MTC Royals and Supreme Fighters, both registered their second successive victories in Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ league matches respectively in the 2nd edition of the iProspect-Mumbai Super League (MSL) Table Tennis Championship organized by 11Even Sports and played at the NSCI on Friday.
Producing another good all-round performance MTC Royals did well to hold back a strong challenge from Century Warriors before going on to clinch a close 5-4 win in the 9-game encounter. This was the second win for Royals who had defeated The TopSpinner 7-2 in the first outing on Thursday evening.
Supreme Fighters who had prevailed over Phantom Stars 7-2 in the opening Group ‘B’ encounter, maintained their winning momentum and managed to overcome King Pong by 5 games to 4 in the best-of-9-game affair.
Aditi Sinha
Meanwhile, Divya Deshpande, Aditi Sinha and Ashwin Subramanian, all came up with winning performances to guide Phantom Stars to their maiden win, as they got the better of Kool Smashers by a narrow 5-4 margin in a Group ‘B’ encounter. Divya defeated Ruchira Manerkar 3-1 in the women’s singles and then teamed up with Jignesh Rahatwal to win the mixed doubles game against Sanil Shetty and Ruchira Manerkar also by a 3-1 verdict. Aditi along with Ashwin Subramanian won the junior girls and boys’ mixed doubles tie against Tanmay Rane and Krisha Agarwal 3-1 and then easily beat Krisha Agarwal 3-0 in the junior girls’ singles match. In the final game, Ashwin put it across Tanmay Rane in four games winning the junior boys singles game at 3-1.
At the end of three rounds, late evening MTC Royals with 180 points occupy the top position in Group ‘A’, while Kool Smashers with 150 points are placed atop the Group ‘B’.
Results –
Group – A: MTC Royals beat Century Warriors 5-4 (Prakash Kelkar bt Sameer Bhate 2-11, 11-9, 16-14, 12-10 – Vetern singles; Noel Pinto bt Eric Fernandes 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 – Men singles; Madhurika Patkar bt Senhora D’Souza 2-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-7 – Women singles; Parthav Kelkar/Pranjal Shinde lost to Shubham Ambre/VidhiDhoot 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11 – Jr. Boys/Jr. Girls mixed doubles; Jash Modi bt Vedant Patil 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 – Cadet singles; Noel Pinto/Madhurika Patkar lost to Eric Fernandes/Senhora D’Souza 8-11, 11-1, 8-11, 11-9, 11-13 – Mem/Women mixed doubles; Pranjal Shinde lost to Vidhi Dhoot 10-12, 6-11, 9-11 – Jr. Girls singles; Prakash Kelkar/Noel Pinto bt Sameer Bhate/ Eric Fernandes 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 – Veteran/Men doubles; Parthav Kelkar lost to Shubham Ambre 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 4-11 – Jr. Boys singles).
Group – A: ACE beat The Topspinners 5-4 (Suhas Kulkarni bt Rajesh Mudam 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-4 – VS; Omkar Torgalkar bt Nishant Kulkarni 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 – MS; Aslesha Trehan lost to Shweta Parte 10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11 – WS; Shivam Das/Manasi Chiplunkar lost Dev Shroff/Dyuti Patki 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11 – JB/JG MD; Kushal Patel bt Sahaj Singh 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 – CS; Omkar Torgalkar/Ashlesha Trehan bt Nishant Kulkarni/Shweta Parte 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9 – M/W MD; Manasi Chiplunkar bt Dyuti Patki 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5 – JGS; Suhas Kulkarni/Omkar Torgalkar lost to Rajesh Mudam/Nishant Kulkarni 6-11, 11-4, 11-13, 8-11 – V/M D; Shivam Das lost to Dev Shroff 11-8, 7-11, 13-15, 4-11 – JBS).
Group – B: Phantom Stars beat Kool Smashers 5-4 (Yogesh Desai lost to Kiran Salian 4-11, 11-8, 5-11, 9-11 – VS; Jignesh Rahatwal lost to Sanil Shetty 3-11, 4-11, 2-11 – MS; Divya Deshpande bt Ruchira Manerkar 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-9 – WS; Ashwin Subramanian/Aditi Sinha bt Tanmay Rane/Krisha Agarwal 11-8, 11-7, 2-11, 11-3 –JB/JG MD; Vivaan Mohile lost to Havish Asrani 6-11, 6-11, 5-11 – CS; Jignesh Rahatwal/Divya Deshpande bt Sanil Shetty/Ruchira Manerkar 11-3, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 – M/W MD; Aditi Sinha bt Krisha Agarwal 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 – JGS; Yogesh Desai/Jignesh Rahatwal lost to Kiran Salian Sanil Shetty 9-11, 3-11, 5-11 – V/M D; Ashwin Subramanian bt Tanmay Rane 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-3 – JBS).
Group – B: Supreme Fighters beat King Pong 5-4 (Harish Shirsat bt Rajesh Singh 11-9, 8-11, 19-17, 11-13, 13-11 – VS; Ravindra Kotiyan bt Niloy Basak 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 – MS; Mrunmayee Mhatre lost to Priti Mokashi 5-11, 7-11, 10-12 – WS; Hrishikesh Malhotra/Manushree Patil lost to Mudit Dani/Mihika Rohira 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 8-11 – JB/JG MD; T.K. Srikant bt Krish Shetty 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 – CS; Ravindra Kotiyan/Mrunmayee Mhatre lost to Niloy Basak/Priti Mokashi 11-6, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11 – M/W MD; Manushree Patil bt Mihika Rohira 10-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 – JGS; Harish Shirsat/Ravindra Kotiyan bt Rajesh Singh/Niloy Basak 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 – V/M D; Hrishikesh Malhotra lost to Mudit Dani 11-2, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11 – JBS).
Latest Points position (after round 3 ): (10 points for every game won)
Group ‘A’: 1). MTC Royals – 180 points; 2). Ace 120; 3) Century Warriors & High Tide – 90 each; 4) The High Tide – 60.
Group ‘B’: (1) Kool Smashers – 150 Points; (2) Supreme Fighters – 120; ( 3) Phantom Stars – 110; (4) King Pong – & Blazing Bashers – 80 each