Lanky Bhavitvya Shah, seeded fourth went through plenty of agonising moments before he could overcome the spirited challenge of Naveen Verghese to advance into the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals in Khar Gymkhana-All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, at Khar Gymkhana here today. In fact, it was Naveen who called the shots initially as he went up 2-1. But the fourth game turned out to be a nail-biting affair before Bhavitvya took it over extra points. And this gave confident Bhavitya a big boost as went on to wrap up the decider 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-7.
Ravindra Kotiyan
Former state champion Ravindra Kotiyan, making a comeback, looked impressive while beating Prabudh Arora 11-5, 11-9, 11-7. While Parthiv Kelkar, the youth boys top seed, dropped a game before he outwitted junior Swayam Ibrahampurkar 11-2, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4 for a place in the last 16.
Jash Modi, just a sub-junior, made a terrific impact, not only in his age group, but also in higher age groups (juniors and youth), as he advanced into the semifinals of all the three events.
Jash Modi
Results:
Men’s singles (3rd round): (1)- Jignesh Rahatwal bt Abhay Khandar 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Ashwin Hanagudu bt Amit Shroff 11-6, 11-5, 11-3; Nishant Kulkarni bt Rutash Joshipura 11-9, 11-3, 11-9; Suhas Rane bt Maruti Kasture 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Hrishikesh Malhotra bt Dev Mashruwala 11-1, 11-4, 11-4; Nitesh Kumawat bt Harshil Badlani 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10; Arnav Karnavar bt Carlsen Wada 11-2, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4; Ravindra Kotiyan bt Prabudh Arora 11-5, 11-9, 11-7; Bhavitavya Shah bt Naveen Varghese 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-7; Havish Asrani bt Ojas Choksi 11-3, 11-1, 11-5; Shivam Das bt Nekzaad 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; Mustafa Manager bt Shubham Samant 11-9, 11-4, 11-8; Harish Shirsat bt Raj Jhaveri 11-3, 11-6, 12-10; Parthav Kelkar bt Swayam Ibrampurkar 11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6; Imran Sayyed bt Yogesh Desai 4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; Viren Patel bt Vignesh Subramaniyam 11-8, 11-5, 11-7.
Youth boys’ singles (quarterfinals): (1)-Parthav Kelkar bt Sagar Kasture 12-10, 12-10,11-9, 11-8; (2)-Hrishikesh Malhotra bt Arnav Karnavar 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9; Shivam Das bt Viren Patel 11-6, 5-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8; Jash Modi bt Ritvik Nagle 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10.
Jr boys’ singles (Quarterfinals): (1)-Shivam Das bt Sharveya Samant 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11,11-3; (2)-Jash Modi bt Akshat Jain 6-11, 11-5,11-7, 11-7, 10-1`2,11-4; Ritvik Nagle bt Sagar Kasture 11-7, 7-11, 12-10,11-8, 14-12; Rajveer Shah bt Sanaskar Basak 11-7, 11-7, 11-9,11-6.
Sub-jr boys singles (Quarterfinals): (1)-Jash Modi bt Yuvraj Yadav 11-7, 11-6, 11-7,11-6; Akshat Jain bt Havish Asrani 11-7, 4-11, 11-8,11-3, 3-11,11-8; Sharveya Samant bt Chaitnya Ahuja 5-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3; (2)-Rajveer Shah bt Sanskar Basak 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4, 121-3, 12-10.
Jr girls singles (Quarterfinals): Vidhi Shah bt Paridhi Shah 11-4, 9-11, 4-11,11-5,10-12, 11-9,11-7; Pearl Amalsadwala bt Mukta Dalvi 10-12, 11-4, 13-11,11-5,11-9; (2)-Ananya Chande bt Keisha Jhaveri 11-7, 11-9, 6-11,11-9,11-9; Hardee Patel bt (1)-Rishi Mirchandani 11-6, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7.
Sub-jr girls singles (Quarterfinals): Mukta Dalvi bt Shravani 8-11, 12-10,13-11,14-12,8-11, 17-15; Hardee Patel bt Paridhi 12-10,12-10, 5-11,11-7, 11-8; Pearl Amalsadwala bt Manasi Jare 11-7, 11-5, 9-11,11-6, 11-8; (1)- Ananya Chande bt Risha Mirchandani 11-5, 10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.
Clock for Saturday
TABLE TENNIS- 10 a.m. Midget boys and girls singles; 12 noon – Cadet boys and girls singles; 1.30 p.m. Veteran singles; 2.30 p.m. all semi finals; Khar Gymkhana All Mumbai ranking tournament, Khar Gymkhana.