Kewal, Aditi, Jaez, Aakshan and Leoma triumph

PANJIM:Kewal Tamhankar, Aditi Chodankar, Jaez Gomes, Aakshan Lawande and Leoma Fernandes emerged winners, in the 6th Late Ramacanta V.P. Dharwatkar Memorial Table Tennis Tournament, at Indoor stadium, Campal, recently.

In U-21 Boys, top seed Kewal Tamhankar registered a comfortable 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 straight sets win over second seed Selvyn Godinho who looked completely out of form in the finals.
The U-17 girls were more evenly matched and keenly contested. At the end of a tense and pulsating 5 sets match, it was Adit Chodankar who prevailed over Akshata Nair with a thrilling 13-11, 9-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-6 score line. 
Jaez Gomes, competing with his younger brother Jaeden Gomes in U-14 boys singles, emerged winner with a commanding 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 performance. 
In U-10 girls, Leoma Fernandes upset top seed Anushree Naik in a 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4 win.
The match of the day was the U-10 boys singles which went the whole distance with both the young players battling hard. Aakshan Lawande eventually emerged victorious in an extremely hard fought 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 18-20, 11-9 win over Tanay Saldanha. 
Following semis and quarters prizes were awarded: U-10 girls – Tia Chodankar and Sunidhi Savaika(semis), Sanika Sakhardande, Aarya Kamat, Shrushti Salgaonkar and Raaga Mehta(quarters).
U-10 boys – Soham Shetye and Dhruv Helekar (semis), Soham Patil, Aaron Faria, Ayush Nadkarni and Vincente Fernandes(quarters).
U-14 boys –  Saurav Singh and Nathan Barua (semis), Ved Sardesai, Shashank Pradhan, Pratyush Kenkre and Sirus Sah (quarters). 
U-17 girls – Shalaka Naik and Sucheta Bansal (semis), Soumya Tari, Niharika Walaulikar, Arya Divekar and Simran Kubal(quarters). 
U-21 boys – Nigel Menezes and Pranav Naik(semis), Anang Mahato, Shubham Mengane, Jayz Gomes and Nilay Kamat(quarters). 

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