Favourite Tanvi Chukkal dropped a game before she rallied to overcome Ayaana Beddingwala 3-1 ( 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6) to make the main draw in the under-15 singles in the Chembur Gymkhana District ranking table tennis tournament held under the auspices TSTTA-Mumbai, here today at their gymkhana TT Hall . However , both Tanvi and Ayaana made the quarterfinals..
Divyanshi Bhowmick, the top seed, continued to dominate with yet another smooth sailing as she thrashed her both rivals Arshita Rai and Rattaanya Deolekar 3-0 to advance to the main draw .
World under-70 veteran champion Yogesh Desai, put up good fight against up and coming junior Ayush Sonawane . However, Yogesh too make the main draw from group V. Nilesh Kumavat.beat Anupam Rajak (3-0) and Carlton Wadia (3-2) in group VI, to join Yogesh in the knockout quarterfinals.
Each of the groups consists of four players each in the men’s, boys and girls sections with the top two advancing to the quarterfinal knock out stage.
The following made the main draw:
Girls U-15 singles (Qualifiers): Gr I: 1. Divanshi Bhowmick; 2. Arshita Rai. Gr II: 1. Vaishnavi Jaiswal; 2. Trisha Ludbe. Gr III: 1. Niva Chougule; 2. Saachi Mandhyan.. Gr IV: 1. Tanvi Chukkal; 2. Ayaana Beddingalwala.
Men’s singles: (Qualifiers): Gr I: Maruti Kasture; 2. Chinmay Mjithia. Gr II:. 1. Vineet Deepak; 2. Naresh Oberoi. Gr III: 1. Ashish Das; 2. Smit Teli. Gr IV: 1. Atharva Rane; 2. Samyak Langde. Gr V: 1. Ayush Sonawane; 2. Yogesh Desai. . Gr. VI: Nitesh Kumawat; 2. Anupam Rajak. Gr VII: 1. Raaquib Merchant; 2. Chinmay Majithia. Gr VIII: 1. Geet Shah; 2. Ramdas Subramanium.