil Anand bt Sagar Kasture 11-9,11-7, 12-10; Jash Modi bt Kushal Patel 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3; Arnav Karnavar bt Mainak Nishtala 6-11, 7-11,11-7, 11-6, 14-12.
Sub-jr girls singles: (1)-Sampada Bhiwandar bt Sana D’Souza 11-4, 8-11, 6-11, 16-14; Ananya Chande bt Paridhi Potnis 11-8, 11-4, 11-6; Mukta Dalvi bt Divys Keni 11-2,11-8, 6-11, 11-8; Pearl Amalsadwalia bt Avril Saldanha 11-8,M 7-11,6-11, 11-7, 11-4.
Cadet boys singles: (1)-Akshat Jain bt Merwyn Patel 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; Sharveya Samant bt Yuvraj Yadav10-12, 11-3,10-12, 11-9,11-4; Tanmay Rao bt Dhruv Shah 11-9, 13-11, 12-14,11-4; Dev Hingorany bt Vineet Deepak 8-11, 11-9, 11-6,11-5.