Imran Sayyed dropped the first game before rallying to stop Gaurav Sawant to storm into sub-junior boys singles pre-quarter final in the late Pratap Vora All-Mumbai Promotional table tennis tournament, sponsored by JPV Realtors and co-sponsored by HIGH TIDE, and jointly hosted by OZONE Events N Media And Guru Table Tennis Centre at Kandivali Education Society’s Hall At Kandivali here today. Gaurav started well and took the first game , but once Imran found his bearings, he just outplayed his opponent to wrap the tie 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.
Mr Jigar Vora, of JPV Realtors and son of the late Pratap Vora, inaugurating the tournament by playing on a mini table, a couple of strokes with MSDTTA Gen. Secretary Amit Modi
However, the top seed Maanav Shah played in top gear and beatAahan Shah 11-3, 11-4, 11-6. Another impressive winner was Craig D’souza, who was , however, made to fight hard by Pranav Premjit before the former triumphed 11-5, 10-12, 11-4,1-
Results: Sub-jr boys singles (Round of 32): (1) Maanav Shah bt AAhan Shah 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Krish Bhatia bt Javal Shah 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Chaitanya Natu bt Raj Shetye 11-6, 11-3, 11-6; Ronit Mirchandani bt Dev Desai 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Imran Sayyed bt Gaurav Sawant 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Shubham Shinde bt Aditya Anil 11-4,11-4, 11-1; Kunth Shah bt Hemang Kanbir 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Craig D’Souza bt Pranav Premjit 11-5, 10-12, 11-4. 11-8; Shubham Samant bt Druv Narula 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.