Aaron, Advait, Harit, Govind win on Day 1

PANJIM: Aaron Farites, Advait Mudras, Harit Shirodkar in the first day of the Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial all Goa major ranking table tennis tournament in the sub junior category, held at Club Vasco-da-Gama, Panjim, on Monday

Aaron Farites beat Piyesh Salgaokar 3-2, Advait Mudras beat Vishal Narvekar 3-0, while Aman Naik made light work of Harit Shirodkar 3-0 before Aaron Colaco eased past Rohan Fernandes 3-0.

Govind Khandeparkar scored easy 3-0 win over Akshat Kamat while Azrial Fernandes squeezed past Saket Kapileshwari 3-2.

Aseem Shelke beat Nathan Noronha 3-0, Akshand Tople 3-1, Upendra beat Govind Khandeparkar 3-2, Aaron Colaco beat Kim D’Souza 3-0, Azrial Fernandes beat Yash Wachasunder 3-0 and Advait Mudras beat Pratyesh Kenkre 3-0.

In the cadet boys, Rohan Fernandes beat Neil Bachani 3-0, Dhruv Helekar beat Yash Wachasunder 3- 0, Kim D’Souza beat Abhir Kamat 3-2, Aaron Colaco beat Vivek Carvalho 3-0 and Advait Mudras beat Dhruv Helekar 3-0. Earlier, chief guest Vijai Sardesai, Minister for Town and Country Planning inaugurated the tournament in the presence of guest of honour Surendra Furtado,  Mayor – CCP and other dignitaries.