Vishistha,Avril to clash in finals

Top two seeds Vishistha Haldar and Avril Saldhana took different routes to the midget girls final of the Pro-TT Academy organised 4-Star All Mumbai Table Tennis Tournament,

Top two seeds Vishistha Haldar and Avril Saldhana took different routes to the midget girls final of the Pro-TT Academy organised 4-Star All Mumbai Table Tennis Tournament,sponsored by Bajaj Group and played at the University Sports Pavillion,Marine Lines.

In semi-final matches,the top seed Vishistha tamed Nimisha Warang,winning in three straight games at 11-9,11-6,11-10,while second seed Avril Saldhana encountered a stiff resistance from Sampada Bhiwandkar before pulling off a 10-12,11-9,6-11,13-11,11-7 victory.

In sub-junior boys quarter-finals,top seed Shubham Ambre was taken the distance by unseeded Shaurya Pednekar before winning at 11-1,8-11,11-6,4-11,11-5 and later second seed Regan Albuquerque also made the semi-finals as he defeated Mudit Dani 11-13,13-11,11-2,11-8.

Results:

Quarter-finals: Nimisha Warang bt Nidhi Hemdev 11-2,11-4,11-0; Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Anusha Manira 11-3,11-9,11-3; Avril Saldhana bt Nikki Hemdev 11-3,11-2,11-5; Semi-finals: Vishistha Haldar bt Nimisha Warang 11-9,11-6,11-10; Avril Saldhana bt Sampada Bhiwandkar 10-12,11-9,6-11,13-11,11-7. Sub Jr boys: Quarterfinals: Shubham Ambre bt Shaurya Pednekar 11-1,8-11,11-6,4-11,11-5; Ashwin S bt Tanmay Rane 11-6,11-4,11-5; Mandar Hardikar bt Rutvik Pandirkar 11-8,11-9,8-11,11-9; Regan Albuquerque bt Mudit Dani 11-13,13-11,11-2,11-8. Midget boys: Quarterfinals: Aadil Anand bt Mehaan Shah 11-5,12-10,8-11; Rajveer Shah bt Mayuresh Shinde 7-11,12-10,3-11,7-11; Dhruv Das bt Arnav Karnavar 11-8,11-7,8-11,13-11; Sameehan Kulkarni bt Yohan Mehta 12-10,11-8,10-12,8-11,11-9.

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