Junior Sagar Kasture, with an unorthodox grip (almost like Japanese penholder style), caused a flutter when he knocked out second seeded Aadil Anand in an action-packed sub-junior boys singles quarterfinals 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7 in the All India Balkan-Ji-Bari Dilip Sampat Memorial 5-Star Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships, here today.
Junior Sagar Kasture, (with penholder grip), knocked out second seeded Aadil Anand in sub-junior boys singles quarterfinals in the All India Balkan-Ji-Bari Dilip Sampat Memorial 5-Star Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships.
The boy, not yet 15 even, coached at JLTTA, packed a lot of variation with his grip, which time and again often wrong-footed his much higher ranked opponent. From 2-0 up, Sagar thereafter became a tad erratic, resulting in Anand fighting back to take the tie to the wire. But in the end, it was Sagar, who had a last laugh as he ran away with the decider with ease.
Another junior Ritvik Nagle, stopped the comeback bid of former champion lanky bespecacled Aditya Managaonkar with a flurry of hard-hitting smashes to storm into men’s singles quarterfinals with a 4-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 win.
Results:
Men’s singles (Quarterfinals): Shivam Das bt Jignesh Rahatwal 12-10, 11-8, 13-11, 11-9; Ravindra Kotiyan bt Viren Patel 11-8, 14-12, 4-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6; Ashwin Subramanian bt Ritvik Nagle 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6; Bhavesh Patel bt Havish Asrani 11-8, 11-8, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8. (Pre-quarterfinals): Jignesh Rahatwal bt Shivam Punjani 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; Shivm Das bt Siddharth Shah 11-1, 11-5, 11-3; Viren Patel bt Swayam Ibrampurkar 11-4, 11-8, 6-11, 12-14, 11-7; Ravindra Kotiyan bt Arnav Karnavar 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Ritvik Nagle bt Aditya Mahagaonkar 4-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8; Havish Asrani bt Suhas Rane 11-9, 11-8, 12-10; Bhavesh Patel bt Vignesh Subramanyam 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.
Youth girls singles (Quarterfinals): (1)-Anannya Basak bt Shravani Loke 11-5, 11-4, 11-2, 11-7; Ananya Chande bt Mahek Narnolia 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Pearl Amalsadiwala bt Sana D’Souza 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 6-11, 11-9, 1`2-10; Risha Mirchandani bt Siya Hingorany 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5.
Jr boys singles (Quarterfinals): (1)- Shivam Das bt Arnav Karnavar 5-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4; Ritvik Nagle bt Sagar Kasture 11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9, 11-3; Rajveer Shah bt Mainak Nistalia 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8;
Jr girls singles (Quarterfinals): Risha Mirchandani bt Mahek Narnolia 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-1; Mukta Dalvi bt Ananya Chande7-11, 14-12, 13-15, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; Pearl Amalsadiwala bt Sana D’Souza 13-11, 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7; Hardee Patel bt Bhoomi Pirale 11-5, 8-1`1, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6.
Sub-jr boys singles (Quarterfinals): (1)- Rajveer Shah bt Sanskar Basak 11-3, 11-4, 12-14, 11-8; Mainak Nistalia bt Sharveya Samant 11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9; Sagar Kasture bt (2)- Aaadil Anand 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7; Akshat Jain bt Dhruv Shah 11-7 , 11-9,11-9.