MUMBAI, May 31: Mallika Parekh finished in a blaze of glory at the Open District Ranking table tennis tourney, conducted by the Mumbai Surburban District TT Association jointly with RCF, at the Jet Hostel, RCF Chembur, today.Mallika bagged a double crown. First, she defeated Chandani Ashar 19-21, 21-16, 21-14, 21-16 for the girls' singles title and then, she comfortably upstaged Mamata Prabhu 21-16, 21-15, 21-12 to pocket the women's singles crown.
Ganadeep Bhivandkar beat Kunal Solanki 21-14, 17-21, 21-18, 21-15 in the men's final.
In the boys singles final, Mitesh Puranik ousted Shashank Juvekar 21-18, 12-21, 21-9, 21-15.
RESULTS
Men's singles (final): Ganadeep Bhivandkar bt Kunal Solanki 21-14, 17-21, 21-18, 21-15. Semi-finals: Ganadeep bt Swapnil Namjoshi 21-12, 21-7, 21-15; Kunal bt Nilesh Pandirkar 21-10, 21-13, 21-15.
Men's team (final): Matunga Gymkhana bt Central Railway 3-2.
Boys final: Mitesh Puranik bt Shashank Juvekar 21-18 12-21 21-9 21-15.
Women'ssingles (final): Mallika Parekh bt Mamata Prabhu 21-16, 21-15, 21-12. Semi-finals: Mallika bt Shalmali Mhatre 21-9, 21-12, 21-16; Mamata bt Shalmali Inamdar 21-17, 21-15, 17-21, 21-15.
Team (final): Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers bt Central Railway 3-0.
Girls (final): Mallika Parekh bt Chandani Ashar 19-21, 21-16, 21-14, 21-16.
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