VASIND (Thane):Local girl Poonam Yadav caused the day’s biggest upset when she stunned top seeded Tiya Wagh 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 11- 8 in the sub-junior girls quarterfinals of the 3rd JSW- Thane Table Tennis ranking tournament, organized by Jindal Sports Academy at their sports training centre,at Vasind here today.
Poonam Yadav caused the day’s biggest upset when she stunned top seeded Tiya Wagh in the sub-junior girls quarterfinals of the 3rd JSW- Thane Table Tennis ranking tournament.
However, the sub-junior top seed Tiya latter redeemed herself when she knocked out third seeded Shrawani Sawant in a thrilling junior girls singles quarterfinals. Tiya after leading 3-2, saw Shrawani fighting back to make it 3-all, but in the decider Tiya was at her best again as she ran away with a 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 6-11, 10-12,11-6 scoreline.
State ranked Yugandh Zende, the top seeded in the youth boys, survived some tense moments before he quelled the spirited challenge of eighth seeded Advait Karmalkar, as he rallied from 2-3 to turn the tables to romp home with a 11-9,11-9,7-11,8-11,9-11,11-7,11-9 win. However, Monish Goregaonkar, seeded sixth sent third seeded Siddhesh Sawant packing after triling 1-3 to upset higher ranked Siddesh 8-11,7-11,11-3,11-9,11-2,11-6.
Results: Youth boys singles (Quarterfinals): Yugandh Zende (1) bt Advait Karmalkar (8) 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 9-11,11-7,11-9; Balram Jena bt Jitendra Yadav 11-8,9-11,11-9,9-11,11-8,9-11,11-9;Dinesh Patel bt Sahil Joshi 11-7,11-6,5-11,11-6,11-2; Jash Dalvi (2) bt Ranjit Sahani 9-11,11-5,11-5,11-9,11-4.
Jr boys singles (Quarter finals): Jitendra Yadav (1) bt Sharman Dedhia 11-7,11-2,11-3,11-4; Sahil Joshi (4) bt Dinesh Patel (5) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7,11-4; Monish Goregaonkar (6) bt Siddhesh Sawant (3) 8-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9,11-2,11-6; Advait Karmalkar (2) bt Prathamesh Parkar (7) 11-6,9-11,13-11,11-9,11-7.
Jr girls singles (Quarterfinals): Arya Songadkar (1) bt Isha Chavan 11-5, 11-3, 8-11,12-10,7-11,11-7; Meghana Karandikar (4) bt Arpita Joshi 11-2,5-11,11-13,11-8,11-7; Tiya Wagh bt Shrawani Sawant (3) 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10,6-11,10-12,11-6; Bhavika Moolrajani (2) bt Sachi Dalvi 11-6,11-9,11-8,11-4.
Sub-jr girls singles (Quarter finals): Poonam Yadav (8) bt Tiya Wagh (1) 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8; Isha Chavan bt Bhavika Moolrajani (4) 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4; Arya Songadkar (3) bt Sachi Dalvi (6) 11-3, 11-9, 11-3;Shrawani Sawant(2) bt Meghana Karandikar (7) 11-9, 11-8, 11-4.