Manmohan Singh Rawat from Rajasthan scored a narrow 3-2 win over Mr. Mohammed Abbas Mohiddin from Telangana, in the Men’s 59+ Singles match of the IMPTTA – Masters’ National Table Tennis tournament at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai. After the match, both the players received appreciation from the sporting crowd present at the stadium in large number. In the same age group, R.C. Shah from Maharashtra who has been actively involved in organisation of this tournament, also entered the main draw of 32.

Dr. Nitin Toshniwal
In two other well challenged matches Amit Khopkar beat Tanay Prabhu 3-2 and Nilesh Gohil beat Abhay Shirkande also 3-2 in the Men’s 39+ Singles. Top seeded Abu Rizwan ( 39+) from West Bengal won his Singles and Team event match comfortably, to move into the next rounds.

Sameer Bhate
Another star player Dr. Nitin Toshniwal from Maharashtra also won both his group league matches against Bharat Kotecha and Rajeev Pachnekar to enter the main draw in the Men’s 49+ Singles. Though he won easily against Rajeev, he dropped a game against Bharat in a well contested match. Sameer Bhate inspite of his busy schedule as an organising secretary, won both his group matches to enter the main draw.
The Women’s 59+ semi finals saw the domination of West Bengal women Mantu Murmu and Karabi Maity , who beat Sandhya Patni( Rajasthan) and Madhavi Sawant ( Maharashtra) respectively, with 3-0 wins.