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PANJIM: Top seeds Ishaan Colaso and Ashank Dalvi outsmarted Aarish Shaikh and Vardhan Verlekar respectively 3-0 to storm into the U-11 boys final of 5th Naguesh and Sushila Verenkar Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by Chandor Club in association with Goa Table Tennis Association, at the Chandor Club multipurpose hall, on Sunday.
In the U-13 girls category, Aayushi Amonkar defeated Sachi Dessai 3-1 in a spirited contest, while Aarna Lotlikar cruised to a straight-game victory over Tisha Shaikh.
Aarna will also feature in the U-15 girls final after outplaying Aayushi Amonkar 3-0, setting up a title clash with Goa’s top-ranked Ishita Colaso, who downed Kavyaa Khalap 3-0 in the other semi-final.
Earlier, in U-11 boys quarter-finals, Ishaan Colaso (1) beat Kris Silveira 3-0, Aarish Shaikh (3) beatt Kabir Dixit (4) 3-0, Vardhan Verlekar beat Vivaan Rane 3-0 and Ashank Dalvi (2) outplayed Kedar Nair (4) 3-0.
In U-13 girls quarter-finals, Sachi Dessai outplayed Gianna George 3-1, Aayushi Amonkar defeated Kavyaa Khalap 3-1, Tisha Shaikh outplayed Evangeline Rodrigues 3-0 and Aarna Lotlikar outsmarted Inara Dsouza 3-0.
In U-15 girls quarter-finals, Ishita Colaso defeated Juriel Pereira 3-0, Kavyaa Khalap beat Tisha Shaikh 3-1, Aayushi Amonkar outplayed Gianna George 3-0 and Aarna Lotlikar beat Sachi Dessai 3-1.