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MARGAO: Top seed Mallika Gogoi along with Sanisha Shetye, Janvi Naik Dalal and Aditi Chodankar have moved into the Ladies singles semi finals, in the 50th Golden Jubilee edition of the All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, organized by MCC Sports Club under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA), at MCC Krishna Karwarkar Hall, Margao. Mallika disposed of Ruchi Kirtani 3-1 in the quarter finals while Sanisha Shetye was given a huge scare by Trisha Verlekar before prevailing 3-2.
In the other two quarters matches, Janvi Naik Dalal blanked out Leoma Fernandes 3-0 while Aditi Chodankar caused a huge upset by knocking out number two seed Prutha Parrikar 3-2 in a pulsating match.
The sub junior girls finals will witness a title clash between Trisha Verlekar and Leoma Fernandes.
Trisha who has been in great form this season downed Sneha Mesta 3-0.
Leoma won the other semis in contrasting style, edging out number two seed Najida Sheikh in a see saw match where fortunes kept fluctuating set by set. She won 3-2.
Meanwhile, Prutha Parrikar, Leoma Fernandes, Trisha Verlekar and Sanisha Shetye have moved into the semi -finals in junior girls singles category.
