Wesley, Keval to meet in final

PANJIM: Wesley Do Rosario (Fomento Resources) will face Keval Tamankar in the finals of 46^th Adv Madhav Rao State table tennis open championships organized by Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA), at Indoor Stadium, Campal, here.

In the semi-finals, Wesley Do Rosario beat Rutuj Sonawane 11-4, 11-8, 12-10 while Keval Tamankar caused a major upset when he rallied to beat Siddhant Parekh 11-9, 3-11, 11-4 8-11 11-4 in a five-set thriller.

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In the quarter-final, Rutuj Sonawane got the better of Manguesh Sakordekar 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10 and Wesley DoRosario beat Varun Gangodkar 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 while Keval Tamankar beat Damodar Pai 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 and Siddhant Parekh beat Nikhil Jadav 11-8, 11-4, 11-8

Pre-quarterfinal other results: Rutush Sonawane beat Kartik Iyer 13-11, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11, Manguesh Sakordekar beat Neelay Kamat 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, Wesley DoRosario (Fomento Resources) beat Ravindra Kudchadkar 11-5, 13-11, 11-5, Keval Tamankar beat Atharva Nadkarni 11-7, 11-2, 11-3, Damodar Pai beat Shashwat Mhapsekar 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, 5-11, 11-6 and Sidhant Parekh beat Mandar Joshi 11-2, 11-6, 11-8.

On Friday, the matches will begin at 4 p.m.