Teenager Sharveya Samant showed great character and put up a gutsy performance to defeat Shivam Shrivastav 4-2 and clinch the men’s singles title of the Khar Gymkhana-TSTTA third District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2024.
The winners of all the categories are seen displaying their trophies, along with Chief Guest, Moon Moon Sen, Khar Gymkhana President Vivek Devnani and officials during prize distribution function.
The 17-year-old Sharveya, lost the opening game, but bounced back to win the next three before the 25-year-old Shivam won the fourth to stop his rival from running away with the match. However, Sharveya with clever tactics won the sixth game to complete a well-deserved 3-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, and 11-7 victory at the Khar Gymkhana table tennis hall on Sunday.
Sharveya Samat and Sampada Bhiwandkar exchange greetings after winning the Men’s and Women’s singles events. ( Photo By: Ulhas Shirke)
Meanwhile, talented youngster Ananya Chande was denied from winning a double crown as she suffered a straight-game defeat against her senior rival Sampada Bhiwandkar in the women’s singles final. Bhiwandkar defeated the 18-year-old Ananya 11-7, 11-6, 11-5, and 11-8.
There was joy for Ananya, as she had earlier claimed the girls’ under-19 singles crown easily defeating Risha Mirchandani 11-9, 11-4, 11-9, and 12-10. Like Ananya,another youngster Myraa Sangelkar who won the Girls U-13 title,was denied her second gold in Girls U-15, as she lost to Niva Chaughule 1-3.
However, Dhruv Shah bagged a grand double winning the boys’ under-17 and under-19 singles titles. In the under-17 final, Dhruv comfortably defeated Zain Shaikh 11-5, 11-8, and 11-9. He later returned to the tables and quashed the aspirations of Dev Hingorany posting a hard-fought 15-13, 11-4, 12-10, and 11-9 to pocket the under-19 title.
Results (all finals): Girls’ singles – Under-11: Vedika Jaiswal bt Heer Bhatt 11-4, 11-5, 12-10.
Boys’ singles – Under-11: Vivyan Gada bt Meet Parmar 7-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9.
Girls’ singles – Under-13: Myraa Sangelkar bt Trissha Ludbe 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8.
Boys’ singles – Under-13: Raghav Mahajan bt Aarav Vora 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 13-11, 12-10.
Girls’ singles – Under-15: Niva Chaughule bt Myraa Sangelkar 8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5.
Boys’ singles – Under-15: Zihan Beddingwala bt Rishaan Kanani 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 12-10.
Girls’ singles – Under-17: Urvi Churi bt Vaishnavi Jaiswal 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5.
Boys’ singles – Under-17: Dhruv Shah bt Zain Shaikh 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
Girls’ singles – Under-19: Ananya Chande bt Risha Mirchandani 11-9, 11-4, 11-9, 12-10.
Boys’ singles – Under-19: Dhruv Shah bt Dev Hingorany 15-13, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9.
Women’s singles: Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Ananya Chande 11-7, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8.
Men’s singles: Sharveya Samant bt Shivam Shrivastav 3-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7.
Men’s Singles 39+ : Parin Thakkar beatNitish Kumar 3-2(Set Score)
Men’s Singles 59+ : Ulhas Shirke beat Mahesh Shetye 3-0(Set Score)
Women’s Singles 39+ : Sadiya Vanjara beat Shravani Dhapre 3-0(Set Score)