Junior Chinmaya Somayia, top seeded in the men’s and junior boys singles and second seed in the youth boys, has made the title rounds in all the three events, while junior girls Diya Chitale and Vidhi Shah have set themselves in line for double crowns in the Khar Gymkhana-5-Star Mumbai Suburban District table tennis championships, here today.
Chinmaya Somaiya
In fact, almost all the juniors excelled on a day when barring Ravindra Kotian, the current state men’s champion, the favourites bit the dust. Ravindra packed off Ritvik Nagle (4-1) , who had upset the second seeded Bhavitvya Shah in the quarterfinals, in a well fought men’s singles tie. Diya Chitale, the current sub-junior national champion, who had knocked out international and top seed Mamta Prabhu in the quarters, downed another junior and third seeded Anannya Basak in a nail-biting women’s singles semifinals. Diya triumphed 4-1. While Vidhi Shah, upset women’s second seeded Aditi Sinha (4-3) in a thrilling tie which went to the wire. Vidhi also made the youth girls singles title, beating Ananya Chandra 4-1.
Vidhi Shah
Results (all Semifinals):
Women’s singles: Vidhi Shah bt (2)- Aditi Sinha 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8; Diya Chitale bt (3)-Anannya Basak 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8.
Men’s singles: Ravindra Kotian bt (7) -Ritvik Nagle 7-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8; (1)- Chinmaya Somaiya bt (5)-Bhavesh Apte 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8.
Youth boys singles : (2)-Chinmaya Somaiya bt (3)-Ritvik Nagle 11-2, 11-1, 11-6, 11-7; (1)-Jignesh Rahatwal bt Ashwin Subramanian 11-9, 11-9, 13-11, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6.
Youth girls singles: (1)- Anannya Basak bt Tia D’Souza 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8; (2)-Vidhi Shah bt Ananya Chande 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11.
Jr boys Singles: (1)- Chinmaya Somaiya bt Aadil Anand 11-3, 3-11, 11-4, 13-11, 11-7. (2)-Ashwin Subramanian bt (3)-Jash Modi11-5, 11-5, 13-11, 11-3.
Jr girls Singles: (2)-Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Risha Mirchandani 11-6, 15-17, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7; (1)-Diya Chitale bt Ananya Chande 9-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6.
Sub-jr girls singles: Ananya Chande bt (2)-Miukta Dalvi 7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10; (1)-Sampada Bhiwandkar bt (4)-Pearl Amalsadiwala 11-5, 11-1, 11-9, 11-8.
Sub-jr boys singles: Aadil Anand bt Havish Asrani 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6; (3)-Jash Modi bt Arnav Karnavar 11-1, 8-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8.
Cadet boys singles: (1)-Akshat Jain bt Dev Hingorany 11-5, 11-8, 11-5; Tanmay Rao bt Sharveya Samant 11-4, 11-8, 11-5. .
Cadet girls singles: (2)-Sana D’Souza bt Shravani Loke 11-8, 4-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4; (1)-Hardee Patel bt Urvi Churi 11-5, 11-6, 11-9.