The duo of Manav Mehta and Dev Shroff helped Jamnabai School to a 3-0 victory over Margaret (S.N) English School, North Bengal in the Junior Boys Final of the 11even Sports Inter-School National TT Championships played at the Abhay Prashal Sports Club, Indore on Friday.
The team of Jamnabai School posing with their trophy after winning in the Junior boys category of the 11even Sports Inter School Table Tennis National championships.
India No. 30 Manav Mehta played brilliantly to beat his opponent Jayabrata Bhattacharjee, who is currently ranked 6th in India. Both the teams had been very consistent with their performances throughout the tournament but in the end it proved to be a one-sided affair as Jamnabai Narsee dominated their opponents to win the final 3-0. Jamnabai never dropped a set coming into the finals. Dev Shroff set the tone for the match by winning the opening game, which eased the pressure on the team and thereafter the duo won both individually and in pairs as to win the Trophy
“We had a very good tournament till the finals that that gave us some confidence going into the finals. I was very nervous playing against Jayabrata who is India no 6. My only focus was to apply the techniques that I had learnt in the practice session and do what I do best and luckily it worked in my favor today. Beating him is a very big achievement for me. It’s a privilege to get a trophy for Maharashtra,“ said Manav Mehta .
The Senior team could not replicate the performance of the Juniors as they lost to Mayur School (RAJ) 0-3-0 in the final.
In the junior boys semi-finals, Jamnabhai outplayed MAPS Ajmer (RAJ) 3-0.
Results (finals):
Junior Boys: Jamnabai School (MHR) bt Margaret (S.N) English School (NB) 3-0 ( Dev Shroff bt Raunak Tiwari 13-11, 11-03, 11-08 ; Manav Mehta bt Jayabrata Bhattacharjee 11-09, 11-07, 11-07 ; Dev/ Manav bt Raunak/ Jayabrata 11-09, 11-07, 11-07 )
Senior Boys: Mayur School Ajmer (RAJ) bt Jamnabai School (MAH) 3-0 ( Anukaram Jain bt Shourya Pednekar 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-9; Manav Thakkar bt Varun Seth 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 ; Manav /Aunkaram bt Shourya /Yajat 11-7, 11-7, 12-10)
Junior Girls: (Jermels Academy (NB) bt Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya (KNT) 3-2 (Anargya M bt Rishita Nandi 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 ; Sataparni De bt Yogeshwari T 12-10, 11-4, 11-4; Sataparni/ Rishita bt Anargya/Yogeshwari T 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 14-12; Anargya M bt Sataparni De 11-9, 11-6, 11-4; Rishita Nandi bt Yogeshwari T 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 )
Senior Girls: St. Xaviers Secondary School bt Siliguri Girls High School 3-1 ( Priyanka Pareek bt Diksha Biswas 11-8, 11-8, 11-1 ; Nikita Sarkar bt Chhavi Singh 11-9, 12-10 , 11-8 ; Priyanka /Chavvi bt Diksha Biswas/Nikita Sarkar 11-9, 9-11 11-9, 14-12 ; Priyanka Pareek bt Nikita Sarkar 11-7, 11-8 , 12-10)