Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani in Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament finals

Tomorrow Final Table Tennis match between top seed Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani at the spectacular Balewadi International stadium in Pune. The event is Men's finals. Chinmay survived a tough challenge from Advait Brahme, while Amish prevailed over Chandrashekhar Dev in the semi-finals.

Both competitors are very young and have faced each other quite a few times early in their career and have participated in the National Table Tennis championships. The interesting part is that both are just coming out of grueling study-exam schedules, got less time for practice and still made the finals with true grit! All the best! Finals are 4 PM onwards.

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Chinmay bags a triple crown.. again!

Photo from DNA - Jignesh Mistrey

Lightning kid Chinmay Datar again bagged a triple crown at the Le Meridien Pune District Ranking tournament at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune conducted under the aegis of PDTTA. The tournament concluded this weekend.

Chinmay beat Aniket Gulwani, Neel Joshi and Shubhankar Ranade in the Men's, Youth, and Junior groups.

Incidentally, Chinmay Datar had bagged 16 titles last year including 3 triple crowns last year. He also participated in two National junior tournaments and upset an International Junior player.

Sharada Centre wins Pune District Inter Club title

Photo: Courtesy Sruja Bhat

Sharada Centre represented by Upendra Mulye, Chinmay Datar, and Akshay Deshpande beat Deccan Gymkhana E 3-0 to win the Pune Inter Club Championship.

Earlier, in the semi-finals, Sharada Centre beat Deccan Gymkhana B, while the other two semi-finalist teams were from Deccan Gymkhana.

Results of the Final day at Deccan Gymkhana Prize Money Tournament

 Martand (right) in a file photo

Sub-Junior Boys {Under 14 Years} Final

1) Neel Joshi{1} bt Rohan Kulkarni{4} 11-5, 11-9, 11-7

Junior Boys {Under 17 Years} Final  

1) Neel Joshi{4} bt Chinmay Datar{1} {Upset} 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9

Youth Boys {Under 20 Years} Final  

1) Martand Biniwale{1} bt Shubhankar Ranade{4} 11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 11-5, 12-14, 11-6

Veterans {40 Years +} Final

1) Rohinton Todiwala{2} bt M.A.Baig 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 

Men's Doubles Final

1) Aniket Koparkar / Rohit Chaudhary {1} bt Martand Biniwale / Upendra Mulaye {2}  11-4, 11-6, 11-6

Men's Singles Final

1) Aniket Koparkar {1} bt Martand Biniwale {2}  11-6, 11-13, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9

Results of the Poona District Prize Money Table Tennis Tournament

Sub-Junior Girls {Under 14 Years} 

Round Semi-Final 

1) Manasi Chajed{1} bt Vaibhavi Kher{4} 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
2) Priyanka Tamhankar{3} bt Arohi Chajed{2} 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3

Sub-Junior Girls {Under 14 Years} Round Final
1) Manasi Chajed{1} bt Priyanka Tamhankar{3} 11-6, 11-7, 11-8

Junior Girls {Under 17 Years} Round Semi-Final
1) Shrungeri Pawale bt Arohi Chajed 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9
2) Mansi Chajed bt Ujwala Gaikwad 11-4, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9

Junior Girls {Under 17 Years} Round Final  

1) Mansi Chajed bt Shrungeri Pawale 11-6, 11-9, 11-8

Junior Boys {Under 17 Years} Round Quarter-Final  

1) Chinmay Datar{1} bt Anand Kale 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9
2) Aniket Gulawani{4} bt Siddharth Lohpatre 11-5, 11-3, 14-12, 10-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5
3) Neel Joshi{3} bt Rohan Kulkarni 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 13-11
4) Shubhankar Ranade{2} bt Varun Shastri 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4

Youth Girls {Under 20 Years} Round Semi-Final  

1) Sayali Deshpande{1} bt Mansi Chajed{4} 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
2) Arohi Chajed bt Ujwala Gaikwad 6-11, 14-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6

Youth Girls {Under 20 Years} Round Final  

1) Sayali Deshpande{1} bt Arohi Chajed 11-4, 11-4, 11-8

Aniket Koparkar bags Men's crown

Pune's Aniket Koparkar won the Men's singles title at the 2nd District Ranking tournament held at Sharada center today. In the finals, he beat Bhushan Thakur in straight games.

Although a couple of games were hard fought, Bhushan had real chances only in the first game. After he let that opportunity slip, it was Koparkar all the way.

In a hard fought Youth boys finals, Chinmay Datar of the host team, claimed the title beating the gritty Amish Karamchandani of Deccan Gymkhana. The match went all the way to the last game and the last two points decided the title. Amish had the edge throughout but Chinmay breasted the tape first.