PANJIM: Trisha Verlekar entered the final of Cadet girls & Sub junior girls on the third day of the 3rd Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija at Clube Vasco Da Gama, Panjim, on Friday.
Trisha Verlekar will meet Leoma Fernandes in the cadet girls final while she will also face Nazida Sheikh in the Sub junior girls final .
In the cadet girls quarter-finals: Trisha Verlekar beat Sunidhi Savoikar: 3–0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7), Ruchi Kirtani beat Ridhima Naik: 3–0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9), Gayla Fernandes beat Samaira Soares: 3–0 (11-3,11-4,12-10), Leoma Fernandes beat Neeza Kamat: 3 – 0 (11-4,11-6,11-5) In the semi-finals, Trisha Verlekar beat Ruchi Kirtani: 3–2 (12-14,11-5,8-11,11-2,11-5) while Leoma Fernandes beat Gayla Fernandes: 3–1 (6-11,11-4,11-5,16-14,11-9)
In the sub junior girls quarter-finals, Trisha Verlekar beat Aalya Arora: 3–1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-6,11-9), Simran Kubal beat Sneha Mesta: 3–2 (11-3, 4-11,11-7,8-11,11-9), Nazida Sheikh beat Trusha Hammanavar: 3–0 (11-8,13-11,11-4), Leoma Fernandes beat Riya Gopi: 3 – 0 (11-6,11-1,11-4). In the semi-finals, Trisha Verlekar beat Simran Kubal: 3–2 (8-11,14-12,10-12,11-6,11-3), Nazida Sheikh beat Leoma Fernandes: 3–0 (11-7,11-6,11-8)
