On Wednesday, orange city’s top paddler Aadi Chitnis won the boys singles Under-19 title in the 5th Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament held in Sangli.
Aadi, a student of Dr Ambedkar College Nagpur, practices in India Khelega Academy, Pune under coach Sanmay Paranjpe.
In the boys Under-17 singles, Nagpur’s fifth seed Tejas Wasnikar lost his quarter-final match to fourth seed Dhruv Vasaikar of Thane 11-9, 4-11. 12-14, 11-8, 11-7. Tejas beat Yashwin 12th seed Yashwin Gade of Thane 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6.