Radhika, Shalmali shunted out

MUMBAI, AUG 6: Top seed Shalmali Inamdar in the girls' and second seed Radhika Ghatnekar in the women's section exited from the Maharasht...

MUMBAI, AUG 6: Top seed Shalmali Inamdar in the girls’ and second seed Radhika Ghatnekar in the women’s section exited from the Maharashtra State Ranking table tennis tournament at P J Hindu Gymkhana today.

Rujuta Rege caught Shalmali on the wrong foot during her 21-16, 13-21, 18-21, 21-18, 21-17 semi-final win while Pune’s Neha Sidhaye got rid of Radhika 21-19, 21-15, 21-19 in the quarter-finals.

Aditya Mahagaonkar, already in the the boys’ semi-finals, toppled seventh seed Sanjeev Mehra in one of his best victories in the senior section. Mahagaonkar won the pre-quarterfinal match 19-21, 21-18, 21-18, 13-21, 21-15 but Sanjay Nemlekar ended his celebrations by winning their quarter-final encounter.

Results

Men’s (quarter-finals): Nachiket Chawathe (MSD) bt Nilesh Limaye (Thane) 21-11, 21-14, 21-15; Sanjay Nemlekar (MCD) bt Aditya Mahagaonkar (MSD) 21-15, 21-17, 18-21, 21-18; Bijal Desai (MSD) bt Neville Irani (MCD) 21-13, 21-13, 21-13; S Ramaswamy (MCD) bt Ganadeep Bhiwandkar 21-12,10-21, 21-17, 21-15.

Pre-quarters: Limaye bt Sameer Saralkar (Thane) 21-13, 21-14, 15-21, 14-21, 21-19; Mahagaonkar bt Sanjeev Mehra (Thane) 19-21, 21-18, 21-18, 13-21, 21-15; Desai bt Mahendra Chiplunkar (MCD) 13-21, 24-22, 21-18, 18-21, 21-14; Irani bt Rajendra Sawant (Thane) 21-23, 21-14, 25-27, 21-9, 21-12; Chawathe bt Prakash Kelkar 25-23, 21-13, 21-13; S Ramaswamy bt Eric Fernandes 21-12, 21-6, 21-16; Nemlekar bt Nishant Kulkarni (MSD) 21-15, 21-14, 21-13.

Boys’ semi-finals: Aditya Mahagaonkar ((MSD) bt Mitesh Puranik (MSD) 18-21, 21-16, 22-20, 21-15; Ankur Mahajan (MSD) bt Eric Fernandes (MSD) 12-21, 21-18, 21-7, 21-15. Quarters: Mahagaonkar bt Omkar Torgalkar (MSD) 21-13, 21-16, 21-14; Puranik bt Shashank Juvekar (MSD) 21-13, 21-18, 15-21, 17-21, 23-21; Mahajan bt Saurabh Atkekar (Pune) 21-12, 21-15, 21-17; Fernandes bt Aditya Tawde 21-14, 21-11, 21-17.

Women’s (quarter-finals): Shalmali Mhatre (MSD) bt Sheri Crawford (MCD) 21-12, 13-21, 21-15, 21-14; ChaitaliHate-Mastakar (Thane) bt Depali Zhaveri (Thane) 21-15, 21-6, 21-17; Neha Sidhaye (Pune) bt Radhika Ghatnekar (Thane) 21-19, 21-15, 21-19; Leena Medhekar (Thane) bt Shalmali Inamdar (MSD) 18-21, 21-18, 21-17, 18-21, 26-24. Pre-quarters: Leena bt Ashwini Mokashi (Thane) 21-14, 21-18, 23-21; Shalmali Inamdar bt Sharmali Mankar (MCD) 21-16, 22-24, 21-17, 21-14; Sheri bt Amruta Joshi (Thane) 15-21, 21-17, 21-15, 12-21, 21-14; Shalmali Mhatre bt Shruti Gokhale 21-6, 21-16, 21-11; Dipali bt Rujuta Rege (MSD) 21-19, 21-13, 18-21, 21-18; Chaitali bt Kshipra Gogate (Pune) 11-21, 21-15, 21-11, 22-20; Neha bt Jhanvi Deshpande 21-17, 21-6, 21-10; Radhika bt Shruti Kanade (MSD) 21-15, 21-19, 21-17.

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Girls’ semi-finals: Rujuta Rege (MSD) bt Shalmali Inamdar (MSD) 21-16, 13-21, 18-21, 21-18, 21-17; Neha Sidhaye (Pune) bt Amruta Joshi (Thane) 19-21, 16-21, 21-19, 21-16, 21-17.

Quarters: Shalmali bt Kshipra Gogate (Thane) 14-21, 21-14, 23-21, 21-11; Rujuta bt Madhurika Patkar (Thane) 10-21, 21-19,21-8, 21-14; Amruta bt Shweta Joshi (Thane) 21-12, 21-18, 21-15; Neha bt Sheri Crawford (MCD) 21-10, 19-21, 21-19, 21-18.