Kunal Patel put up sizzling display as he rallied brilliantly after trailing 0-2 to turn the tables on third seeded Maanav Shah to storm into the junior boys singles pre-quarterfinals of the MCF-4 Star All -Mumbai ranking tournament, hosted by Mandpeshwar Civic Federation at their sports complex at Borivali here today. Kunal was quite erratic initially and this helped Maanav to jump to 2-0 in quick time. However, Kunal after a peptalk from his coach, tightened his game to run away with a 8-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 scoreline.
Kunal Patel
Kunal Patel stormed into the junior boys singles pre-quarterfinals of the MCF-4 Star All -Mumbai ranking table tennis tournament.
Aadil Anand, the top seeded in the sub-junior singles, had an impressive outing as he notched up two fine straight games wins in both the junior as well as in the sub-junior singles events. Aadil beat Kshitij Chikane 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 in the juniors and routed Parth Dake 11-3. 11-3, 11-3 in the sub-junior singles. Another boy to catch the eye in the junior boys singles was 14-year-old Arnav Karnavar, who is seeded fourth in the sub-junior section. He matched his rival Maruti Kasture stroke for stroke before he triumphed 11-7, 9-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-9 in a ding dong battle.
In the cadet Girls Singles 3rd round match, Sana D’souza lost to top seed Sampada Bhiwandkar 1-3, but she put up a great fight in all the four games played. Though Sana took one game from Sampada, the other three games were stretched to match points.
JR BOYS SINGLES (3rd round): (1)- Ritvik Nagle bt Abhishek Bapat 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Sagar Kasture bt Tanmay Rao 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Sharveya Samant bt Dhruv Jhaveri 11-4, 11-8, 11-6; Dhruv Das bt Arhiaan Jhaveri 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Rihaan Jhaveri bt Aryaman Bhatia 11-4, 11-5,11-8; (4)-Mandar Chiplunkar bt Sudhanshu Sawant 11-7, 11-4, 11-7; Kunal Patel bt (3)- Manaav Shah 8-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Chaitanya Ahuja bt Shiv Desai 11-8, 11-3, 11-9; Aadil Anand bt Kshitij Chikane 11-2, 11-9, 11-5; Parth Rambhia bt Shreyas Sawant 11-8, 11-5,11-4; Mainak Nistala bt Vedant Patil 11-8, 11-7, 11-1; Arnav Karnavar bt Maruti Kasture 11-7, 9-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-9; Kushal Patel bt Aadit Tibrewala 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; (2)-Atharava Kurade bt Jay Ghorpade 11-6. 11-3, 7-11, 11-8.
SUB-JR BOYS SINGLES: (1)- Aadil Anand bt Parth Dake 11-3. 11-3, 11-3; Krish Shetty bt Harshavardhan Datye 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-4; Rihaan Jhaveri by Harsh Bohra 11-4, 11-8, 11-7; Om Chopade bt Krish Mehta 11-5, 12-10, 11-5; Mainak Nistala bt Vishnu Ajit 12-10, 12-10, 11-3; Dhruv Iyer bt Krish Tanapure 11-5, 11-2, 10-12, 11-5; Akshat Jain bt Harsh Vardhaan Kumar 11-3, 11-4, 11-7; (4)- Arnavar Karnavar bt Aryan Dave 11-8, 11-8, 11-1; (3)-Dhruv Das bt Shreyas Sawant 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Shraveya Samant bt Tanmay Rao 12-10, 11-8, 12-10; Dev Hingorany bht Neev Kapadia 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; Kushal Patel bt Kshitij Chikane 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4; Sagar Kasture bt Pawan Kamath 11-3, 11-0, 11-8; Aadit Tibrewala bt Vivaan Mohile 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6; Kunal Patel bt Chaitanya Ahuja 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; (2)-Sameehan Kulkarni bt Soham Mate 11-7, 11-5, 11-6.