Pune: Second-seeded Siddesh Pande from Thane defeated 10th seeded city mate Deepit Patil 11-7,11-9,11-8,11-4 in the men’s quarterfinals match of the 49th Inter-district and 80th State Table Tennis Championship in progress at the Balewadi Sports Complex on Thursday.
In another quarterfinal match, sixth-seeded Jash Dalvi from Thane beat 14th seeded Mumbai Suburbs player Ravindra Kotiyan 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 while 12th seed Bhavesh Apte from Mumbai Suburbs beat 4th seeded Omkar Torgalkar also from Mumbai Suburbs with the score reading 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9.
Meanwhile, 16th seeded, Chinmaya Somaiya put on a good show as he defeated 9th seeded Puneet Desai as the score read 11-13, 11-1, 12-10, 11-5, 13-11.
In the quarterfinals of the Youth Boys category, first seeded Siddhesh Pande defeated 9th seeded Parthav Kelkar from Mumbai Central 12-14,9-11,11-7,11-4,12-10,11-4 while fifth-seeded Vipul Nandkar from Thane toiled hard to beat 4th seeded Air India player Mandar Hardikar 11-6,9-11,11-8,12-10,12-14,4-11,11-9 to enter the next round.
In another quarterfinal action, 6th seeded Ashwin Subramanium from Mumbai Suburbs defeated third-seeded Raegan Albuquerque from Air India 11-4,9-11,10-12,15-13,3-11,11-9,11-8 while 15 seeded Air India’s Gaurav Lohapatre defeated Jash Dalvi as the score read 12-10,7-11,12-10,11-4,11-7.
In the quarterfinal battle of the Junior Boys category, second-seeded, Thane player Deepit Patil proved to be better than 10th seeded Air India player Hrishikesh Malhotra as he won with the score reading 11-13,5-11,11-6,11-1,11-5,11-3. In another match, third-seeded Vipul Nandkar defeated Jash Modi who is 11th seeded with the score of 11-6,11-8,11-6,11-8.
Results:
Youth Boys Singles (Under-21): Round of 16: 1-Siddhesh Pande (Thn) bt 16-Dev Shroff (ai) 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7; 9-Parthav Kelkar (Mcd) bt 8-Tejas Kamble (Thn) 11-8, 13-11, 12-10, 1-11, 11-7; 5-Vipul Nandkar (Thn) bt Chinmaya Somaiya (Msd) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10; 4-Mandar Hardikar (Ai) bt 13-Kaustubh Udar (Ngp) 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; 3-Raegan Albuquerque (Ai) bt Aryan Panse (Pna) 11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 11-13, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5; 6-Ashwin Subramanian (Msd) bt 11-Shubham Ambre (Mcd) 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8; Jash Dalvi (Thn) bt 7-Jignesh Rahatwal (Msd) 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6; 15-Gaurav Lohapatre (Ai) bt 2-Yugandh Zende (Thn) 11-9, 13-11, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9
Mens Singles: (Round of 16) 6-Chinmaya Somaiya (Msd) bt 1-Sanish Ambekar (Thn) 5-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 16-14; 9-Puneet Desai (Nsk) bt Ajinkya Shintre (Nsk) 11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 9-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6; 12-Bhavesh Apte (Msd) bt 5-Zubin Taraporwala (Thn) 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-3; 4-Omkar Torgalkar (Msd) bt Ritvik Nagle (Msd) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8; 14-Ravindra Kotiyan (Msd) bt Raegan Albuquerque (Msd) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 2-11, 11-4; 6-Jash Dalvi (Thn) bt 11-Mandar Hardikar (Msd) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8; 10-Deepit Patil (Thn) bt 7-Tanmay Rane (Mcd) 11-8, 11-7, 11-1, 11-4; 2-Siddhesh Pande (Thn) bt 5-Martand Biniwale (Pna) 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6
Midget Boys Singles (Under-10)
Quarter-finals: 1-Varad Lohat (Prb) bt 9-Merwyn Patel (Msd) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; 4-Mayuresh Sawant (Thn) bt 12-Avaneesh Bhave (Thn) 11-9, 7-11, 18-16, 13-11; 3-Ramanuj Jadhav (Pna) bt 6-Swaroop Bhadalkar (Pna) 12-10, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8; 2-Kaustubh Girgaonkar (Ndd) bt 10-Tanish Pendse (Thn) 11-3, 12-10, 11-5.
Midget Girls Singles (Under 10 Years)
Quarter-finals: 1-Nabha Kirkole (Pna) bt 9-Hrithika Madhur (Thn) 12-10, 11-2, 11-6; 4-Sukrati Sharma (Thn) bt 12-Swara Salgaonkar (Msd) 5-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-3; 3-Kavya Bhatt (Thn) bt 11-Naisha Rewaskar (Pna) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6; 2-Riya Kothari (Akl) bt 10-Anushka Rawat (Sol) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3.