PANAJI
Anaya Shukla, Shaurya Dessai, Tvisha Kotkar and Vanlalhriapuii advanced to the Girls Under-11 semi-finals on the opening day of the 2nd All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Sports Complex, Ponda.
The tournament is being organised by the Ponda Table Tennis Sports Club under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association.
In the quarter-finals, Anaya defeated Sanaz Shaikh 3-0, while Shaurya edged past Claire George 3-2. Tvisha overcame Tasha Mascarenhas 3-2 and Vanlalhriapuii registered a comfortable 3-0 victory over Swara Gude.
In the Girls Under-13 category, Sachi Desai, Vanlalhriatpuii, Inara D'Souza, Shaurya Dessai, Lalruatsangi, Vanlalrinzuali, Anaya Shukla and Tisha Shaikh progressed to the quarter-finals after winning their Round of 16 matches.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Ponda Municipal Council chairperson Virendra Dhavalikar, sports promoter Bhaskar Khandeparkar, organising club president Vishwanath Dalvi, councillor Shaunak Borkar, organising club member Amogh Namshikar and other dignitaries.
