Team Herald
PANJIM: Neville Noronha & Mazhar Shaikh beat N. Thirunavukkarasu & Xavier Fernandes 3– 1 to clinch the veterans doubles title of the 4th Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija at Clube Vasco Da Gama, Panjim, on Sunday.
In the U-19 boys quarterfinals, Anshuman Agarwal defeated Saksham Dukle 3-0 while Aaron Farias beat Shantesh Mapsekar 3–1. Rishan Shaikh blanked Atharv Dhulapkar 3 – 0 and Akshan Lawande beat Amogh Bawchikar 3–0. Anshuman Agarwal beat Rishan Sheikh 3–1 in the first semifinal.
In the men’s quarter final Noel Noronha beat Chandan Caro 4–0 while G. Arvind Kumar beat Ajit Ghantkar 4-0. Anshuman Agarwal got the better of Shantesh Mapsekar 4–2 while Aaron Farias beat Reagan Pinto 4–2.
