Indore, October 1:
Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh, both from Maharashtra eased their way into the last eight round of the sub-junior girls’ singles event in the 11Even Sports National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium.
Diya Chitale
In pre-quarter-final encounters, Diya Chitale put up steady display and except for a bit of resistance from West Bengal’s Poymantee Baisya, the Maharashtra lass cruised to a 3-0 (11-7, 15-13, 11-5) victory. In contrast, Swastika was aggressive from the start and tamed Delhi’s Anubha Bajaj posting a fluent 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4) win and a passage to the quarter-finals.
Swastika Ghosh
Meanwhile, Goan paddler Tanisi Kirtani exhibited plenty of determination and tremendous fighting qualities as she came from behind to overcome Nikita Sarkar of North Bengal 3-2. Tanisi lost the opening two games rather tamely, but bounced back strongly and managed to closely win the next three games to complete a satisfying 6-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9 verdict and to book a berth in the quarter-finals.
In cadet boys’ singles last 16 matches, Maharashtra’s Jash Modi and Shantesh Mapsekar of Goa scored contrasting win to advance to the quarter-finals. Jash rallied from the loss of the first two games to put it across Arnav Aggarwal of Chandigarh 3-2 (9-11, 4-11, 16-14, 11-2, 11-3), while Shantesh had a much relaxed outing defeating Punjab’s Suhan Gulati 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6).
Results – Cadet girls’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Lakshita Narang (Del) bt Reedhi Bhaskar (UP) 3-0 11-5, 11-9, 11-7); Pritha Vartikar (Mah) bt Suriya Venkatasamy (TN) 3-1 (14-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5); Prithoki Chakraborthi (WB) bt Shruti Tejaswi (TN) 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7); Suhana Saini (Har) bt Mannika Kesar (Del) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-2); Kavyasree Baskar (TN) bt Arya Songadkar (Mah) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6); Sucheta Prosad (WB) bt S. Gayatri (Del) 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-8); Cathrin Tina Dass (TN) bt Sampada Bhiwandkar (Mah) 3-1 (6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6); Ambika Gupta (UP) bt Oshiki Joardar (WB) 3-0 11-5, 11-3, 11-6).
Cadet boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Preyesh Raj (TN) bt Aakash Gowda (Ktk) 3-0 (14-12, 11-3, 14-12); Harsh Patel (Guj) bt Rajveer Shah (Mah-A) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-5); Nagesh Verenker (Goa) bt Khelendrajit Yengkhom (PSPB) 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7); Tharun Shanmugam (TN) bt Arup Saha (WB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-1, 12-10); Sujan Bharadwaj (Ktk) bt Tejas Narang (Del) 3-1 (11-3, 12-14, 11-7, 11-3); Jash Modi (Mah) bt Arnav Aggarwal (Chd) 3-2 (9-11, 4-11, 16-14, 11-2, 11-3); Shantesh Mapsekar (Goa) bt Suhan Gulati (Pun) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6); Narayan Ghosh (WB) bt P.V. Srikanth Kashyap 3-1 (9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6).
Sub-junior girls’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Anusha Kutumbale (MP) bt Sataporni De (NB) 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-4); Swastika Ghosh (Mah) bt Anubha Bajaj (Del) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4); Sharn Srinivasan (TN) bt Kajol Ramjali 3-0 (13-11, 11-9, 11-7); Diya Chitale (Mah) bt Poymantee Baisya (WB) 3-0 (11-7, 15-13, 11-5); Tanisi Kirtani (Goa) bt Nikita Sarkar (NB) 3-2 (6-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9); Tisha Kohli (Del) bt Koushik Dasgupta (WB) 3-2 (11-2, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9); Vaishnavi Vijaya Kumar (TN) bt Trisha Gogoi (Asm) 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11, 11-5); Vanshika Bhargava (Del) bt Ayushi Ghia (Telg) 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-2).