Maharashtra’s top juniors like Anannya Basak and Chinmaya Somiya, winners in the youth girls and boys singles titles in the last Maharashtra State ranking table tennis tournament held at Thane last week, are among the 400 odd participants in Khar Gymkhana-All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, which gets underway at Khar Gymkhana from Wednesday (September 23).
Junior Anannya ended with the runners-up in the women’s singles, but won the youth girls title, while Chinmaya bagged the youth boys singles title. Earlier, Chinmaya had bagged the men’s and youth boys titles in the season’s opener MCF- All-Mumbai ranking event. Also in the fray are: seasoned stalwarts like Bhavesh Apte, Jignesh Rahatwal, Mandar Hardikar among men and Charvi Kawle, Senohra D’ouza, Shweta Parte will be seen in the women’s singles.