Maharashtra Open Ranking Table Tennis tournament in Nagpur from September 7

NAGPUR: The fourth Maharashtra Open Ranking State Table Tennis Championship, organized by the

Nagpur District

Table Tennis Association (NDTTA) under the auspices of Maharashtra Table Tennis Association (MTTA), will be held from September 7 to 11 here at the Nagpur University Subhedar Hall, Ravi Nagar.


In-form city paddler Jennifer Verghese has been given the top billing in the cadet girls singles, said NDTTA secretary Ashutosh Potnis while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday.

“Around thousand players are expected to take part in the five-day tournament. The total prize money is Rs 1.50 lakh. Out of the five-six ranking tourneys of the season, we generally conduct one of them and we have been doing it for nearly two decades now. On the basis of performance in these ranking tournaments, state squad is selected for the Nationals,” said Potnis.

The long serving NDTTA secretary Potnis said the Nagpur leg of the tourney will be organized in various categories. Junior boys section has received maximum 160 entries followed by sub-junior girls which have 88 entries. Senior men’s and youth boys have also attracted 80 entires each. More than 100 local players will also compete for the top honours.

He added that eight tables will be used for the tourney which will be placed on the newly laid synthetic hova courts of Subhedar Hall. Mangesh Mopkar will be the chief referee, while Praful Nandedkar will be the joint referee. Rajesh Mopkar will be the tournament director.

Nagpur Central MLA

Vikas Kumbhare

will inaugurate the meet on Saturday at 10 am. Chairman of Nagpur Nagrik Sahakari Bank Sanjay Bhende, director of department of sports and physical education of Nagpur University Sharad Suryavanshi will be the guests of honour.

NDTTA vice president Shekhar Tongo, Deepak Kanetkar, Rajesh Mopkar and Mangesh Mopkar were also present at the press conference.

Seedings

Midget boys: 1. Shouren Soman (PNA), 2. Johan Cheliparmbil (THN), 3. Nilay Pattekar (THN), 4. Aarush Shah (THN).

Midget girls: 1. Riana Bhoota (THN), 2. Naisha Rewaskar (PNA), 3. Swara Jangade (THN), 4. Tanayaa Abhyankar (PNA).

Cadet boys: 1. Hriday

Deshpande

(THN), 2. Udit Sachdev (THN), 3. Pranav Gholkar (PNA), 4. Anagh Bondwe (NGP).

Cadet girls: 1. Jennifer Verghese (NGP), 2. Ananya Phadke (NSK), 3. Devyani Kulkarni (PNA), 4. Kavya Bhatt (THN).

Sub-junior girls: 1. Sampada Bhiwandkar (MSD), 2.

Pritha

Vartikar (PNA), 3. Sayali Wani (NSK), 4. Taneesha Kotecha (NSK).

Sub-junior boys: 1. Aadil Anand (MSD), 2. Rajveer Shah (MSD), 3. Sharman Dedhia (THN), 4. Kushal Patel (MSD).

Junior girls: Aditi Sinha (MSD), 2. Samruddhi Kulkarni (SOL), 3. Pritha Vartikar (PNA), 4. Tejal Kamble (THN).

Junior boys: 1. Chinmaya Somaiya (MSD), 2. Shounak Sinde (PNA), 3. Shivam Das (MSD), 4. Sahil Joshi (THN).

Youth boys: Chinmaya Somaiya (MSD), 2. Shubham Ambre (MCD), 3. Ashwin Subramanian (MSD), 4. Gaurav Lohapatre (PNA).

Youth girls: 1. Ananya Basak (MSD), 2. Vidhi Shah (MSD), 3. Samruddhi Kulkarni (SOL), 4. Disha Hulawle (THN).

Men’s : 1. Chinmaya Somaiya (MSC), 2. Jignesh Rahatwal (MSD), 3. Shubham Ambre (MCD), 4. Jash Dalvi (THN).

Women’s: Srushti Haleangadi (MSD), 2. Mamata Prabhu (MSD), 3. Senhora D’souza (MCD), 4. Ananya Basak (MSD).