PANJIM: Anshuman Agarwal, Nagesh Verenkar and Dheeraj Rai reached the finals of their respective categories On the 4thday of the 3rd Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis tournament organized by Kabir Pinto Makhija at Clube Vasco Da Gama, Panjim.
In the sub-junior boys quarter-finals, Anshuman Agarwal beat Azriel Fernandes: 3 – 1 (8-11,11-8,11-6,11-5); Aaron Culaco beat Adwait Mudras: 3 – 0 (11-4,11-3,11-9); Nagesh Verenkar beat AkshanLawande: 3 – 0 (11-1,11-7,11-8); SanteshMapsekar beat Aarav Aiyar: 3 – 0 (11-7,11-4,11-9)
In the Semi-finals: Anshuman Agarwal beat Aaron Culaco: 3 – 0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6). Nagesh Verenkar will meet Santesh Mapsekar in the second semi final.
The second semi-final and final will be played on September 22.
In the junior boys category quarter-finals, Anshuman Agarwal beat Aaron Culaco: 3 – 0 (11-7,11-5,12-10) Santesh Mapsekar beat Aadvik Panandikar: 3 – 0 (11-7,11-8,11-8), Jayz Gomes beat Aarav Aiyar: 3 – 2 (11-5,8-11,10-12,12-10,11-6), Nagesh Verenkar beat AkshanLawande: 3 – 0 (11-4,11-2,11-5)
In the semi-final, Nagesh Verenkar beat Jayz Gomes: 3 – 0 (11-5,11-4,11-9).
Anshuman Agarwal will meet Santesh Mapsekar in the second semi-final.
Second Semi final and Final would be played on 22nd September (Sunday)
In the men’s quarter-final, Dheeraj Rai beat Noel Noronha: 4 – 0 (11-6,11-4,11-5,11-3), Anshuman Agarwal beat Manish Yadav: 4 – 3 (9-11,11-6,11-8,11-9,9-11,7-11,11-8), Diljeet Velingkar beat Santesh Mapsekar: 4 2 (11-5,11-2,16-18,11-4,9-11,11-3), Nagesh Verenkar beat Sagar Kulkarni: 4 – 0 (11-1,11-4,11-4,11-2). In the semi-finals, Dheeraj Rai beat Anshuman Agarwal: 4 – 1 (11-4,11-1,11-7,7-11,11-4)
DiljeetVelingkar beat Nagesh Verenkar: 4 – 3 (8-11,9-11,9-11,11-8,11-1,11-7,12-10)
The remaining semi-finals along with the finals of the respective categories will be played on September 22.
