
MUMBAI, OCT 6: Unseeded Manas Karmarkar toppled top seed Aniket Bendre in the junior boys8217; third round of the Thane District Ranking table tennis tournament conducted by Maratha Hitwardhak Mandal today.
Karmarkar won 21-14, 21-17 and continued his good run by advancing into the semi-finals with a 24-22, 21-18, 18-21, 21-15 win over Anand Parihar in the quarters.
Results
Men8217;s singles second round Jitendra Bhat bt Aniket Bendre 21-15, 21-12; Omkar Tanksale bt Rajesh Deshpande 17-21, 21-14, 21-10; Sameer Kulkarni bt Tejas Patankar 21-10, 21-18; Anand Parihar bt Sunil Shenoy 21-14, 21-9; Gunjan Wagle bt Ashish Sathe 21-11, 24-22.
Junior boys8217; singles quarter-finals: Manas Karmakar bt Anand Parihar 24-22, 21-18, 18-21, 21-15; Ashwin Nayak bt Alok Phadnis 21-18, 21-18, 12-21, 21-12; Chetan Gupte bt Amol Ganpatye 21-10, 22-20, 15-21, 21-15; Gunjan Wagle bt Omkar Tanksale 21-17, 21-14, 15-21, 21-17.
Third round: Manas Karmakar bt Aniket Bendre 21-14, 21-17; Amol Ganpatye bt RohanWaghmare 21-15, 21-16; Ashwin Naik bt Aditya Tawade 21-19, 21-10; Chetan Gupte bt Kamesh Choudhari 21-15, 21-10; Omkar Tanksale bt Vipul Vaidya 21-12, 21-19; Gunjan Wagle bt Vishal Vaidya 21-10, 21-11.