Ridhi gets rid of Shweta on way to title

The midget boys final will be contested by Rohit Sadani and Abhinav Kapoor. Sadani defeated Kaushik Krishnan 15-5, 15-3 while Kapoor won 15-2, 15-4 against Vikram Bhatnagar.

Sadani, however, was taken the distance by Pravin Upadhye 13-15, 15-9, 15-13 in the sub-junior boys singles semi-finals. The other finalist, Swapnil Vyavaharkar had a very easy time, winning 15-1, 15-0 against Animesh Kejriwal.

Results

Men’s singles: Vikrant Patwardhan bt Anupam Singh 15-6, 15-6; Sanket Shetty bt Anant Chavan 15-1, 15-10.

Doubles: Vikrant Patwardhan-Mayur Tawade bt Bharat Bhosale-Sameer Lele 15-6, 15-4.

Eric upsets Nishant

Eric Fernandes of Andheri YMCA upset thefourth seed in the men’s singles, Nishant Kulkarni 21-19, 15-21, 21-13 in the second round of the Matunga Gymkhana State Ranking Table Tennis tournament here today.

RESULTS (Prefix denotes seeding)

Men’s singles (2nd round): 1-Nachiket Chawate bt Ankur mahajan 21-13, 21-14; Shashank Juvekar bt Sharad Grover 21-11, 21-9; Swapnil Namjoshi bt Rohit Maharao 21-11, 21-9; 7-Nilesh Pandirkar Harish Shirsat 18-21, 21-7, 21-13; 8-Mahendra Chiplunkar bt Aditya Chemburkar 21-7, 21-15; PG Kelkar bt Dean Chill 12-21, 21-17, 21-16; Upendra Muley bt Vijal Desai 21-12, 16-21, 21-14; Eric Fernandes bt 4-Nishant Kulkarni 21-19, 15-21, 21-13; Gandeep Bhiwandkar bt Guru Parte 21-11, 21-9; Abhijit Sarawate bt Kaushik Pithadia 21-14, 21-12; Sanjay Nemlekar 21-17, 21-11.

Boys singles (2nd round): 1-Aditya Mahagaonkar bt Karan Kadam 21-9, 21-14; 8-Aditya Tawade bt Akash Patil 21-18, 21-3; 7-Sushant Kulkarni bt Harmit Chawla 21-14, 21-18; Amol Pandit bt Sujay patil 16-21, 21-15, 21-16; 4-Mitesh Puranik bt RohanChinchwadkar 21-11, 21-17; Aditya Chemburkar bt Prashant Aher 21-18, 21-17; Omkar Torgulkar bt Gunjal Wagle 21-19, 21-14; 6-Vasajit Meshta bt Amar Tilak 21-15, 21-13; 5-Shashank Juvekar bt Aniruddha Sukale 21-18, 21-14; Dhruv Lakhani bt Arjun Nandkumar 21-13, 27-25; Kunal Dere bt Rohit Maharao 18-21, 21-14, 21-16.

Gogte qualifies

Yashodhan Gogte, a 11-year-old seventh standard student of Bombay Scottish, won his sixth successive game to maintain his all-win record in Group A of hte Entrants Division Chess Tournament being held at Zandu Pharmaceutical Canteen here today.

Yashodhan haldled the white side of Two Knight’s defence against Anil Arora, who made several weak moves. Yashodhan won two black pawns, exchanged the major pieces and won the game in 45 moves.

Yashodhan with six points qualifies for the play-offs. In fact, all players with five or more points have qualified. The players to qualify are: Arora, Mugdha Variyar, Milind Ketkar, Harshvardhan Ambardekar, Vijay Sherla, Ivel D’Souza,Kirit Shah. Two youngsters — Aditya Bhat and Akshay Bhor have also been included.

Velankanni triumph

Velankanni Scports Club defeated Flamingos Red 1-0 in the final of WCG Parish Rink Football tournament held recently at Sacred Heart Parish. Everton won 5-2 against Fatima in the hard-liners cup.