PANAJI
Kewal Tamhankar, Aaron Colaco, Pranav Naik and Nikhil Jadhav moved into the Youth (U21) Boys Singles semi finals, at the 8th Late Ramacanta V.P. Dharwatkar Memorial All Goa Table Tennis Tournament organised by Panjim Table Tennis Club in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa.
In the non-ranking tournament which is annually held at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji to promote upcoming players, Anish Verlekar, Advait Mudras, Aaron Coalco and Vedant Kulkarni made it into the last four grade in the Junior Boys singles category.
In Sub Junior Boys singles, Aaron Farias, Harsh Bharne, Aman Chowhan, Darren Duarte, Fynn Gonsalves, Rishan Sheikh and Dhruv Helekar have moved into the quarterfinals while Rishaan Sheikh, Hrishi Dayekar, Yatharth Baliyan and Sidhant Parsekar have entered the mini cadets’ Boys semifinals. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Durgadas Kamat, vice president, Goa Forward Party in the presence of Mahendra Dharwatkar (sports promoter), Irwin Cordo (DSYA TT coach), Selvyn Godinho (Panjim TT Club secretary) and Sandeep Heble(vice president, Panjim TT Club).
Following are the results:
Cadet Boys Singles Pre Quarters
Aaron Farias bt Shourya Gandhi 3 -1 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5)
Harsh Bharne bt Yathath Balliyan 3- 2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7)
Aman Chowhan bt Athav Sawant 3-1 (11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7)
Darren Duarte bt Pushkar Virgincar 3-1 (11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6)
Fynn Gonsalves bt Sourish Kolwalkar 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9)
Rishan Sheikh bt Sidhant Parsekar 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9)
Dhruv Helekar bt Aman Kamat 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10)
Junior Boys Singles Quarters
Anish Verlekar bt Amogh Bawachikar 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-4)
Advait Mudras bt Akshay Nair 3- 0(11-5, 11-7, 11-7)
Aaron Coalco bt Swayam Chodancar 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-4)
Vedant Kulkarni bt Nathan Barua 3- 0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-3)
Youth Boys Singles Quarters
Kewal Tamhankar bt Nathan Barua 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-5)
Aaron Colaco bt Zubin Bocarro 3-2 (11-7, 11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 11-7)
Pranav Naik bt Vedant Kulkarni 3-2 (4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
Nikhil Jadhav bt Gopal Walwalkar 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)
