Kohli downs Doshi

Kohli will now vie for the champion’s purse of Rs 7,500 with Awish Jaiswal, the top seed. Jaiswal settled the aspirations of Abhijit Kukreja, who had stormed into the men’s semi-finals last night by surprising fourth seeded neeraj Shirgaonkar, with a arunaway 15-6, 15-12, 15-9 victory. Kukreja simply could not reproduce the same form.

Just 13, Siddharth Suchde played impressively while defeating Jaikaran Juneja 15-8, 15-12, 15-11 and reaching the under-16 final. he now takes on the top seed JunaidNathani.

Results (all semi-finals)

Men’s: Manish Choitrani bt Saket Wali 15-9, 15-8, 15-9.
Professionals: Chandrakant Pawar bt Ananth More 15-6, 15-13, 10-15, 10-15, 15-13, Santosh More bt Rajesh Verma 15-12, 15-6, 15-4.
Junior boys (u-19): Amit Pal Kholi bt Parath Doshi 13-15, 15-12, 15-9, 15-14.
Junior boys (u-16): Junaid Nathani bt Sahil Vora 13-15, 15-3, 15-8, 15-2, Siddharth Suchde bt Jaikaran Juneja 15-8, 15-12, 15-11.
Women’s: Mekhala Subedar bt Reha Bandhari 15-9, 15-7, 10-1 15-4.
Collegiate TT
Trilok Prabhune (Sydenham) and Anasha Bhave (Podar) have been top-seeded for the Inter-Collegiate Table Tennis Tournament to be held from August 17 at the University Pavilion. There are 220 players in the fray with 176 being in the boys singles.

The seedings

Boys: 1. Trilok Prabhune (Sydenham), 2. Neville Irani (Podar), 3. Vivek Mahajan), 4. Mushir Ulde (Jai Hind), 5. Pawan Gokran (CHM), 6. Jigar Rambhia (Mithibai), 7. Ashwin K(Mulund), 8. Kedar Kasbekar (Hinduja).
Girls: 1. Anasha Bhave (Podar), 2. Devika Thatre (CHM), 3. Mugdha Oltekar (VES Tech), 4. Kalyani Gudre (BPCA).