Team Herald
PANJIM: Khushal Naik set up a title clash with Aaron Farias in Sub Junior (U-15) Boys singles final, in the State Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) on the opening day of the tournament, at Multipurpose Stadium, Peddem.
Top seed Khushal was in prime form as he also made it into the finals in the Cadet (U13) boys singles category, where he will meet Rishan Shaikh. In Hopes (U11) Boys singles finals, top seed Chandan Caro will battle it out against Dhruv Kamat who upset second seed Chinmay Bakre in the semi finals.
Quarter-finals results: U-11 Boys (Hopes): Chandan Caro bt Yug Prabhu 3 -0 (11-0, 11-1, 11-2); Oziel Cordo bt Aryan Fonseca (walkover); Dhruv Kamat bt Arha Sahakari 3 -0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-0); Chinmay Bakre bt Mark De Costa 3 -0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-1)
U-13 Boys (Cadets): Khushal Naik bt Ashman Dhaimadkar 3 -0 ( 11-0, 11-3, 11-2); Chandan Caro bt Atharv Dhulapkar 3 -1 (11-7, 12-10, 8 -11, 11-5); Siddhant Parsekar bt Darren Duarte 3 -1 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8); Rishan Sheikh bt Chinmay Bakre 3 -0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-1)
U-15 Boys (Sub Juniors): Khushal Naik bt Chandan Caro 3 -0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-3); Pushkar Virgincar bt Siddhant Parsekar 3 -1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6); Aaron Farias bt Rishan Sheikh 3 -1 (12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7); Akshan Lawande bt Darren Duarte 3 -2 (11-9, 4-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-2)
