Sampada Bhiwandkar, from Rose Manor International, Mumbai, caused a major upset by toppling the top seed Pune’s Pritha Vartikar 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 to clinch the sub-junior girls title in the JVPG-3rd Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded here last night.
All the champions pose with JVPG officials after the prize distribution function of the JVPG-3rd Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament .
But for Aadil Anand, the top seed in the sub-junior boys singles, the going was rather tough against second seeded Jash Modi, who proved to be a fighter to the core. However, after leading 2-0, Jash found Aadil’s all out aggression too much to handle, resulting in Aadil turning the tables with a 9-11,. 6-11, 11-5, 11-7. 11-7, 12-10 win .
Thane’s Deepit Patil, seeded fifth, outplayed third seeded Pune’s Shounak Shinde in straight games (11-3, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6) to bag the junior boys singles title Having toppled top seeded Chinmaiya Somaiya in the semifinals, Deepit was full of aggression and gave his rival no chance whatsoever to romp home comfortably.
However, Diya Chitale, the junior girls top seed, was always in command against her Mumbai Suburban teamnmate Aditi Sinha. The remarkable feature in Diya’s march to the title round was the consistency she showed right from quarterfinals onwards, while disposing off her rival in straight games.
Results of the finals:
Jr boys singles: Deepit Patil (TH) bt Shounak Shinde (PN) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6.
Jr girls singles: (1)- Diya Chitale (MSD) bt Aditi Sinha (MSD) 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6.
Sub-jr boys singles : (1)- Aadil Anand (MSD) bt Jash Modi (MSD) 9-11,. 6-11, 11-5, 11-7. 11-7, 11-7, 12-10.
Sub-jr girls singles : Sampada Bhiwandkar (MSD) bt Pritha Vartikar (PN) 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8.
Cadet boys singles: Hriday Deshpande(TH) bt Pranav Gholkar (PN) 3-11,11-7, 12-10,5-11,11-3,11-7.
Cadet girls singles: (1)- Jennifer Varghese (NGP) bt Devyani Kulkarni (PN) 11-5, 15-13,11-7,11-7.
Midget boys singles: Shouren Soman (PN) bt Johan Cheliparasmbil (TH) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.
Midget girls singles: Riana Bhoota ((TH) bt Naisha Rewaskar (PN) 11-4, 11-8,11-5.