Khar Gym-All-Mumbai TT
Ravindra Kotiyan, State men’s champion in 2017, made a brilliant comeback after a break, as he bagged the men’s singles title in the Khar Gymkhana-All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, at Khar Gymkhana here today. In the process, he emphatically showed his class, while lowering the colours of top seeded Jignesh Rahatwal (11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9) in the semi finals and followed it by making short work of ebullient Parthav Kelkar with a straight games (11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8) win to clinch the top honours.
Mamata Prabhu
Former international Mamata Prabhu, from Bank of Baroda, continues to be in irresistible form this season as she continues to dominate in the women’s section. After putting out collegian Aditi Sinha in the semi finals, Mamata had to bring out her all the experience of nearly two decades to the fore to score over Reeth Rishya, a two-times national junior champion from Chennai. Reeth, after outwitting Mamata with some breathtaking forehand strokes, to go 2-0 up, she ell pray to Mamata’;s tactical ploy as the latter brought her years of experience, slowed her down by varying her pace and direction of strokes to romp home with a 8-11, 12-14, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 win. Reeth, now 24, who has been India ranked No.4 in the country, has now settled in Mumbai, after getting married to another India international Sanil Shetty.
Ravindra Kotiyan
Shivam Das outhit top seed Parthav Kelkar in a thrilling youth boys finals 7-11, 14-16, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, 12-14, 12-10.
Results:
Men’s singles. (Semifinals): Ravindra Kotiyan bt (1)- Jignesh Rahatwal 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9; Parthav Kelkar bt Havish Asrani 11-9, 11-13, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5.
(Final): Ravindra Kotiyan bt Parthav Kelkar 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Women’s singles (Semifinals): (1)- Mamata Prabhu bt Aditi Sinha 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9; Reeth Rishya bt (2)-Anannya Basak 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.
(Final): (1)- Mamata Prabhu bt Reeth Rishya 8-11, 12-14, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.
Youth boys’ singles (Semifinals): (1)-Parthav Kelkar bt (4)-Hrishikesh Malhotra 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6; Shivam Das bt Jash Modi 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-5. (Final): Shivam Das bt (1)- Parthav Kelkare 7-11, 14-16, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, 12-14, 12-10.
Youth girls’ singles (Semifinals): Vidhi Shah bt Sana D’Souza 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6; (1)- Anannya Basak bt Ananya Chande 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9. (Final): (1)- Anannya Basak bt Vidhi Shah 11-2, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6.
Results of other finals
Men’s Veteran singles: Nishant Kulkarni bt Suhas Rane 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7.
Jr boys’ singles : Ritvik Nagle bt Rajveer Shah 14-12, 7-11, 11-9,esultgs 11-13, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5.
Jr girls singles: Vidhi Shah bt Hardee Patel 11-6 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.
Sub-jr boys singles:Jash Modi bt Rajveer Shah 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9.
Sub-jr girls singles: (1)- Ananya Chande bt Mukta Dalvi 11-8, 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4.
Cadet boys singles: Yuvraj Yadav bt Dhruv Shah 11-3, 12-10, 11-6. Cadet girls singles: Mrinalini Singh ht Anshita Tamhanmkar 11-5, 12-10, 11-8.
Midget boys singles: Vivaan Thakkar bt Param Bhiwandkar 11-6, 11-1, 6-11, 7-11, 11-5.
Midget girls singles: Aarya Redkar bt Divyanshi Bhowmik 11-3,11-8, 11-7.