The winners of the All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament along with the dignitaries at Margao.
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Anshuman Agarwal, Ruchi Kirtani, Galya Fernandes and Aaron Farias won double crowns each, at the All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised by BPS Club under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association, at Margao. 12-year-old Ruchi was in prime form as she cruised to a comfortable 3–0 win over Pradnya Caro to win the Girls U13 title and thereafter created history by winning the Ladies singles title in an exciting 3-2 win over Anushri Naik, being one of the youngest to achieve such a feat.
Aaron Farias emerged winner in Boys U15 and U17 categories. In U15, Aaron was made to sweat hard by Akshan Lawande before prevailing to a 3-2 win while the U17 category was a much easier contest for the left-handed Aaron, who raced to a comfortable 3-0 win over former India Silver medallist Shantesh Mapshekar.
Young table tennis prodigy Anshuman Agarwal expectedly won the Junior Boys (U19) and Men’s singles titles in emphatic style. In Boys U19 finals, the top seed came all guns blazing to register a facile 3 – 0 win over Akshan Lawande. The Men’s singles finals was a much more engaging contest where the veteran warhorse Noel Noronha wrested one set, but Anshuman was virtually unstoppable, winning the finals with a 4-1 score line to emerge Men’s singles champion.
Ishita Colaso and Chandan Caro won the Girls and Boys U11 titles respectively with Vaishnav Singh and Dhruva Kamat emerging as runners up while Atharv Dhulapkar triumphed in Boys U13 category defeating Chandan Caro 3-0. The Girls U15 finals was a battle between the sisters with Galya Fernandes cruising past Leoma Fernandes to win by 3-0. Leoma came back strongly, overcoming Urvi Surlekar with a 3-2 margin to win the Girls U17 title. Galya bagged her second title, defeating Samaira Soares 3-1 in the Girls Under 19 finals.
