Mumbai: Third seeded Akshat Jain rallied from 0-2 to score a fine 7-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 14-12 win over sixth seeded Sagar Kature to advance into the sub-junior boys singles semifinals of the MCF-All Mumbai 4-Star Ranking Table Tennis tournament, hosted by Mandpeshwar Civic Federation at their sports complex here in Borivali. In the girls section, top seed Sampada Bhiwandkar dropped a game before she overcoming Hardee Patel 4-1, while Keisha Jhaveri was taken the distance by Bhoomi Pitale 11-7, 11-8, 16-14, 4-11, 8-11, 13-15, 11-6 to make the last four grade.
Results (all quarterfinals):
Men’s doubles: Swayam Ibrampurkar/Parth Rambhia bt Akshat Jain/Manav Shah 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9; Naveen Verghese/Shivam Punjanin bt Carlshen Wadia/Hormaz Paithwala 11-8-11-5, 7-11, 11-5; Krish Podar/ Raj Jhaveri bt SagarDhanu/ Kushal Patel 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Abhay Khandhar/Dhruv Jhaveri bt Aneesh Welaskar/ Rupesh Gharat 11-6, 11-9, 12-10.
Sub-jr boys singles: Akshat Jain bt Sagar Kasture 7-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 14-12;Kushal Patel bt Om Chopade 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Aadil Anand bt Kunal Patel 11-4, 11-4, 11-6, 11-3.
Sub-jr girls singles: Ananya Chande be Krisha Agarwal 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Hardee Patel 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; Keisha Jhaveri bt Bhoomi Pitale 11-7, 11-8, 16-14, 4-11, 8-11, 13-15, 11-6; Mukta Dalvi bt Pearl Amalsadwala 11-7, 11-7, 11-1, 8-11, 11-8.
- FPJ Sports Desk
