Naik scalps Kotiyan to enter quarters

Seasoned paddler Prasad Naik is more a photographer than a sportsman. But on Tuesday,he turned into a player with amazing results. He scaled over fifth seeded Ravindra Kotiyan 4-2 to storm into the men’s singles quarterfinals of the of the Matunga Gymkhana-All Mumbai ranking table tennis tournament hosted by Matunga Gymkhana here. What was the most remarkable feature about Prasad’s win was his never-say-die spirit. Though down 1-2,his resilience saw him turning the tables on his rival,who is still a junior and one of the most promising players in the state. Prasad taught a lesson or two to Ravindra in ball control. Ravindra,who relishes speed and power was often found in two minds as Prasad’s well-directed strokes caught him in two minds.

Results: Men’s singles (Pre-quarterfinals): 1- Sanil Shetty bt Mahendra Chiplunkar 11-3,11-4,11-5,11-7; 2- Noel Pinto bt Kapil Kumar 11-8,12-10,11-3,11-8; 3- Aman Balgu bt Siddharth Birje 11-5,11-6,11-8,11-6; 4- Nilesh Pandirkar bt Yogesh Desai 12-10,11-4,11-8,11-6; Prasad Naik bt 5- Ravindra Kotiyan 4-11,11-3,7-11,11-5,12-10,11-6; 6- Nishant Kulkarni bt Suhas Rane 11-9,11-6,11-6,8-11,10-12,12-10; 7- Gaurav Parte bt Tejas Maru 11-8,11-4,11-4,11-8; Saurabh Mohite bt 8- Chandrashekhar Gole 12-10,11-9,11-7,11-8. Women’s singles (Quarterfinals): Shweta Parte bt Amruta Patil 11-3,11-1,11-6,11-3; Mrunmayee Mhatre bt SailiSatwe 11-5,15-13,11-6,11-7; Shruti Borkar bt Tanmya D’ouza 8-11,11-6,11-13,6-11,11-2,11-6,11-5. Youth girls singles (Quarterfinals): Shweta Pasrte bt Disha Shirdhankar 11-6,11-6,11-13,11-2,11-2; Sailee Satwe bt Tanmya D’Souza 11-6,11-9,11-5,14-12; Joanne D’Souza bt Bhavana Deshpande 11-5,11-9,11-2,11-1. Youth boys singles (Quarterfinals): Noel Pinto bt Harsh Maniar 12-10,9-11,11-6,11-8,11-9;Ravindra Kotiyan bt Chandrashekhar Gole 11-6,5-11,11-3,7-11,14-12,11-4; Rhys Albuquerque bt Tejas Maru 11-9,11-7,11-9,8-11,13-11; Nishaad Shah bt Vedant Shah 11-7,11-8,11-8,10-12,11-4. Veteran singles Finals: (Women): Pretti Pardeshi bt Farank Braganza 11-9,11-5,9-11,11-9. (Men): Plus 39: Purushottam Markad bt C.E. Gosavi 11-8,7-11,13-11,11-4. (Plus 49): Deepak Doodhane bt Yogesh Desai 14-12,4-11,11-5,11-9. (Plus 59): A.S.Shaikh bt T.M.Kammu 12-10,11-7,11-5.