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MUMBAI, July 24: A 12-year-old lass from Dhulia held centre-stage at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana (JVPG) this evening. The pocket-size Ruhi Chawla exhibited her tenacity in big measure while claiming the State Ranking Table Tennis sub-junior girls title.
The eighth standard student of Canossa Convent, rallied splendidly after being two games down to upstage Rujuta Rege 22-24 21-23 21-18 21-14 21-15 in the final. Earlier, the unseeded Ruhi had made her intentions clear by shocking third seed Ashwini Mokashi 18-21 21-6 20-22 21-17 24-22 in a gruelling encounter that lasted the distance.
The unseeded Rujuta too had something to cheer about in the semi-final having upset the second seed Aditi Jagannathan 21-16 18-21 21-16 19-21 21-15. However, she met her match in Ruhi, who displayed better temperamant in the summit clash.
Despite the energy sapping clashes, Ruhi continued unfazed and waltzed into the women's pre-quarterfinals defeating Neha Sidhaye 22-20 23-25 21-16. However, sixth seed Mamta Prabhu ended MUMBAI, July 24: A 12-year-old lass from Dhulia held centre-stage at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana (JVPG) this evening. The pocket-size Ruhi Chawla exhibited her tenacity in big measure while claiming the State Ranking Table Tennis sub-junior girls title.
The eighth standard student of Canossa Convent, rallied splendidly after being two games down to upstage Rujuta Rege 22-24 21-23 21-18 21-14 21-15 in the final. Earlier, the unseeded Ruhi had made her intentions clear by shocking third seed Ashwini Mokashi 18-21 21-6 20-22 21-17 24-22 in a gruelling encounter that lasted the distance.
The unseeded Rujuta too had something to cheer about in the semi-final having upset the second seed Aditi Jagannathan 21-16 18-21 21-16 19-21 21-15. However, she met her match in Ruhi, who displayed better temperamant in the summit clash.
Despite the energy sapping clashes, Ruhi continued unfazed and waltzed into the women's pre-quarterfinals defeating Neha Sidhaye 22-20 23-25 21-16. However, sixth seed Mamta Prabhu endedher foray into the big league with an emphatic 12-11 21-16 21-8 verdict.
Another unseeded player who shared the day's honours was 17-year-old Reshma Bhosale who ended second seed Janhavi Deshpande's aspirations 16-21 21-13 21-15 21-17 in the women's singles second round.
Second seed Ankur Mahajan did justice to his billing winning the sub-junior boys singles crown defeating the top seed Kalpesh Mohite 18-21 21-17 21-16 21-13.
Overcoming an erratic start, the 13-year-old eighth standard student of St Blaise School asserted himself by claiming the next three games and the title.
Mallika Parekh, who had won a double crown in the recently concluded Matunga Gymkhana State Ranking tournament, was on course of repeating the act by entering the women's singles quarters and the girls singles pre-quarterfinals.
RESULTS
Sub-junior boys (final): Ankur Mahajan bt Kalpesh Mohite 18-21 21-17 21-16 21-13. Semi-finals: Kalpesh Mohite bt Devmit Dutta 21-11 21-13 21-11; Ankur Mahajan bt SushantKulkarni 21-11 21-11 21-10.
Women's singles (PQF): Reshma Bhosale bt Janhavi Deshpande 16-21 21-13 21-15 21-17; Leena Medhekar bt Shalmali Inamdar 22-20 21-19 21-16; Mallika Parekh bt Manasi Bhagwat 21-4 21-12 21-13; Shraddha Shastri bt Mangala Saraf 21-17 21-14 21-17; Chandani Ashar bt Shruti Kanade 20-22 21-19 21-17 21-17, Shalmali Mhatre bt Deepali Zaveri 21-15 21-15 19-21 21-11; Mamta Prabhu bt Ruhit Chawla 21-11 21-16 21-8.
Girls (2nd round): Chandani Ashar bt Neha Gabade 21-13 21-7; Mamta Prabhu bt Nupur Gaidhani 21-13 21-12; Amruta Joshi bt Ruchita Dalal 21-10 21-7; Shivali Nayak bt Sameeksha Bhole 21-9 21-12; Deepali Zaveri bt Manali Kulkarni 21-7 21-5; Mallika Parekh bt Rashi Ruia 21-5 21-5; Janhavi Deshpande bt Sukhad Tatke 21-13 21-10; Manasi Abhyankar bt Sonali Desai 21-10 21-17.Semi-finals: Rujuta Rege bt Aditi Jagannathan 21-16 18-21 21-16 19-21 21-15; Ruhi Chawla bt Ashwini Mokashi 18-21 21-6 20-22 21-17 24-22
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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