The final day of the TSTTA- JVPG District table tennis championship witnessed some big upsets starting with the Men’s Finals. Actually, Regan Albuquerque was the favourite to win the men’s title. However, his younger opponent Sharveya Samant had other plans. Sharveya looked in sublime form and gave a tough time to more experienced Regan. Sharveya clinched the Men’s Title in the deciding game, with a score line of 4-3.
The final day also witnessed Double and Triple Crowns. Param Bhiwandkar, Ananya Chade, Dhruv Shah won for themselves double crowns but the real star of the tournament who won her First Triple Crown was Myraa Sangelkar.
Ananya Chade won her Double Crown with the Girls under 19 and Women’s Title. She defeated Urvi Churi in the under 19 girls and Mukta Dalvi in the women’s category respectively. Surprisingly Urvi Churi got the better of Mukta Dalvi in the girls under 19 category in the semifinals.
The Winners – From L to R : Param Bhiwandkar , Myraa Sangelkar, Vedika Jaiswal, Vivyan Gada, Ananya Chande, Dhruv Shah & Sharveya Samant with JVPD & TSTTA officials behind them.
It was a roller coaster ride for Niva Chaughule. In the girls under 17 Category she defeated the title favorite Urvi Churi and surprised everyone. Niva played her best performance against Urvi and loooked in control of the match before winning it 3-2. On the other hand Niva Chaughule who was the favorite to win the title against Myraa Sangelkar in the under 17 girls lost to her 2-3. Myraa Sangelkar beat Niva Chaughule in the under 15 girls category too, to win her triple crown. Earlier, she won her under 13 title against Sara Ramiya 3-0.
Param Bhiwandkar won his first title in the under 13 boys category, by defeating Moksh Shahri and went on to beat the top seed player and the favorite Zihan Beddingwala in the under 15 boys category.
Dhruv Shah won his under 17 title, when stopped the winning run of Akanksh Sahoo with a score line of 3-1. Dhruv Shah was to play Sharveya Samant in the finals of under 19 boys singles; however, Sharveya had to concede the finals, as he was not fit to play and that’s how Dhruv got his double crown.
Earlier, Sampada Bhiwandkar also conceded her Women’s Semi final match against Mukta Dalvi due to fitness issues.
Vedika Jaiswal and Vivyan Gada were the title winners in the girls and boys under 11 category, respectively.
This tournament saw the rise of Akansh Sahoo who gave almost all the players a run for their money. A defensive player who struggles playing in tournament because of space issues, at the JVPG club he looked in super form as he had the perfect setup to go way behind the table and play his defensive best.
The best part of the tournament was maintaining the time schedule. On all four days, the playing schedule was well before time and the Match officials and the TSTTA managing committee ensured that there were no delays.
Overall, the TSTTA DISTRICT TT CHAMPIONSHIP was a grand success with the support of the JVPG Club and their committee members. Special thanks to Sachin D’Souza as a co-ordinator during the matches and also for providing all the details of the mactes played, on all four days.