MAPUSA: Verenkers A registered a comfortable 3-0 win over Verenkars B to move into Men’s team championship finals of the 4th Invitational Table Tennis Tournament organised by Miramar Sports Club in collaboration with Goa Table Tennis Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at multipurpose stadium, Peddem.
In the other semi-finals, SDK Ceramics easily overcame GTTDC 3-0 to book their place in the finals. The other 15 team championship too will be a title clash between Verenkars A and SDK Ceramics, both of who have a chance to win the double. In the semi finals, SDK Ceramics displayed sublime form to record a 3-1 win over Kolhapur Sunrisers while Verenkers A edged out BPS A 3-2 in the other semi finals. Following are the results:
Men’s Team championship Quarter finals: Verekars B def. Sharks 3-0:Diljeet Velingkar def. Sharath Shankar 3-2 (5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8); Soumyajit Ghosh def. Aditya Narasimhan 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-3); Souvik Banarjee / Soumyajit Ghosh def. Ashwin Hangudu / Sharath Shankar 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-5)
GTTDC def. BNM 3-0:Bhavesh Apte def. Sumit Mishra 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9);Akash Gupta def. Krishna Sundar 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-9); Dheeraj Rai / Akash Gupta def. Rathin Kalose / Sumit Mishra 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-3)
Verekars A def. Mumbai Mavericks 3-0: Ronit Bhanja def. Mayuresh Kelkar 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5); Arjun Ghosh def. Suraj Chandrashekar 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-7); Jeet Chandra / Ronit Bhanja def. Yash Doshi / Mayuresh Kelkar 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6)
SDK Ceramics def. Chowkidaars 3-0: Shreyal Telang def. Rutuj Sonawane 3-1 (13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11);Sudanshu Grover def. Shantesh Mapsekar 3-1 (11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 17-15);Abhishek Yadav / Sudanshu Grover def. Pranav Naik / Rutuj Sonawane 3-1 (11-3, 13-15, 11-4, 11-3)
Men’s Team championship Semi Finals
Verekars A def. Verekars B 3-0: Ronit Bhanja def. Diljeet Velingker 3-1(11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9); Arjun Ghosh def. Souvik Banerjee 3-1(11-8, 2-11, 17-15, 12-10); Jeet Chandra / Arjun Ghosh def. Soumyajit Ghosh / Diljeet Velingker (Conceded)
SDK Ceramics def. GTTDC 3-0: Sudanshu Grover def. Bhavesh Apte 3-0(14-12, 11-9, 11-7);Shreyal Telang def. Dheeraj Rai 3-1(6-11, 11-3, 11-6, 13-11);Abhishek Yadav / Sudanshu Grover def. Akash Gupta / Dheeraj Rai 3-1(9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
U-15 Team Championship Semi Finals: SDK Ceramics def. Kolhapur Sunrisers 3-1:Deshna Vanshika lost to Anish Sontike 1-3 (6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11);Smyak Kashyap def. Bhavya Shah 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10); Gokulam Kashyap def. Rushikesh Nalawade 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6); Samyak def. Anish Sontike 3-2 (7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7); Verenkars def. BPS A 3-2: Nagesh Verenker def. Sneha Rane 3-1 (11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9); Anshuman Agarwal def. Janvi Dalal 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8); Aadvik Panandikar lost to Sanisha Shetye 1-3 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 8-11); Anshuman Agarwal def. Sneha Rane 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)
