Second seeded Mayuresh Kelkar went though some anxious moments against Vikas Rao before entering the men’s singles semifinals in the JSW-4th Thane District ranking table tennis tournament, organised by Jindal Table Tennis Academy at their Jindal Table Tennis Academy at Vasind (Thane) , here today. Vikas, however, recovered in time to overcome his spirited rival with a 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7. Hwever, there were no stopping top seeded Zobin Tarpordwala, who outplayed Suraj Shah 12-10, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9 to join Vikas in last four.Around 300 players in various age groups are taking part in this 4-day event.
Results:
Men’s singles (Quarterfinals): Zubin Taraporewalla (1) bt Suraj Shah 12-10, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9; Jash Dalvi (4) bt Balram Jena 11-9, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8; Jitendra Yadav (3) bt Tushar Joshi 11-7, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11; Mayuresh Kelkar (2) bt Vikas Rai 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
Sub- Jr girls (Quarterfinals): Shravani Sawant (1) bt Sudha Walajkar 11-7, 11-9, 11-5; Paridhi Agarwal bt Sukrati Sharma 11-5, 11-8, 11-7; Arya Songadkar bt Khyati Pandey 11- 4, 11-7, 11-9; Aadyashree Jog (2) bt Shubha Bhat 11-5, 4-11, 11-3, 12-10.
Sub- Jr boys (Quarterfinals): Gaurav Panchangam (1) bt Aaryan Deshpande 11-6, 11-7, 11-9; Swastik Athanikar bt Prajwal Koli 11-5, 11-9, 11-9; Sharman Dedhia bt Mohit Shejawale 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 Abhishek Dandekar bt Aashay Yadav 12-14,11-5, 5-11, 11-2, 11-4.
Midget girls (Quarterfinals): Riana Bhoota bt Sanvi Sawant 11-3, 11-0, 11-1; Sanvi Puranik bt Swara Jangade 11-5, 11-9, 11-6;Tanisha Godbole bt Anvi Karambelkar 11-7, 11-4, 11-8; Anvi Thorat bt Aarohit Chafekar 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.
Midget boys (Quarterfinals):Aarush Shah bt Viren Patil 11-4, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4;Nilay Pattekar bt Moryan Satra 11-1, 11-3, 11-5.