Thane’s promising paddler Deepit Patil with some brilliant all-round play maintained his winning momentum and went on to complete a grand double clinching the Youth boys and Junior Boys’ singles crowns in the Dr Ramesh Prabhoo Memorial 82nd Maharashtra State Table Tennis tournament, organized by The Suburban District Table Tennis Association (TSTTA) and played at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle, Mumbai on Wednesday.
Deepit, who was compact in both attack and defence, controlled play against Mumbai City’s Tanmay Rane and romped to a fluent 11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 14-12, 12-14, 11-6 win in the youth boys final.
Earlier on Tuesday, Deepit quelled the aspirations of another Mumbai lad Aadil Anand of TSTTA by scripting an 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3 win to clinch the junior boys’ singles crown
In the youth boys’ semi-finals, Tanmay after trailing 2-3 staged a solid fight back by winning the last two games to register a 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9 win against TSTTA’s Chinmay Somaiya. Deepti produced another stellar performance to record a hard-fought seven-game win against Mumbai’s Reagan Albuquerque of TSTTA pulling through by a 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 12-14, 12-10 scores.
Earlier in the junior boys’ semi-finals, Deepit staved off a strong late fight from local challenger Jash Modi of TSTTA snatching an 11-4, 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9. In the second semi-final which was an all-TSTTA contest, Aadil got the better of Hrishikesh Malhotra rallying to a 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 victory.
RESULTS
Junior boys (quarter-finals): Deepit Patil (THN) bt Neil Mule (PNA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4; Jash Modi (TSTTA) bt Amish Athavle (NDD) 11-7, 11-9, 13-11, 11-6; Aadil Anand (TSTTA) bt Kushal Chopda (NSK) 11-9, 11-13, 12-10, 11-8, 11-4; Hrishikesh Malhotra (TSTTA) bt Swayam Ibraampurkar (TSTTA) 13-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9.
Semi-finals: Deepit Patil (THN) bt Jash Modi (TSTTA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9; Aadil Anand (TSTTA) bt Hrishikesh Malhotra (TSTTA) 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.
Final: Deepit Patil (THN) bt Aadil Anand (TSTTA) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3.
Youth boys singles (quarter-finals): Chinmay Somaiya (TSTTA) bt Hrishikesh Malhotra (TSTTA) 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4; Tanmay Rane (Mumbai City) bt Aadil Anand (TSTTA) 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Reagan Albuquerque (TSTTA) bt Shivam Das (TSTTA) 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6; Deepit Patil (THN) bt Ashwin Subramanian (TSTTA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6.
Semi-finals: Tanmay Rane (Mumbai City) bt Chinmay Somaiya (TSTTA) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9; Deepit Patil (THN) bt Reagan Albuquerque (TSTTA) 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 12-14, 12-10.
Final: Deepit Patil (THN) bt Tanmay Rane (Mumbai City) 11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 14-12, 12-14, 11-6.
