After winning his first title of the season in Men’s Veterans 40+ two months ago, Abhay Mehta once again proved his supremacy at the Malabar Hill Club 5-Star Mumbai City District TT Championship 2018, conducted under the auspices of the MCDTTA today evening. Abhay who easily overcame the challenge from Harish Shirsat and Rajnish Khatavkar in Quarter finals and semi finals respectively, scored an easy 3-0 win in the finals of Men’s 40+ Veterans Singles.
Abhay Mehta
In the Cadet Boys singles event, Siddharth Shah and Diyaan Shah will clash in the final . Earlier in the semi finals, top-seeded Siddharth looked in complete control and strolled past undseeded Vedant Agarwal posting a straight games 11-4, 11-8, 11-9 victory. On the side table, third seed Diyaan Shah put a strong fight to put it across second seed Dwij Shah, pulling off a deserving 11-6, 11-1, 11-9 victory.
Diyaan Shah
Meanwhile, the top seeds Keisha Jhaveri and Amira Jhaveri will contest the finals in the Cadet Girls’ event. The number one seed Keisha easily overcame unseeded Anshita Tamhankar coasting to 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 win while Amira recovered after losing the first game to sideline unseeded Arya Parulekar winning in four games at 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-1.
In Midget Boys singles semi-final competition, top seed Aarav Sanghvi smoothly got past Raghav Jatia winning in three games at 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, while second seed Aryan Choksi worked hard to defeat Parth Magar 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.
Results – Cadet Boys singles (quarter-finals): Siddharth Shah bt Daiwik Shah 11-3, 11-8, 11-1; Vedant Agarwal bt Parth Magar 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Diyaan Shah bt Vedant Mehta 11-5, 11-9, 11-4; Dwij Shah bt Aarush Sanghvi 12-14, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10.
Semi-finals: Siddharth Shah bt Vedant Agarwal 11-4, 11-8, 11-9; Diyaan Shah bt Dwij Shah 11-6, 11-1, 11-9.
Cadet Girls singles (semi-finals): Keisha Jhaveri beat Anshita Tamhankar 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Amira Jhaveri bt Arya Parulekar 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-1.
Midget Boys singles (semi-finals): Aryan Choksi bt Parth Magar 12-10, 11-6, 11-6; Aarav Sanghvi bt Raghav Jatia 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.
Men’s Veterans Singles ( Final) : Abhay Mehta bt Percy Mehta 11-6, 11-5,11-9.