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City’s Koparkar upsets top seed in state TT ranking event

Pune’s Aniket Koparkar won the 3rd State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament to lift his second consecutive title on the state circuit,upsetting top seed Aman Balgu of Mumbai in straight sets.

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Pune’s Aniket Koparkar won the 3rd State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament to lift his second consecutive title on the state circuit,upsetting top seed Aman Balgu of Mumbai in straight sets.

Koparkar,seeded second at the tournament,was on song as he romped to a convincing n 11-8,11-6,11-8,11-9 victory over his opponengt on Friday.

Earlier,in the semifinals,he had emerged victorious over fellow Pune paddler Martand Biniwale,who pulled off an upset win over sixth seed Noel Pinto to reach the last four.

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Biniwale did not go trophyless,however,beating Pinto yet again in the Youth Boys’ final.

He secured an 11-6,11-4,6-11,11-8,11-7 victory over his opponent to be crowned champion.

In the women’s draw,fourth seed Ashlesha Bodas reached the semifinals with a hard fought seven-set win over Thane’s Vedika Garg,but came up short against top-seed Pooja Sahasrabudhe,losing in five sets.

Sahasrabudhe went on to win the title,beating Mumbai’s Shweta Parte in the final,said the release issued on Friday.

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Some results:
Junior Boys Final:
Devdatta Phadanvis(Ngp) [Seed – 2 bt Atharva Korde(Thn) [Seed – 14 11/3,11/6,11/3,11/5

Junior Girls
Final:
Charvi Kawle (Msd) [Seed – 2 bt Senora D’Souza (Mcd) [Seed-1 11/6,13/11,14/16,9/11,9/11,11/3,11/5

Youth Boys:
Semi-final: Martand Biniwale(Pna) [Seed – 6 bt Jay Modak (Nsk) [Seed – 2 11/8,11/9,7/11,11/9,11/5

Semi-final: Noel Pinto (Msd) [Seed – 9 bt Devdatta Phadanvis (Ngp) [Seed-5 3/11,11/8,11/13,11/8,11/3,11/9.

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Final: Martand Biniwale (Pna) [Seed – 6 bt Noel Pinto (Msd) [Seed – 9 11/6,11/4,6/11,11/8,11/7

Youth girls:
Semi-Final: Pooja Sahasrabudhe(Thn) [seed – 1 bt Senora D’Souza (Mcd) [Seed – 4 10/12,11/3,11/1,11/4,11/6

Semi-final: Shruti Talnikar (Yhn) [seed – 7 bt Juhi Dhote (Ngp) [seed – 6 11/3,11/6,11/7,8/11,11/8

Final: Pooja Sahasrabudhe(Thn) [seed – 1 bt Shruti Talnikar(thn) [seed – 711/7,11/6,11/2,11/4

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Mens quarter-final: Aman Balgu(Msd) [seed – 1 bt Nilay Basak(Msd)11/8,11/5,11/2,4/11,11/6.

Quarter-final: Eric Fernandes(msd) [seed – 4 bt Tanay Shinde(Pna) 13/11,11/2,9/11,11/ 8,11/4

Quarter-final: Martand Biniwale(Pna) [seed – 14 bt Noel Pinto(Msd) [seed – 6 11/8,6/11,11/13,12/10,11/1,11/7

Quarter-final: Aniket Koparkar (Pna) [seed – 2 bt Tanmay Datta (Mcd) [seed – 7

11/9,11/8,17/15,11/

Semi-final: Aman Balgu (Msd) [seed – 1 bt Eric Fernandes (Msd) [seed – 4 11/5,8/11,11/3,11/8,11/11,7/11,11/4


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