State’s top lefthander Chinmaya Somaiya was in devastating form as he overpowered Deepit Patil from Thane in an action-packed men’s singles final, which went to the wire before Chinmaya triumphed 4-3 of the JVPG-3rd Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at their premises here today.
Double crown winner Chinmaya Somaiya receiving the trophy from JVPGC official Anil Mahesh.
Buoyed by his splendid form, later he outhit Reagan Albuquerque 4-3 in another youth boys fast-paced thriller to end with a double crown. Chinmaya, both against Deepit and Reagan, was faster and speedy and his ability to switch directions, of his strokes time and again floored his rivals. And he is also top seeded and favourite in the junior boys singles, which gets underway later tonight.
Another junior Diya Chitale, who too, like Chinmaya dominated the women’s and youth girls singles (upto semi finals stage). However, in the end, she had to settle for the youth girls trophy, as she thrashed Pune’s Pritha Vartikar 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4. But in the women’s final, the title eluded her as her rival from the Bank of Baroda and former international Mamata Prabhu, used all her experience and guile to subdue her by countering Diya’s aggression by intelligently changing pace and direction to win the next four games. But Diya too is top seeded and will have another crack in the junior girls singles event.
Mamta Prabhu
Results of the finals:
Men’s singles: Chinmaya Somaiya (MSD) bt (4)- Deepit Patil (TH) 12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8.
Women’s singles: Mamata Prabhu (MSD) bt (4)-Diya Chitale (MSD) 8-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8.
Youth boys singles : (2)- Chinmaya Somaiya (MSD) bt (5)-Reagan Albuquerque (MSD) 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9.
Youth girls singles : Diya Chitale (MSD) bt Pritha Vartikar (PN) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.