RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) once again stamped its authority in the 59th Inter-Bank Table Tennis Tournament, organised by the Bankers’ Sports Council, at RTMNU Table Tennis Hall, Ravi Nagar. For the 14th consecutive year, defending champions RBI clinched the Inter-Team Championship, defeating Bank of India 3-0 in the final to complete yet another clean sweep. RBI’s star paddler Aalhad Gunjal emerged as the standout performer of the tournament by winning the men’s singles title, defeating team-mate Sachin Gaur 13-11, 8-11, 12-10. With this victory, Gunjal completed a double crown, having played a key role in RBI’s team triumph as well. In the women’s singles league matches, Tanushree Gupta (RBI) remained unbeaten throughout to clinch the title while Snehal Wankhede (Bank of India) secured the runner-up position. The prize distribution ceremony was attended by Adv Ashutosh Potnis, Secretary, Maharashtra State Table Tennis Association, Adv Akhilesh Potnis, Secretary, NDTTA; Prafulla Nandedkar, Vice-President, Bankers’ Sports Council, Ravi Joshi, Secretary, and Tribhowan Meshram, Joint Secretary. Deepak Kanetkar was the chief referee. He was supported by Neha Raut. Results: Team Event: Semis: RBI ‘A’ bt Union Bank 3-0 (Sachin Gaur bt Ashish Bhandarwar 11-4, 11-2; Aalhad Gunjal bt Sandip Kumar 11-1, 11-3; PSV Sudhakar bt Vivek Balwir 13-11, 11-6). Bank of India bt SBI ‘A’ 3-2 (Vikrant Ghanokar lost to Hitesh Kapse 4-11, 6-11); Paresh Sutane bt Rohit Jaiswal 11-4, 11-1; Ashish Porkute lost to Jitendra Yadav 6-11, 9-11; Paresh Sutane bt Hitesh Kapse 11-9, 11-4; Vikrant Ghanokar bt Rohit Jaiswal 11-4, 11-8). Final: RBI ‘A’ bt Bank of India 3-0 (Sachin Gaur bt Ashish Porkute 11-1, 11-4; Aalhad Gunjal bt Paresh Sutane 11-4, 11-4; PSV Sudhakar bt Vikrant Ghanokar 11-6, 11-2). Men’s singles quarter-finals: Sachin Gaur (RBI) bt Shrikant Deshpande (SBI) 11-8, 11-9; PSV Sudhakar (RBI) bt Sandip Kumar (Union Bank) 11-8, 11-9; Ronnield Francis (PNB) bt Hitesh Kapse (SBI) 11-6, 6-11, 11-5; Aalhad Gunjal (RBI) bt Vivek Balwir (Union Bank) 12-10, 11-3. Semi-finals: Sachin Gaur (RBI) bt PSV Sudhakar (RBI) 11-9, 11-8; Aalhad Gunjal (RBI) bt Ronnield Francis (PNB) 11-6, 11-3. Final: Aalhad Gunjal (RBI) bt Sachin Gaur (RBI) 13-11, 8-11, 12-10.