The Suburban Table Tennis Association ( TSTTA) paddlers from Mumbai continued with their splendid winning performances as Jash Modi and Ravindra Kotiyan claimed the Boy’s under-19 and Men’s singles crowns respectively in the RYP-Dr. Ramesh Yashwant Prabhoo Memorial 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2021-2022, conducted by TSTTA under the auspices of the MSTTA and played at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle late Tuesday evening.
Photo caption: Jash Modi (left) and Ravindra Kotiyan, both of TSTTA, Mumbai, claimed the Boy’s under-19 singles and Men’s singles crowns respectively in the RYP-Dr. Ramesh Yashwant Prabhoo Memorial 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2021-2022.
Players from the hosts association TSTTA, won a creditable three of the four gold medals on offer on the concluding day. Arnav Karnavar had earlier won the boys’ under-21 title.
The top-seeded Jash of TSTTA, Mumbai, who had lost to Pune’s Neil Mulye in the under-17 final, produced a much improved display against teammate and sixth seed Arnav Karnavar in the under-19 title clash. Jash quickly put behind the earlier setback, and played confidently and also cut down on the errors which helped him seal an 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11 and 11-8 victory to pick up the gold medal.
Later, 14th seed Ravindra rallied to prevail over Pune’s 13-seed Zubin Taraporewala 4-2 to bag the Men’s singles gold. Home challenger Ravindra made a shaky start and lost the first and third games to trail 1-2. But, he made a determined comeback and went on to win three successive games to complete a deserving 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 and 11-3 win to secure TSTTA’s third success of the night.
Earlier, in the under-19 penultimate round, Jash underlined his supremacy over Anish Sontakke and smoothly sailed to a 11-5, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11 and 11-8 success to set up a summit clash with teammate Arnav Karnavar who defeated Nashik’s Kushal Chopda 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8 and 14-12 in the second semi-final.
Results – Boys’ under-19 – Quarter-finals: 1-Jash Modi (TSTTA) beat 9-Udit Sachdev (THN) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9;
13-Anish Sontakke (KOL) beat 12-Sharveya Samant (MSD) 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9;
6-Arnav Karnavar (TSTTA) beat 3-Aashay Yadav (THN) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6;
2-Kushal Chopda (NSK) beat 7-Aadi Chitnis (NGP) 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9;
Semi-finals: 1-Jash Modi (TSTTA) beat 13-Anish Sontakke (KOL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8;
6-Arnav Karnavar (TSTTA) beat 2-Kushal Chopda (NSK) 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8, 14-12.
Finals: 1-Jash Modi (TSTTA) beat 6-Arnav Karnavar (TSTTA) 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8.
Men’s – Quarter-finals: 9-Parthav Kelkar (MCD) beat 1-Rajat Kadam (PNA) 12-10, 11-8, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6;
13-Zubin Taraporewala (THN) beat 5-Tanmay Rane (MCD) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-2;
14-Ravindra Kotiyan (TSTTA) beat 11-Omkar Torgalkar (TSTTA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6;
2- Jash Modi (TSTTA) beat 7-Viren Patel (NSK) 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.
Semi-finals: 13-Zubin Taraporewala beat 9-Parthav Kelkar 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4;
14-Ravindra Kotiyan beat 2-Jash Modi 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4;
Finals: Ravindra Kotiyan beat Zubin Taraporewala 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3.