Manasi Munj and Chinmay Datar have been given top billing in the womens and mens singles categories,respectively,at the Darode-Jog trophy district ranking table tennis tournament.
The tournament,carrying a total prize money of Rs 45,000,will be played at the Sanmitra Sanghas new venue in Kothrud between September 24 and 28. Matches will start at 3:30 pm every day.
Munj is the top seed in junior girls and youth girls categories. Ankita Patwardhan (cadet),Arohi Chajed (sub-junior) are the other top seeded girls. In the boys categories,Shreeyash Bhosale (cadet),Dhruva Kaluskar (sub-junior),Adwait Brahme (junior),Neel Joshi (youth) have been given top seeding.
Seedings: Cadet girls: 1-Ankita Patwardhan,2-Neha Mahangade,3-Shruti Gabhane,4-Bhargavi Patil; Sub-Junior girls: 1-Arohi Chajed,2-Priyanka Tamhankar,3-Eesha Joshi,4-Saloni Y Shah; Junior girls- 1-Manasi Munj,2-Arohi Chajed,3-Ujwala Gaikwad,4-Vedika Bhende; Youth Girls: 1-Manasi Munj,2-Ujwala Gaikwad,3-Eesha Joshi,4-Prachi Ghumatkar; Women: 1-Manasi Munj,2-Ujwala Gaikwad,3-Prachi Ghumatkar,4-Niharika Jatar
Cadet boys: 1-Shreeyash Bhosale, 2-Shaunak Shinde,3-Tanmay Kulkarni,4-Arnab Chaudhari; Sub-Junior boys: 1-Dhruva Kaluskar,2-Manthan Shah,3-Anand Kale,4- Sanat Bokil; Junior boys: 1- Adwait Brahme,2-Neel Joshi,3-Varun Shastri,4- Sidharth Lohapatre; Youth boys: 1- Neel Joshi,2- Adwait Brahme 3- Anuj Bhave,4- Aniket Gulwani; Men: 1- Chinmay Datar,2- Adwait Brahme; 3- Amish Karamchandani,4- Atul Bapat Veterans: 1- Guru Nadgauda,2- Avinash Joshi,3-Ronnie Todiwala,4-Rohidas Garud Kids: Aneeha Dsouza,2-Rushil Pandhare,3-Archan Apte,4-Sanat Jain