Junior India ranked Anannya Basak, seeded second behind top seeded Divya Deshpande in the women singles’ and youth girls top seed, scored impressive wins in both the events as she inched closer to a triple crown in the MCF -All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, which gets underway at their complex at Borivali last night.
Ananya Basak is all set to fight for triple crown at the ongoing MCF -All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Borivali.
Anannya first downed exciting Manasi Chiplunkar 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 to storm into women’s singles semi finals. Later, she stopped the fine run of Ananya Chande 11-6, 15-13, 12-10,11-9 for a spot in the youth girls semi finals. Meanwhile Divya, just dropped a game to Hiya Doshi before joining Anannya in the last four with a 11-6, 11-5. 11-5, 11-2 win. And the pair of Divya and Anannya has already clinched the women’s doubles title at the expense of seasoned Mamta Prabhu and Senhora D’Souza. They triumphed 11-9,11-3,13-11.
While in the men’s singles, home players, bespectacled Jyot Vora and Swayam Ibrampurkar put up impressive show while making the fourth round. Jyot fought back after trailing 1-2 to beat Nilesh Prabhu 3-2,and Swayam, after smarting from his unexpected loss in the youth boys singles, played with a lot of patience to outwit Ranjit Choudhary in straight games to advance into the fourth round.
RESULTS:
Women’s singles (Quarterfinals): (1)- Divya Deshpande bt Hiya Doshi 11-6, 11-5. 11-5, 11-2; Vidhi Shah bt Vidhi Dhoot 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8; Chavri Kawle bt Kheya Shah 11-7,11-4, 7-11,11-9; Anannya Basak bt Mansi Chiplunkar 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4,12-10.
Women’s doubles (Final):Divya Deshpande/Anannya Basak bt Mamta Prabhu/Senhora D’Sa 11-9,11-3,13-11.
Youth girls(Quarterfinals): (1) Anannya Basak bt Ananya Chande 11-6, 15-13, 12-10,11-9; Kheya Shah bt Mahek Narnolia 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10; Vidhi Shah bt Sampada Bhiwandkar 11-4,12-10,10-12, 8-11, 11-5,11-8; Manasi Chiplunkar bt Krisha Agarwal 14-12,11-3,11-9,16-18, 8-11,
Youth boys singles (Round of 32): (1)- Ashwin Subramanium bt Yash Dalvi 11-4,11-4,11-9; Shivam Punjani bt Arhaansh Jhingani 11-4,11-8, 11-6; Tanmay Rao bt Swayan Ibrahampurkar 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-8; Viren Patel bt Sharveya Samant 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5; Chinmaya Somaiya bt Mohit Vaishnav 11-8, 11-9,11-3; Arnav Karnawar bt Maanav Mehta 9-11, 5-11, 12-10,11-3, 11-7; Sagar Kasture bt Shivam Ambre 11-4,11-9,11-9; Sameehan Kulkarni bt Parth Rambhia 11-6,7-11, 11-7, 11-6;Tanmay Rane bt Akshay Rudrawar 11-1,11-3, 11-6; Sanskar Basak bt Krish Jhaveri 11-5, 11-7, 13-11; Shivam Das bt Maruti Kasture 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Ritvik Nagle bt Sasanth Raghvendran 15-13, 11-4, 11-3; Ronit Mirchandani bt Atharva Kurade 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Hrishikesh Malhotra bt Aadil Anand 8-11,11-6, 11-6,13-11; Mandar Chiplunkar bt Kushal Patel 11-7, 11-7,11-6; Parthav Kelkar bt Akshat Jain 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.
CLCOK FOR TODAY- TABLE TENNIS. 2 P.M. ONWARDS – MCF-4-star All Mumbai Ranking tournament, Mandpeshwar Civic Federation, Borivali (West).