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PANJIM: Sandeep D’Mello/Stanley Remedios and Amitav Neupane/Anup Mopkar emerged champions in the Masters and Elite categories respectively in the 7th Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Table Tennis Tournament organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association at the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Miramar-Panjim, on Sunday.
In the Masters final, Sandeep/Stanley outplayed Niraj Kannure/Marvando Mascarenhas 3-1. Earlier, in the semi-finals, Niraj Kannure/Marvando beat Suneet D’Mello/Faranak Braganza 3-1, while Sandeep /Stanley beat Amit Naik/Dr Brennan Tavares 3-2.
In the quarter-finals, Suneet D’Mello/Faranak Braganza defeated Sanjoth S/Leslie Noronha 3-2, Niraj Kannure/Marvando Mascarenhas beat Munir Khan/Anthony Mendes 3-0, Amit/Dr Brennan outplayed Shawn Soares/Rajendra Parsekar 3 -1, Sandeep/Stanley beat Bonny D’Costa/Shirish Patil 3-2.
In the elite final, Amitav/Anup outsmarted Vipin Makhwana/Robert Rodrigues 3-1.
In the semi-finals, Amitav/Anup defeated Hemant Ramani/John Pinto 3-1, Vipin/Robert outplayed Tanay Kaisare/Rakesh Unny 3-2.
In the quarter-finals, Amitav/Anup beat Laxmi Mendes/Guruprasad Namshikar 3-1, Hemant /John outplayed Vinay Sakhardande/Roselyn Bunyan 3-1, Vipin/Robert beat John Xavier/Vijay Shetye 3-2, Tanay /Rakesh outplayed Amogh Namshikar/Prasanna Bhandagi 3-2.
