Sports Reporter :

 

NAGPUR’S Saarth Shastry rallied form a game down to move up in the boys Under-17 singles at the 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University’s Subhedar Hall, on Sunday. The 18th seed Saarth lost the first close game 9-11 to Pune’s Aaryan Wankhade but pulled up his socks to win the next three 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 in his third round match. In the same group, other Nagpur players Purab Singh Renu and Karan Kashyap were handed straight games defeat. Thane’s 16th seed Mayuresh Sawant beat Purab 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 while fourth seed Aaditya Dalal of MCD was also too good for Karan winning 11-7, 11-6, 11-3. In the only upset of the day, The Suburban Table Tennis Association (TSTTA), Mumbai’s Palakh Jhawar stunned seventh seed Sara Jamsutkar of MCD in well-contested five games in their pre-quarterfinal. Palakh took the first two games 11-7, 11-7 but Sara bounced back to win the third and fourth at 6-11, 7-11 to take the match into the decider. Palakh prevailed 11-9 to enter quarters. RESULTS U-17 Girls Pre-Quarters: Swara Karmarkar (NSH) [Seed - 1] bt Achint Kaur Chawla (THN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Jinaya Vadhan (THN) bt Shreya Kothari (PUN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; Harinee Shah (TST) bt Aadya Baheti (PRB) 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 13-11; Swarada Sane (PUN) [Seed - 4] bt Dnyanashree Tarde (THN) 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10; Anvi Karambelkar (THN) [Seed - 3] bt Sara Ramaiya (TST) 11-3, 11-3, 14-12; Diya Shinde (PUN) bt Keshika Purkar (NSH) 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5; Palakh Jhawar (TST) bt Sara Jamsutkar (MCD) [Seed - 7] 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9; Myraa Sangelkar (TST) [Seed - 2] bt Saanvvi Dahanukar (NSH) 11-0, 11-5, 11-4. U-17 Boys Round 3: Prateek Tulsani (THN) [Seed - 1] bt Ayaan Athar (TST) 11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8; Mayuresh Sawant (THN) [Seed - 16] bt Purab Singh Renu (NGP) 11-8, 11-1, 11-4; Ahan Gosar (TST) [Seed - 9] bt Agastya Shetty (TST) 11-9, 11-0, 11-3; Shreyas Mankeshwar (PUN) [Seed - 8] bt Kabir Bhasin (MCD) 10-12, 11-6, 15-13, 11-9; Advay Huddar (PUN) [Seed - 5] bt Vedant Shitole (AHM) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Anuj Phulsundar (PUN) [Seed - 21] bt Nishad Lele (PUN) 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9; Aakarshan Yadav (TST) bt Sankalp Bandivadekar (KOL) [Seed - 20] 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Aaditya Dalal (MCD) [Seed - 4] bt Karan Kashyap (NGP) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Nilay Pattekar (THN) [Seed - 3] bt Hridaan Pol (TST) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9; Param Bhiwandkar (TST) [Seed - 14] bt Shlok Jhaveri (MCD) 11-6, 11-7, 15-13; Jehan Kolah (MCD) [Seed - 22] bt Sameer Sharma (TST) 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7; Raghav Mahajan (TST) bt Yash Bhandari (NSH) 11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 13-11; Ekansh Madane (THN) [Seed - 7] bt Mritheya Kalamkar (KOL) 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7; Shouryawardhan Shingare (BED) bt Neel Navare (PUN) [Seed - 10] 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-8; Saarth Shastry (NGP) [Seed - 18] bt Aaryan Wankhade (PUN) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.