Niva Chaughule caused flutters as she upset fourth seeded Bhoomi Pitale 3-1 (4-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-3) in the girls under-17 singles qualifying round in the Chembur Gymkhana District ranking table tennis tournament held under the auspices TSTTA-Mumbai, here today at their gymkhana TT Hall .
However, favourite and top seed Divyanshi Bhowmick faced no such hiccups as she sailed into the main draw with facile wins over her rivals in group I.
Vineet Deepak , the top seed in the boys -17 section, was fully stretched by Kanshik Bohra before he was through 3-2. In the same section, fifth seeded Yuvraj Yadav was jolted by Nilesh Yedge, who rallied from 0-2 to beat him 1-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-5,11-8. However, Yuvraj later made amends by qualifying in the boys under-19 group VII. Also through was Santosh Kolapte from the group VIII.
Boys U-17 Qualifiers: Group I: 1. Vinod Deepak.. Group II: Vivaan Thakkar. Group III: Zain Shaikh. Group IV: Ayush Sonawane.. Group V: Nilesh Yedage. Group VI: Ansh Karnavar.
Boys U-15 Qualifiers: Group I: Zihar Beddingwla. Group II: Aarav Vora. Group III: Zian Shaikh. . Group IV: Ansh Karnavar. .