Ahmedabad: Ninth-seed Soham Bhattacharya upset second-seed Shlok Bajaj, the winner of the last state ranking TT meet, 4-2 to capture the men’s title at the 4th Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2022 in Valsad on Thursday.
Top-seed Frenaz Chipia of Surat hardly broke a sweat in her victory over city mate Filzah Kadri 4-2 to take home yet another women’s trophy.
In the most eagerly-awaited final of the day, third-seed Riya Jayswal defeated her elder sister Namna to capture the junior girls (U-19) title.
Even though Shlok lost the men’s final, he still ended up with a double crown as he won the junior boys (U-19) final by blanking Pratham Madlani of Vadodara 4-0 and then pocketing the U-15 boys title by humbling Arman Shaikh of Aravilli 4-1.
Ahmedabad’s Pratha Pawar too won double crown by winning the junior girls (U-17) and U-15 titles by beating Riya and Nidhi Prajapati respectively.
Results (All Finals): Men’s: 9-Soham Bhattacharya (AHD) bt 2-Shlok Bajaj (SRT) 4-2 (12-10,13-11,2-11,14-12,9-11,11-6); Women’s: 1-Frenaz Chipia (SRT) bt 2- Filzah Fatema Kadri (SRT) 4-1 (11-8,8-11,11-8,11-4,13-11);
Junior Boys (U-19): Shlok Bajaj (SRT) bt Pratham MAdlani (BRD) 4-0 (11-6,11-4,11-7,11-7); Junior Girls (U-19): 3- Riya Jayswal (BVN) bt 4-Namna Jayswal (BVN) 4-2 (11-8,11-7,11-9,9-11,13-15,11-8);
Junior Girl’s (U-17): 1-Pratha Pawar (AHD) bt 3-Riya Jayswal (BVN) 4-2 (11-4,8-11,8-11,13-11,11-7,11-9);Junior Boys (U-17): 1-Shlok Bajaj (SRT) bt 3-Arman Shaikh (ARV) 4-1 (11-5,6-11,11-7,11-6,11-5);
Sub-Junior Boys (U-15): 1-Aayush Tanna (SRT) bt 2- Himansh Dahiya (AHD) 4-2 (3-11,11-6,9-11,11-6,11-4,11-7); Sub-Junior Girls (U-15): 1-Pratha Pawar (AHD) bt 7- Nidhi Prajapati (AHD) 4-2 (13-11,12-10,6-11,11-6,5-11,11-4);
Cadet Boys (U-13): 2-Malav Panchal (AHD) bt 1-Samarth Shekhawat (SRT) 4-3 (7-11,8-11,11-6,15-13,11-13,13-11,14-12); Cadet Girls (U-13): 2-Jiya Trivedi (AHD) bt 1-Mouboni Chatterjee (Ahd) 4-3 (11-6,11-4,11-9,9-11,3-11,7-11,11-9);
Hopes Boys (U-11): 1-Hridan Patel (SRT) bt 3-Krishnav Gupta (SRT) 4-0 (11-7,11-4,11-5,11-8); Hopes Girls (U-11): 2-Daniya Godil (SRT) bt 1- Khwaish Lotia (AHD) 4-0 (11-5,11-8,14-12,11-8);
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