TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: Vaidik Shrivastava and Tanisi Kirthani clinched the Cadet Boys and Cadet Girls titles in all-Goa major ranking table tennis championship, organized by Margao Cricket Club, at its premises, recently.
In the finals, Vaidik outsmarted Nagesh Verenkar 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 while Tanisi was too good for Prutha Parrikar 11-3, 11-8, 11-4.
In Mini Cadet boys and girls, Nagesh Verenkar and Sneha Rane topped respectively.
Verenkar outplayed Parv Rastogi 11-9, 11-2, 11-9 while Sneha defeated Sanisha Shetye 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.
In Sub Junior boys and girls, Siddhant Parekh and Tanisi Kirthany emerged champions.
Siddhant got the better of Wesley do Rosario (Fomento Resourses) 21-19, 8-11, 14-12, 11-4 while Tanisi defeated Aranxta Noronha (Sesa Goa) 11-6, 11-9, 11-4
In Nazareth Francis Gracias memorial tournament, 40 plus and 50 plus Veterans, Ajit Ghatkar and Arun Naik bagged the top honours respectively.
Ajit thrashed Deepak Lopani 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 while Arun Naik thumped Prakash Alphonso 11-7, 11-4, 11-4.
40 plus veterans semis, Ajit Ghatkar bt Dinesh Shetty 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 while Deepak Lopani bt Nilesh Kirthani 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.
In 50 plus veterans, Arun Naik bt Rajan Naik 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 while Prakash Alphonso bt Anand Naik 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7.
Earlier in the Cadet boys semis, Vaidik Shrivastava outsmarted Syrus Shah 11-8, 11-9,11-6 while Nagesh Verenkar outplayed Shasvat Mapsecar 11-6,11-5,12-10
In quarters, Vaidik Shrivastava got the better of Shantesh Mapsecar 11-5,11-7,11-7; Syrus Shah beat Neelay Kamat 11-5,11-6, 7-11, 11-9; Shaswat Mapsecar defeated Jaeden Gomendis 11-8,11-7,11-13,11-8 and Nagesh Verenkar beat Anshuman 11-2, 11-4, 11-6.
In girls semis, Tanisi Kirthany bt Anushka Hammanavar 11-1, 11-7, 11-1 while Prutha Parrikar bt Aditi Chodankar 11-5, 11-7, 11-8.
In the mini cadet boys semis, Parth Rastogi outsmarted Shantesh Mapsecar 11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 and Nagesh Verenkar defeated Anshuman Agarwal 11-5, 11-4, 11-2.
In the quarters, Shantesh beat Alan Pereira; Paru Rastogi defeated Jayz Gomes 11-3, 11-, 11-1; Aidan Furtado outsmarted Anav Shinde, Nagesh Verenkar outplayed Anshuman Agarwal 11-2, 11-4, 11-6.
In the Mini Cadet girls semis, Sneha Rane bt Nashida Shaik 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 while Shanisha Shetye bt Tiara Fernandes 11-5, 11-4, 11-5.
Sub-Junior boys semis, Wesley Do Rosario bt Kewal Tamankar 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 while Siddhant Parekh bt Ruty Sonawari 11-8, 11-9, 11-9.
Girls: Tanisi Kirthany bt Isha Bhandari 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 while Aranxta Noronha bt Utkarsha Shivani 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10.
