Top seed Senhora D’Souza of Dena Bank and second seed Shweta Parte of RBI , both stormed into the semi-finals of the Women singles event of the Malabar Hill Club 5-Star Mumbai City District TT Championship 2018, conducted under the auspices of the MCDTTA and played at the Malabar Hill Club.
Senohra D’Souza
In quarter-final encounters, Senhora faced little opposition from Nandini Sawant and coasted to a facile 11-2, 11-1, 11-4 victory, while Shweta also stamped her authority with a straight games 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 win against Krisha Agarwal.
Shweta Parte
In other quarter-final encounters, Misbah Sumer prevailed over Hiya Doshi by a 11-3, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10 scoreline and Mansi Chiplunkar comfortably defeated Riya Suryavanshi 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, to also advance to the semi-finals.
In men’s singles pre-quarter-final matches, top seed Tanmay Rane dropped one game en route to a fluent 11-7. 7-11, 11-8 and 11-7 win against bt Dhruv Jhaveri. Second seed Parthav Kelkar had a much easier outing as he tamed Parth Ghogare, winning staright games at 11-4, 11-6, 11-2.
Results – Women singles (quarter-finals): 1-Senhora D’Souza bt Nandini Sawant 11-2, 11-1, 11-4; Misbah Sumer bt Hiya Doshi 11-3, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10; Mansi Chiplunkar bt Riya Suryavanshi 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; 2-Shweta Parte bt Krisha Agarwal 11-1, 11-2, 11-3.
Men singles (Pre-quarter-finals): 1-Tanmay Rane bt Dhruv Jhaveri 11-7. 7-11, 11-8, 11-7; Percy Mehta bt Abhay Khandar 11-4, 11-2, 11-9; Sameehan Kulkarni bt Rajnish Khatvkar 11-7, 11-4, 14-12; Mustafa Manager bt Raj Jhaveri 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5; 3-Harish Shirsat bt Sharan Lekhi 11-5, 11-5, 11-9; Chand Patel bt Om Lotlikar 11-6, 11-9, 11-6; Shubham Ambre bt Yash Doshi 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; 2-Parthav Kelkar bt Parth Ghogare 11-4, 11-6, 11-2.
Junior Boys singles (Round-2): 2-Dhruv Das bt Aarav Jain 11-6, 11-6, 13-11; Aditya Anil bt Aarush Sanghvi 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9; Dhruv Jhaveri bt Arjun Shah 11-5, 13-11, 13-15, 11-5; Vedant Patil bt Shreyas Sawant 11-9, 11-7, 15-13; Om Chopde bt Deewansh Choksi 12-14, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Dnyanesh Sawant bt Siddharth Shah 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11; Dwij Shah bt Krish Kirpalani 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6; Diyaan Shah bt 4-Rhiaan Jhaveri 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 13-11; 3-Mandar Chiplunkar bt Rayan Kotecha 11-1, 11-8, 11-6; Daiwik Shah bt Vatsau Roongta 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Ruhaan Agarwal bt Vir Jehil Thakkar 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Chaitanya Ahuja bt Arnav Gupta 11-4, 11-8, 11-4; Vedant Agarwal Shivam Ambre 11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 6-11, 11-5; Shiv Desai bt Sahil Patil 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9; 2-Atharva Kurade bt Shlok Janawalekar 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7.
Youth Boys (Round-2): Parthav Kelkar bt Jay Mistry 11-2, 11-4, 11-8; Shivam Ambre bt Amey Thorat 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10; Sameehan Kulkarni bt Ruhaan Agarwal 11-9, 11-7, 11-2; Atharva Kurade bt Vatsau Roongta 11-4, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9; Tanmay Rane bt Sahil Patil 11-5, 11-3, 11-6; Mandar Chiplunkar bt Aditya Anil 11-4, 11-5, 11-6; Krish Jhaveri bt Parth Ghaghare 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8; Shubham Ambre bt Karan Bhanuse 11-1, 11-2, 11-8.
Sub-Junior Boys singles (Round-3): 1-Sameehan Kulkarni bt Aarush Sanghvi 11-5, 11-8, 12-10; Shreyas Sawant bt Aarav Sanghvi 11-5, 11-2, 11-9; Chaitanya Ahuja bt Dayanesh Sawant 11-3, 11-4, 17-15; 4-Rihan Jhaveri bt Daiwik Shah 11-1, 11-7, 11-7; 3-Om Chorde bt Diyaan Shah 11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7; Siddharth Shah bt Deevansh Chokshi 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Aaryan Singhania bt Yashas Todi 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-5; 2-Dhruv Das bt Vedant Patil 11-7, 10-12, 11-6, 12-10.