Pune’s Pritha claims double crown, City’s Jenifer finishes runners-up

Pune girl Pritha Vartikar claimed double crown whereas city’s Jennifer Verghese finished runners-up in Maharashtra State Open Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by Nagpur District Table Tennis Association at Subhedar Hall, here on Wednesday. In the sub-junior girls’ final, second seed Pritha Vartikar defeated Taneesha Kotecha 11/13,11/8,11/5,11/6,11/6. Then in the junior girls final, she got the better of Vidhi Shah (MSD) 11/6,5/11,11/9,11/7,11/7 .

However, city shuttler Jennifer Verghese faced the defeat in two categories. In the cadet girls singles event, she was defeated by Devyani Kulkarni 12/10,11/5,9/11,4/11,11/9,8/11,12/10. Then in the sub—junior semis Pritha Vartikar defeated her 5/11,11/9,7/11,11/8,11/9,11/8.

Results

Midget girls semis: S-1 Riana Bhoota (THN) bt S-4 Tanayaa Abhyankar (PNA) 11/2,11/4,11/7; S-2 Naisha Rewaskar (PNA)bt Niva Chaughule (MSD) 11/6,11/5,11/9

Final: Riana Bhoota bt Naisha Rewaskar 5/11,11/7,11/6,11/8

Midget boys semis: S-1 Shouren Soman (PNA) bt S-4 Aarush Shah (THN) 11/7,11/5,11/4; Mayuresh Sawant (THN) bt Swayam Pande(YTL) 11/6,12/10,11/5

Final: Shouren Soman bt Mayuresh Sawant 8/11,11/6,11/5,12/10

Cadet girls semis: S-1 Jennifer Varghese bt S-4 Kavya Bhatt (THN) 11/6,11/5,11/8,11/7; S-3 Devyani Kulkarni (PNA) bt Rutuja Chinchansure (THN) 5/11,6/11,11/7,11/3,11/7,8/11,13/11

Final: Devyani Kulkarni bt Jennifer Varghese 12/10,11/5,9/11,4/11,11/9,8/11,12/10Cadet boys semis: S-8 Rohan Dani (THN) bt Dhruv Shah (MSD) 11/8,11/6,5/11,12/10,11/7; S- 2 Udit Sachdev(THN) bt Yuvraj Yadav(MSD) 11/4,7/11,9/11,11/2,11/7,11/8

Final: Rohan Dani bt Udit Sachdev 11/7,11/6,11/4,8/11,11/7

Sub-junior girls semis: S-4 Taneesha Kotecha (NSK) bt S-1 Sampada Bhiwandkar (MSD) 11/5,11/7,12/10,11/13,5/11,8/11,11/8; S-2 Pritha Vartikar (PNA) bt Jennifer Varghese (NGP) 5/11,11/9,7/11,11/8,11/9,11/8

Final: Pritha Vartikar tb Taneesha Kotecha 11/13,11/8,11/5,11/6,11/6

Sub-junior boys semis: S-1 Aadil Anand (MSD) bt S-4 Kushal Patel (MSD) 9/11,11/5,11/9,11/2,11/3; S-7 Kushal Chopda (NSK)bt S-6 Mainak Nistala (MSD) 5/11,11/3,11/9,8/11,11/9,11/8

Final: Aadil Anand bt Kushal Chopda 11/5,11/8,11/9,11/7

Junior girls semis: S-5 Vidhi Shah (MSD)bt Pearl Amalsadiwala (MSD) 11/7,11/7,11/9,11/6 ; S-2 Pritha Vartikar (PNA) bt Taneesha Kotecha (NSK) 8/11,9/11,8/11,11/5,11/8,12/10,11/8

Final: Pritha Vartikar bt Vidhi Shah (MSD) 11/6,5/11,11/9,11/7,11/7

Junior boys semis: S-1 Chinmaya Somaiya (MSD bt S-4 Sahil Joshi (THN) 11/7,12/10,11/4,11/5; S-7 Aryan Panse (PNA) bt S-3 Shivam Das (MSD) 3/11,11/9,8/11,13/11,11/4,11/3

Final: Chinmaya Somaiya bt Aryan Panse 8/11,11/8,11/6,11/8,7/11,11/9