Friday, February 15, 2013

Adv Madhav Rao State Open Table Tennis Championship DAY ONE



Adv Madhav Rao Memorial State TT gets Underway.

The 46th Adv Madhav Rao State Table Tennis Open Championships organized by the Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA), got underway today with the mini-cadet boys and cadet boys category matches taking place at the Indoor Stadium table tennis hall at Campal, Panjim.
In the mini cadet boys category semi-final  Vaidik Shrivastava beat Shantiesh Mapxenkar 11-2, 11-2, 11-1 to enter the finals. He will meet Jayden Monteiro who got the better of Neelay Kamat 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 in the final.
In the cadet boys category semi-final , Varun Gangodkar beat Vaidik Shrivastava 8-11, 11-3, 13-11, 11-3 to set up a final clash with Wesley DoRosario (Fomento Resources)  who beat Mandar Joshi  11-4, 11-7, 11-4
In the cadet boys quarterfinals, Wesley DoRosario (Fomento Resources) beat Naguesh Verenkar 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 and Atharva Nadkarni lost to Mandar Joshi  7-11, 2-11, 6-11 while Varun Gangodkar beat Shaswat Mapxenkar 11-9, 12-10, 11-7 and Karl Gomindes lost to Vaidik Shrivastava 6-11, 4-11, 2-11. There was also a major upset when unseeded Naguesh Verenkar beat No 8 Neelay Kamat in the pre-quarter finals, in a keenly contested match, with a set-score of 3-2 
Quarterfinals mini cadet boys: Akshay Naik beat Govind Bharne 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 while Aiden Furtado got the better of Stephen D’Costa 12-10, 13-11, 11-9. Nageush Verenkar beat Jayz Gomes 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7 and Nihal Virginkar beat Anshuman Agarwal  9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3.
In the other quarterfinals, Akshay Naik went down to Vaidik Shrivastava 1-11, 2-11, 1-11 while Nihal Virginkar lost to Shantish Mapxenkar 4-11, 2-11, 5-11. Jayden Monteiro beat Aiden Furtado  8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 14-12 and Neelay Kamat stretched Naguesh Verenkar to eventually win 5-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-3, 11-8.

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