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Verenkers A registered a comfortable 3-0 win over Verenkars B to move into Men’s team championship finals of the 4th Invitational Table Tennis Tournament organised by Miramar Sports Club in collaboration with Goa Table Tennis Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at multipurpose stadium, Peddem.
In the other semifinals, SDK Ceramics easily overcame the challenge of GTTDC 3-0 to book their place in the finals. The other 15-team championship too will be a title clash between Verenkars A and SDK Ceramics, both of who have a chance to win the double. In the semi finals, SDK Ceramics displayed sublime form to record a 3-1 win over Kolhapur Sunrisers while Verenkers A edged out BPS A 3-2 in the other semifinals.
RESULTS
Men’s Team championship Quarterfinals: Verekars B bt Sharks 3-0 - Diljeet Velingkar bt Sharath Shankar 3-2 (5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8), Soumyajit Ghosh bt Aditya Narasimhan 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-3), Souvik Banarjee / Soumyajit Ghosh bt Ashwin Hangudu / Sharath Shankar 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-5); GTTDC bt BNM 3-0 - Bhavesh Apte bt Sumit Mishra 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9), Akash Gupta bt Krishna Sundar 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-9), Dheeraj Rai/Akash Gupta bt Rathin Kalose / Sumit Mishra 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-3); Verekars A bt Mumbai Mavericks 3-0 - Ronit Bhanja bt Mayuresh Kelkar 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5), Arjun Ghosh bt Suraj Chandrashekar 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-7), Jeet Chandra / Ronit Bhanja bt Yash Doshi / Mayuresh Kelkar 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6); SDK Ceramics bt Chowkidaars 3-0 - Shreyal Telang bt Rutuj Sonawane 3-1 (13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11), Sudanshu Grover bt Shantesh Mapsekar 3-1 (11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 17-15), Abhishek Yadav / Sudanshu Grover bt Pranav Naik / Rutuj Sonawane 3-1 (11-3, 13-15, 11-4, 11-3)
Men’s Team championship Semifinals: Verekars A bt Verekars B 3-0 - Ronit Bhanja bt Diljeet Velingker 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9), Arjun Ghosh bt Souvik Banerjee 3-1(11-8, 2-11, 17-15, 12-10), Jeet Chandra/Arjun Ghosh bt Soumyajit Ghosh/Diljeet Velingker (conceded); SDK Ceramics bt GTTDC 3-0 - Sudanshu Grover bt Bhavesh Apte 3-0(14-12, 11-9, 11-7), Shreyal Telang bt Dheeraj Rai 3-1(6-11, 11-3, 11-6, 13-11), Abhishek Yadav / Sudanshu Grover bt Akash Gupta / Dheeraj Rai 3-1(9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6).
Under-15 Team Championship Semifinals: SDK Ceramics bt Kolhapur Sunrisers 3-1 - Deshna Vanshika lost to Anish Sontike 1-3 (6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11), Smyak Kashyap bt Bhavya Shah 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10), Gokulam Kashyap bt Rushikesh Nalawade 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6), Samyak bt Anish Sontike 3-2 (7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7); Verenkars bt BPS A 3-2 - Nagesh Verenker bt Sneha Rane 3-1 (11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9), Anshuman Agarwal bt Janvi Dalal 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8), Aadvik Panandikar lost to Sanisha Shetye 1-3 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 8-11), Anshuman Agarwal bt Sneha Rane 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7).
