Bespectacled Arnav Karnavar played with controlled aggression as he upset eighth seeded Akshat Jain, on way to junior boys singles quarterfinals in the All India Balkan-Ji-Bari Dilip Sampat Memorial 5-Star Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships, here today. After winning the first game with ease, Arnav saw Akshat winning the next two games. Trailing 1-2, Arnav, however, showed better control to wrap up the tie by winning the last two games to romp home with a 11-5, 4-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8.
Arnav Karnavar
In another interesting tie, top seeded Shivam Das dropped a game before he settled the pretensions of aggressive but erratic Swayam Ibrahampurkar 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6 to join Arnav in last eight.
Results:
Jr boys singles (Pre-quarterfinals): (1)- Shivam Das bt Swayam Ibrahampurkr 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6; Arnav Karnavar bt Akshat Jain 11-5, 4-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8; Sagar Kasture bt Vineet Deepak 11-4, 6-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5; Ritvik Nagle bt Dev Jhaveri 11-6, 11-3, `1`-7;l Rajveer Shah bt Kunal Patel 11-8, 11-2, 11-2; Mainak Nistala bt Kshitij Chikane 13-11, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11`-56; Ronit Mirchandani bt Sanaskar Basak 12-10, 5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6; aadil Anand bt Harshil Badlani 11-1, 11-1, 11-7.
Sub-jr boys singles (Pre-quarterfinals): (1)- Rajveer Shah bt Iheet Kadam 11-5, 11-3, 11-5; Santosh Kolapte bt Dharya Ved 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3; Sanskar Basak bt Dev Jhaveri 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Vineet Deepak bt Dhyaan Partekh 11-5, 11-3, 11-3; Sharveya Samant bt Kalhit Shah 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Kunal Patel bt Pradyuman Shenoy 11-7, 12-10, 11-8; Mainak Nistala bt Soham Mate 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Kushal Patel bt Veer Kanekia 11-5, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Dhruv Shah bt Arnav Kshirsagar 11-8, 12-14, 11-7, 13-11; Kshitj Chikane bt Merwyn Patel 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5; Akshat Jain bt Sutirtha Chakraborty 11-5 , 11-5, 11-5;.l Dev Hingorany bt Tanmay Rao 11-3, 11-9, 11-8; (2)- Aadil Anand bt Sairaj Jamdobe 11-1, 11-4, 11-5.