Manav Thakkar and Moumita Datta win Sub Junior titles at West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Pint-sized Manav Thakkar won the Sub Junior Boys title at the West Zonal National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Thane. The PSPB lad Manav Thakkar beat Rohit Bhanja of North Bengal in the finals. In the Girls finals, Moumita Datta of West Bengal beat Shruti Amrute from the host state.

Udit Bhattacharya and Tulika Roy won the Cadets titles.
Photo: Vikas Thakkar

Scores:
Cadet girls:
Tulika Roy (WB) bt Swastika Ghosh (MHR) 11/4,11/6,11/6,11/9

Cadet boys:
Udit Bhattacharya bt Soham Bhattacharya (WB) 11/4,6/11,7/11,7/11,12/10,11/7,11/5

Sub Junior Girls
Moumita Datta (WB) bt Shruti Amrute (MHR) 11/5,7/11,11/4,11/8,11/9

Sub Junior Boys
Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Rohit Bhanja (NB) 11/7,8/11,12/10,8/11,12/10,11/6

2nd State Ranking Tournament at Dombivali

 Sanika showing off her well-earned trophies in a file photograph

Sanika Divekar, Sanish Ambekar in the Sub Junior Girls and Boys, and Ajaysingh Patil and Shruti Amrute in the Cadet Boys and Girls won the first titles at stake at the 2nd State Ranking Tournament at Thane (Dombivali).

For detailed results, please visit the MSTTA results page

Highlights of Dhule State Ranking Tournament 2010

Dhule Wind Turbines and Agra Road in Dhule City

Earlier News: Dhule State Table Tennis Ranking

Old stalwart Upendra Mulye beat 8th seed Zubin Taraporewala 3-0 to reach the pre-quarterfinals.

RAJ SHINDE of Pune, seeded a low 13, beat top seed Vedant Shah of MSD 7/11,11/6,11/5,11/1 3,11/6

Two major upsets were seen yesterday.

Advait Brahme of Pune beat the top seed of the Junior Boy's singles event - Brahme beat Chandrashekhar Gole (MSD) 11-5, 12-10, 7-11, and 11-7
The gritty Advait has just graduated from the Cadet ranks this year.

In another significant upset, Paresh Murekar (MSD) beat Noel Pinto (MSD) in the Youth Boy's event 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 10-12 and 11-9.

In the Sub Junior Boy's singles event 3rd round giant killer, Kalpak Bansod of Nagpur upset top seed Siddhesh Pande of Thane in straight games 11/5,11/8,11/3.
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Cadet Girls finals

Shruti Amrute (Thane) beat Simran Haria (MSD) in a close encounter in the Cadet Girls finals - 11-7, 8-11, 14-12, 10-12, and 11-5

Cadet Boys Finals

Tejas Kamble (Thane) beat Raj Shinde (Pune) in another close contest 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 13-11, and 11-3

More live highlights to follow.