PUNE, Sept 25: Top seed Priyanka Tamhankar will play Ruhi Sidhaye in the Cadet girls final, while Rohan Khisti will take on Aniket Koparkar in the boys section of Cadet final in the Abee Trophy district level table-tennis tournament at Suverna Smuriti Hall, here today.Priyanka, though found the going tough in the first game, loosing 15 points to her semi-final rival Aboli Deshmukh, but regained her rhythem, finishing off the tie with 21-6 in the next game. While in the second semis, No.2 seeded Ruhi Sidhaye quelled the challenge of unseeded Ashlesha Bodas 21-11, 17-21, 22-6.
In the Cadet boys semi-finals, second seed Rohan Khisti defeated Akshay Joglekar 21-10, 21-15. While top seed Aniket Koparkar managed a three games 21-12, 16-21, 21-19 win over Advait Vaidya.
Results
Seedings in prefix
Mens (III Rd): 4. Nachiket Joshi bt Pranav Kuber 21-17, 29-27; 8. Sudesh Shelar bt Gautam Dev 21-23, 21-9, 21-8; M Jagdish bt Yogesh Kulkarni 21-17, 21-15; Sachin Gore bt Kishore Kakade 20-22, 21-13, 24-14; Krupal Deshpande bt Anand Kale 10-21, 21-15, 21-14. (II Rd): 1. B S Thakur bt Abhijit Naik 41-21, 21-12, 21-6; 8. Sudesh Shilar bt Navin Goyal 21-10, 21-12; 6. Aashay Paradkar bt Ashfaq Shaikh 21-14, 17-21, 21-12.
Cadet Boys (S/F): 2. Rohan Khisti bt Akshay Joglekar 21-10, 21-15; 1. Aniket Koparkar bt Advait Vaidya 21-12, 16-21, 21-19. Cadet Girls (S/F): 1. Priyanka Tamhankar bt Aboli Deshmukh 21-15, 21-6; 2. Ruhi Sidhaye bt Ashlesha Bodas 21-11, 17-21, 22-6.
Sub-Jr Boys (Q/F): 1. Aditya Jog bt Kaustubh Kulkarni 21-5, 21-12, 21-5; 2. Karan Kadam bt Rohan Khisti 21-18, 21-13, 21-8.
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