Arnav storms into semis

Arnav storms into semis

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 10:12 PM IST
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Mumbai :  Third seed Arnav Karnavar fashioned exciting back-to-back wins to storm into the cadet boys semi-finals, in the 5 Star Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championship, at the Goregaon Sports Club on Monday.

Maharashtra No. 5 Karnavar, who trains under coach Gurucharan Singh at the Guru Academy, kicked off a rewarding day when he recovered from a 0-2 deficit to overcome Neev Kapadia 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 in a thrilling pre-quarter-final before prevailing over Mayuresh Shinde 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6 in the quarterfinals.

Karnavar, of Ryan International CBSE, Malad will next take on second seed Mainak Nistala whom he beat in the semi-finals in the 5th State Ranking at Dombivli Gymkhana last week. Top seed Rajveer Shah will face fourth seed Havish Asrani in the other semi-final.

Asrani also survived a scare when he was stretched by formidable Jash Modi 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 16-14 in another exciting quarter-final, after dropping the second game and snatching the nail-biting fourth over extra points.

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