Senhora captures triple crown; Tanmay champ

However,the toast of the final day was junior Senhora DSouza,who clinched a triple crown,winning the women,youth and junior girls singles titles and Mansi Chiplunkar,who compensated for her father Mahendra Chiplunkars loss in the mens final,by winning the sub-junior and cadet girls singles finals.

Central Railways Tanmay Dutta defeated second seeded Mahendra Chiplunkar 11-4,11-7,17-19,16-14,9-11,11-8 in the mens singles final of the PJ Hindu Gymkhana-MCDTTA ranking table tennis tournament,hosted by P.J.Hindu Gymkhana here. Earlier,Tanmay had knocked out top seeded Gaurav Parte in the semis.

However,the toast of the final day was junior Senhora DSouza,who clinched a triple crown,winning the women,youth and junior girls singles titles and Mansi Chiplunkar,who compensated for her father Mahendra Chiplunkars loss in the mens final,by winning the sub-junior and cadet girls singles finals. Another youngster who performed beyond his age was 12-year-old Shubham Ambre from Dr. Antonio DSilva School.

Shubham,who is just out of cadet category (Under-12),surprised many by entering the finals of the youth,junior and sub-junior finals. He won the sub-junior,but missed the junior by a whisker and youth to a senior Paresh Murekar.

Results: Mens singles: Tanmay Dutta bt Mahendra Chiplunkar 11-4,11-7,17-19,16-14,9-11,11-8.11-8. Womens singles: Senhora DSouza bt Ruchira Manerkar 11-6,11-2,11-5,11-9.11-7. Youth boys: Paresh Murekar bt Shubham Ambre 9-11,11-4,11-7,11-6,11-8. Youth girls: Senhora DSouza bt Ria Doshi 11-6,11-1,11-5,11-2. Jr boys: Vitraag Mehta bt Shubham Ambre 6-11,5-11,6-11,11-7,11-8,11-4,11-8. Jr girls: Senhora DSouza bt Ria Doshi 11-4,11-7,11-9,11-9. Sub-jr boys: Shubham Ambre bt Mudit Dani 11-6,11-8,11-8,5-11,6-11,11-9. Sub-jr girls: Mansi Chiplunkar bt Antara Jaggi 14-12,11-9,11-13,11-7,11-2. Cadet boys: Tanmay Rane bt Aneesh Sanghai 6-11,11-6,11-9,11-6. Cadet girls: Mansi Chiplunkat bt Krisha Agarwal 11-9,11-8,8-11,12-10. Midget boys: Sagar Zaveri bt Dhruv Jhaveri 10-12,11-2,11-6,11-6. Migdet girls: Hiya Doshi bt Mrunmayee Rane 11-4,11-4,11-2.

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