PUNE:
Soumil Paranjape
edged out
Aadi Frank Agarwal
to move into the second round of the Sub Junior Boys event of 4th
Sudesh Shelar Memorial Trophy
district ranking
table tennis
tournament organized by Deccan Gymkhana and Pune District Table Tennis Association at Deccan Gymkhana on Tuesday.
Soumil won the first game 11-8, but Aadi bounced back in the second game. In the neck-and-neck fight, Aadi won the contest 16-14.
The match remain a rollercoaster ride Soumil clinched the third game 11-5 only to lose the fourth 10-12.
In the decider game, Soumil got a tough fight from Aadi, but it was the former, who took the game 11-9 and the match 3-2.
In another matches,
Atharva Bhandari
, Chinmay Panse, Adityawardhan Trimal scored identical 3-1 wins to march ahead.
Chinmay defeated Anup Jadhav, while Atharva and Adityawardhan thrashed Mihir Mohite and Parth Chaphekar respectively.
The tournament was inaugurated by
Jaypraksh Surana
, director of Surana and Bothra Construction, Sriram Konkar, sec of PDTTA, Jaydeep Shrikhande, sec of table tennis department Deccan Gymkhana, Jatin Mali and Rajesh Shelar tournament director were present on the occasion.
Results: First round: Sub junior boys:Chinmay Panse bt Anup Jadhav 3-1 (11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9); Adityawardhan Trimal bt Parth Chaphekar 3-1 (5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9); Aditya Jori bt Ajmal Khan 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-3); Atharva Bhandari bt Mihir Mohite 3-1 (11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4); Soumil Paranjape bt Aadi Frank Agarwal 3-2 (11-8, 14-16, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9); Rohit Gogte bt Arjun Murgutkar 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-7); Anay Potdar bt Shreyas Kulkarni 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-5)