Later, in the same group Pune’s Arjun Kadhe and Mumbai’s Saurabh Patil almost ensured the semifinal spot scoring back-to-back wins, while in the distaff section Mumbai’s Riddhi Hegde and Madhuri Patere ensued a place in semifinals with scoring back to back wins.

In the boys under 12 group Nashik’s Rohan Bhatia also ensured the semi final place by scoring back-to-back wins.

RESULTS (League Phase; Rd 2 & 3)

Boys: U-10: Nikhil Passi (Mum) b Varun Pathere (Mum) 8-5, Karan Mehta (Mum) b Shubham Kale (Pn) 8-5, Nikhil Kannan (Mum) b Dhir Gala (Mum) 8-5, Sahil Deshmukh (Pn) b Ryan Pandole (Mum) 8-5

U-12: Rohan Bhatia (Nsk) b Harsh Rane (Pn) 8-0, Vivek Waghmare (Nan) b Ajinkya Bachhav (Nsk) 8-4, Ryan Serrao (Mum) b Aditya Vyas (Nsk) 8-2, Rohan Bhatia (Nsk) b Vivek Waghmare (Nan) 8-1;

U-14: Saurabh Patil (Mum) b Om Dalvi (Pn) 8-0, Vishal Passi (Mum) b Yash Deshpande (Pn) 8-4, Arjun Kadhe (Pn) b Aniruddha Darp (Pn) 8-3, Tushal Thawani (Pn) b Yash Deshpande 8-3, Advait Sadilkar (Pn) b Vishal Passi (Mum) 8-7(7-3), Arjun Kadhe (Pn) b Om Dalvi 8-4, Saurabh Patil b Aniruddha Dalvi 8-1;

Girls: U-10: Nandi Das (Mum) b Dakshata Patel 8-0, Prabhuti Singhania (Mum) b Aaneri Desai 8-0, Apurva Barate (Pn) b Dakshata Patel 8-1, Vasanti Shinde b Aaneri Desai 8-1

U-12: Snehadevi Reddy (Mum) b Asmita Garodia (Mum) 8-2, Ria Vaidya (Mum) b Bharati Bylapudi (Mum) 8-4, Rutuja Bhosale (Pune) b Aashna Sharma (Mum) 8-3, Sanshkuti Jangale b Asmita Garodia 8-1;