Shubham steals the show

Shubham Ambre stole the show on a day when international Aman Balgu,ranked No. 15 in the country,beat Noel,ranked three places below Aman,for the mens singles title in the PRO-TT Academy All Mumbai Ranking table tennis tournament,sponsored by Bajaj Group and held at the University Sports Pavilion here on Sunday night. But the hero of the […]

Shubham Ambre stole the show on a day when international Aman Balgu,ranked No. 15 in the country,beat Noel,ranked three places below Aman,for the mens singles title in the PRO-TT Academy All Mumbai Ranking table tennis tournament,sponsored by Bajaj Group and held at the University Sports Pavilion here on Sunday night.

But the hero of the day was Shubham Ambre. The 7th standard boy from St.Antonio DSilva School (Dadar) thrilled the crowd with some sizzling stroke play. His control,footwork and aggression was sheer delight to watch and his rival and higher ranked Rhys Albuquerque,seeded second could hardly do much against Shubhams onslaught.

Shubhams domination was so much that he was up 2-0 before Rhys could manage to reduce the gap by winning the third. But it hardly made any difference as Shubham therafter raced to clinch the boys under-17 title,winning the tie 11-7,11-8,7-11,11-7,11-8.

Western Railways Runa Roy looked rusty initially,but as the match progressed,she got into her rhythm to beat Charvi Kawle 8-11,8-11,13-11,11-8,11-7,13-11. Charvi,who had earlier bagged a double in the GSC-MSDTTA tourney,dad to endure another defeat when she was beaten by Shweta Parte in the youth girls final. Shweta won 11-7,11-7,3-11,12-10,8-11,11-4.

Results:

Womens singles: Runa Roy bt Charvi Kawle 8-11,8-11,13-11,11-8,11-7,13-11. Mens singles: Aman Balgu bt Noel Pinto. Youth girls singles: Shweta Parte bt Charvi Kawle 11-7,11-7,3-11,12-10,8-11,11-4. Youth boys singles: Noel Pinto bt Ravindra Kotiyan 13-11,8-11,11-6,7-11,11-7,11-8. Girls singles: Dyuti Patki bt Ashlesha Trehan 12-10,8-11,11-5,11-9,11-7. Boys singles: Shubham Ambre bt Rhys Albuquerque 11-7,11-8,7-11,11-7,11-8. Sub-jr girls singles: Dyuti Patki bt Mansi Chiplunkar 12-10,11-3,10-12,11-7,11-6. Sub-jr boys singles: Harsh Mehta bt Ashwin S 11-5,11-6,11-4,11-5. Cadet girls singles: Srushti Haleangadi bt Payal Bohra 11-8,9-11,6-11,11-5,12-10. Cadet boys singles: Shaurya Pednekar bt Ashwin S. 11-9,6-11,11-9,11-7. Midget girls singles: Aditi Sinha bt Neeha Gupta 11-6,11-6,5-11,11-8. Midget boys singles: Chinmaya Somaiya bt Kavish Bodhare 11-7,11-6,11-4.

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