Junior Aditi Sinha put up fine display while scoring an upset win over seasoned Shalmali Mhatre to storm into women’s singles quarterfinals of the Mumbai Suburba District Table Tennis Tournament held at Khar Gymkhana here today. With good blend of defence and controlled aggression Aditi prevailed at 11-9, 3-11,13-11, 11-9,11-7.
Ashlesha Trehan, who is top seeded in both the youth and women’s singles, was at her best, while beating lanky Siddhi Kolekar 11-6, 11-8, 11-3,11-4 in the youth girls quarterfinals. Another impressive winner was bespectacled Shrusti Haleangadi, who had to bring out her best while putting out Shruti Talnikar 11-8, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4.
Results: Women’s singles (Pre-quarterfinals): Nirja More bt Siddhi Kolekar 11-3,11-3,11-5,11-8; Aditi Sinha bt Shalmali Mhatre 11-9, 3-11,13-11, 11-9,11-7; Shrusti Haleangadi bt Shruti Talnikar 11-8, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4.
Youth girls singles (Quarterfinals): Ashlesha Trehan bt Siddhi Kolekar 11-6, 11-8, 11-3,11-4; Shrusti Haleangadi bt Pranjal Shinde 11-6,11-2,11-3, 11-5;Aditi Sinha bt Avril Saldanha 11-5, 11-9, 11-2.1-7; Vidhi Dhoot bt Mahek Narnolia 11-2,11-5,11-3, 11-8.
Youth boys singles (Pre-quarterfinals): Shivam Das bt Jyot Vora 11-4,11-6, 11-8,11-4; Reagan Albuquerque bt Shivam Punjabi 11-6,11-8,11-6, 11-5;Viren Patel bt Mukund Jain 11-8, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Jignesh Rahatwal bt Veeras Satra 4-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7.
CLOCK FOR TODAY
Table tennis – 4 p.m.onwards-Mumbai suburban Dist Championships, Khar Gymkhana.