AMEY JOSHI
PANAJI (GOA): Kewal Tamhankar will meet Pranav Naik in the Youth (U-21) Boys’ singles final while Janvi Naik Dalal will battle it out with Najida Shiekh for the Under-14 Girls’ title at the 7th Late Ramacanta Dharwatkar Memorial Table Tennis Tournament organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in collaboration with SAG, at Indoor stadium, Campal.
The Under-14 Boys’ singles final will be contested between Nathan Barua and Aaron Colaco. In Under-12 Girls’, Simran Kubal will meet Shivani Dhamapurkar while Upendra Talawdekar will face Advait Mudras in Under-12 Boys’ final.
In Under-10 Girls’, Leoma Fernandes reached finals where she will meet Sunidhi Sawaikar, while Siddhant Parsekar and Vivek Carvalho will face each other in the Under-10 Boys’ final.
Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by businessman Mahesh Naik in the presence of Mahendra Dharwatkar, son of late R Dharwatkar, Table Tennis Coach Irwin Cordo, Goa TT Association executive member Amey Lawande, and Panjim TT Club officials Selvyn Godinho, Joel Andrade and Sandeep Heble.
Following are the semi-finals results:- U-10 Girls’ semis: Leoma Fernandes bt Joshiana S 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8), Sunidhi Sawaikar bt Davia Pinto 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-8); Under 10 Boys’ semis: Siddhant Parsekar bt Sparsh Hodarkar 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7), Vivek Carvalho bt Arnav Saraf 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9); Under 12 Girls’ semis: Simran Kubal bt Anushree Naik 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9), Shivani Dhamapurkar bt Trisha Hamanavar 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9); Under 12 Boys’ semis: Upendra Talawdekar bt Kim D’Souza 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8), Aaron Colaco bt Advait Mudras 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8); Under 14 Girls’ semis: Janvi Naik Dalal bt Trisha Hamanavar 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8), Najida Sheikh bt Sneha Mesta 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7); Under 14 Boys’ semis: Nathan Barua bt Aaron Colaco 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7), Advait Mudras bt Upendra Talawdelar 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8); Under 21 Boys’ semis: Kewal Tamhankar bt Nikhil Jadhav 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9), Pranav Naik bt Priyam Redkar 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8).
