State No 1 junior Shaurya Pednekar went through some tense moments as his rival Soham Rane put up spirited fight before the top seed was through with11-6,11-4,11-8,8-11,11-6 win to storm into youth boys singles semifinals of the opener – the MCF -All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, hosted by Mandpeshwar Civil Federation at their Sports Complex at here today.
Shaurya Pednekar
However,the heroics of tiny built Maanav Mehta stole the show as he outwitted fancied Ashwin Subramanium in an action-packed tie to prevail at 10-12,15-13, 11-5, 10-12,11-8,6-11,11-6 to join Shaurya in the last four. While third seeded Jignesh Rahatwal overcame some early jitters before beating Tanmay Rane 6-11, 11-5,11-4,11-7,7-11,11-4.
Maanav Mehta
Hosts mercurial Akshay Gogari down 1-2 fought back to down Dijang Kamson 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7in the men’s singles round of 32. Another impressive winner was handicapped lefthander Om Lotlikar, who uses his bat-hand hand while serving, outplayed Rajat Patel in straight games.
Om Lotlikar
Results:
Youth boys singles (Quarterfinals):( 1) Shaurya Pednekar bt Soham Rane 11-6,11-4,11-8,8-11,11-6;Maanav Mehta bt Ashwin Subramaniam 10-12,15-13, 11-5, 10-12,11-8,6-11,11-6; Hrishikesh Malhotra bt Parthav Kelkar 11-7, 11-9,11-3, 8-11, 12-10; Jignesh Rahatwal bt Tanmay Rane 6-11, 11-5,11-4,11-7,7-11,11-4.
Men’singles ( 3rd round): (1) Mandar Hardikar bt Aneesh Valaskar 11-5, 11-5, 11-5,; Aditya Dhakappa bt Shyam Bhanushali 11-4, 11-3, 11-8; Om Loitlikar bt Rajat Patel 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Akshay Gogari bt Dijang Kamson 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7; Ashwin S bt Anirudh Vaidya 121-7, 11-3, 11-4; Abhilesh Mohan bt Chaitanyta Thorat 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8; Parthav Kelkar bt Jitu Mavani 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Shaurya Pednekar bt Yogesh Desai 11-8, 9-11,m 11-5, 11-6; Vishal Yadav bt Avhut Narvekar 11-6, 11-7, 12-10.
Jr boys singles (Pre-quarterfinals): (1)- Shaurya Pednekar bt Varun Sheth 11-4, 11-8, 11-8; Aditya Shinde bt Asmit Dad 11-4,11-6,11-7; Ritvik Nagle bt Vihaan Dharia 11-6, 13-11, 11-8; Maanav Shah bt Mandar Chiplunkar 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; Dev Shroff bt Amey Thorat 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Dhruv Jhaveri bt Rajveer Shah 11-9, 2-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5;Jash Jobalia bt Jash Modi 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7; Tanmay Rane bt Dev Mashruvala 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Shivam Das bt Shivam Jhunjhunwala 11-3, 11-6, 11-6;Parth Rambhia bt Shubham Shinde 11-8, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6; Atharva Kurade bt Samneehan Kulkarni 11-3, 15-13, 11-3; Hrishikesh Malhotra bt Dhruv Das 9-11, 11-6, 1`2-10, 14-12; Hardik Panchal bt Harshavardhan Datye 11-6, 1`1-5,m 11-9; Pathav Kelkar bt Arnav Karnavar 11-9, 12-10, 12-10; Maanav Mehta bt Swayam Ibrampurkar 11-211-5, 11-6; Ashwin Subramanian bt Mayuresh Shinde 11-7, 11-8, 11-3.
CLOCK FOR SATURDAY
TABLE TENNIS 3 P.M. ONWARDS- MCf-All Mumbai rankikng tournament, Mandpeshwar Civic Federation, Borivali (W).