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PANJIM: Yusuf Sheikh and Xisto Fernandes emerged winners in Group 1, while Jeffrey Pereira and Laxman Nadkarni were victorious in Group 2 of the 6th Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Table Tennis tournament organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija, under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association at the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, Miramar, here, recently.
In the Group 1 final, Yusuf Sheikh/Xisto Fernandes outplayed Sachin Soares/Shirish Patil 3-1, whereas in the Group 2 final, Jeffrey Pereira/Laxman Nadkarni outsmarted Joseph Duarte/Hemant Ramani 3-1.
Earlier in the Group 1 semi-finals, Sachin Soares/Shirish Patil beat Mahesh Talavdekar/Prashant Kamat 3-0 and Yusuf Sheikh/Xisto Fernandes beat Joseph Sequeira/Milind Salkar 3-0.
In the Group 2 semi-finals, Jeffery Pereira/Laxman Nadkarni defeated John Pinto/Geeta Washington 3-0 and Joseph Duarte/Hemant Ramani beat Ferdinand Rodrigues/ Euclid Heredia 3-1.
FC Goa player Sahil Tavora was the chief guest for the finals and prize distribution function. Shivaji Desai and Dinesh Sinari (President – GVTTA) were also present.
