Anurag Gote beats Shubhankar Ranade to bag the Men's title at Pune District Table Tennis Ranking tournament

Anurag Gote fought back from 0-2 to win 4-2 against the stylish Shubhankar Ranade in the Men's Singles Finals of the Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune. The tournament was sponsored by Le Meridien.

In a thrilling match that was a treat to watch for the spectators, Anurag unleashed his steady heavy spin-oriented game, and prevailed in the end.

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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.

Chaudhari steers Deccan Gymkhana to Inter Club Table Tennis title

Rohit Chaudhari of Deccan Gymkhana was the hero of the day at the finals of the Inter-club Table Tennis championships held at Solaris Club.

Chaudhari earned two wins for Deccan, while his team mate completed the win by winning the deciding rubber in a facile manner. Shubhankar Ranade had provided some respite by beating Kunal Tilekar in the 3rd rubber. Deccan thus won the match 3-2.

The keenly anticipated match of the day was Rohit Chaudhari vs Bhushan Singh Thakur. Thakur is an ex-international player. But the day belonged to the accurate play of Chaudhari. Thakur could offer only token resistance in a match that was dominated by Chaudhari but punctuated with thrilling rallies. The only point at which Chaudhari faced resistance was at 6-3 in the 3rd game. Chaudhari relaxed his grip to allow Thakur to make a come back. Thakur won the game after saving a match point down 9-10.

The fourth game was a complete rout. Chaudhari led 9-0 and eventually won the game at 11-3.