Swastika Ghosh from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai as won double crown in table tennis. This time she won the youth and junior girls titles, in the Bombay YMCA 4th Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, at the University Pavilion Mumbai..
Swastika Ghosh
Ghosh fended off the challenge of Thane’s Shreya Deshpande in both finals while winning the youth championship round in straight games in the best-of-seven contest and the junior final 4-2.
Thane’s Sanish Ambekar earned a hard-fought 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 win over Ravindra Kotiyan for the youth boys title, while another Thane lad Deepit Patil bagged the junior boys crown with an impressive 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6 win over Shaurya Pednekar.
Kotiyan made amends by winning the men’s title, while Senhora D’Souza won the women’s crown where Shreya Deshpande lost her third championship round.
Results:
Youth Girls: Final: Swastika Ghosh (RGD) bt Shreya Deshpande (THN) 11-7, 14-12, 13-11, 11-9. SF: Shreya Deshpande bt Eesha Joshi (Pune) 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Swastika Ghosh bt Manasi Chiplunkar (MCD) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9.
Youth Boys: Final: Sanish Ambekar (THN) bt Ravindra Kotiyan (MSD) 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5. SF: Ravindra Kotiyan bt Siddhesh Pande (THN) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6; Sanish Ambekar bt Shubham Ambre (MCD) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.
Junior Girls: Final: Swastika Ghosh (RGD) bt Shreya Deshpande (THN) 11-7, 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7. SF: Swastika Ghosh bt Snehal Patil (THN) 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4; Shreya Deshpande bt Samruddhi Kulkarni (SOL) 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4.
Junior Boys: Final: Deepit Patil (THN) bt Shaurya Pednekar (MSD) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6. SF: Shaurya Pednekar bt Hrishikesh Malhotra (MSD) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6; Deepit Patil bt Shivam Das (MSD) 13-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.
Women: Final: Senhora D’Souza (MCD) bt Shreya Deshpande (THN) 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5;
SF: Shreya Deshpande bt Divya Mahajan (MSD) 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5; Senhora D’Souza bt Mamata Prabhu (MSD) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7.
Men: Final: Ravindra Kotiyan (MSD) bt Siddhesh Pande (THN) 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11.
SF: Ravindra Kotiyan bt Sanish Ambekar (THN) 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9; Siddhesh Pande bt Zubin Taraporwala (THN) 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.