MUMBAI, September 29: Tanay Prabhu took AVM (Bandra) to the boys' team championships semi-finals of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-school table tennis tournament at the University Sports Pavilion today.Prabhu won the crucial final reverse singles match against Deveshree Pandit of Rajhans Vidyalaya 21-8, 21-12 after both teams were locked 2-2 following the two singles, one doubles and one reverse singles matches.
Dhruv Lakhani of Utpal Sanghvi withstood a strong challenge from Rohan Khubchandani of Cathedral and John Connon to take his team into the semis. Khubchandani went down 22-20, 17-21, 9-21 to Lakhani after winning the second singles match to keep his team in the race against their more fancied opponents. Cathedral lost the doubles and then the first reverse singles to fall out of the race.
Results
Boys' under-12 (quarter-finals):
Shishir Juvekar (Parle Tilak) bt Rahul Shah (Cathedral and John Connon) 21-11, 21-12; Rajat Hubli (Atomic Energy) bt Raj Jhaveri (St Mary's ISC) 21-6, 21-9; ChinmayBal (Gokuldham) bt Nikhil Seth (Cathedral) 21-16, 21-14; Alok Shah (Don Bosco) bt Jiten Jhaveri (Cathedral) 21-12, 21-13.
Fourth round:
Jiten Jhaveri bt Prashant Gadepalli (Mary's ISC) 21-16, 21-19; Rajat Hubli bt Shreya Dugar (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-7, 21-16; Nikhil Seth bt Jigesh Dalal (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-13, 21-12; Raj Jhaveri bt Ashvin Thumbre (AVM, Bandra) 21-5, 21-14; Alok Shah bt Maner Mathur (Cathedral) 21-11, 21-12; Rahul Shah bt Amar Jhaveri (Joseph's, Wadala) 21-4, 21-8; Chinmay Bal bt Aditya Shankar (Gokuldham) 21-6, 21-12; Shishir Juvekar bt Abhishek Parekh (Cathedral) 21-4, 21-14.
Under-10 (QF):
Keshav Thakkar (Dadar PYA) bt Rohan Awte (Don Bosco) 21-12, 21-17; Rohan Jayakar (St Stanislaus) bt Shrikar Arte (Gokuldham) 18-21, 22-20, 21-16; Aman Balgu (CD Barfiwala) bt Vijay Subramanian (Don Bosco) 21-6, 21-3; Keshav Thakkar (Parle TIlak) bt Shashank Shankar (Cathedral) 21-9, 21-8.
Team (QF):
Campion w/o Balmohan Vidyamandir; Don Bosco bt Bombay Cambridge 3-1 (SahilKukreja bt Delzad D 21-12, 21-16; G Doshi bt Rohan F 21-19, 21-12; Delzad D/Rohan F bt G Doshi/Alok Shah 18-21, 21-12, 23-21; G Doshi bt Delzad D 21-10, 21-15); Utpal Sanghvi bt Cathedral and John Connon 3-1 (Dhruv Lakhani bt D Moondhra 21-13, 21-13; Anuj Shsh lost to Rohan Khubchandani 11-21, 11-21; Dhruv Lakhani/Makrand Modi bt Devrat Moondhra/Shreyas Shridhar 21-18, 21-14; Dhruv Lakhani bt Rohan Khubchandani 20-22, 21-17, 21-9); AVM (Bandra) bt Rajhans Vidyalaya 3-2 (Dhruv Kohli bt Deveshree Pandit 21-8, 21-17; Tanay Prabhu lost to Samik Pal 16-21, 11-21; Dhruv Kohli/Tanay Prabhu bt S Pal/Deveshree Pandit 21-9, 21-17; Dhruv Kohli lost to Samik Pal 19-21, 18-21; Tanay Prabhu bt Deveshree Pandit 21-8, 21-12).
Girls' under-14 (QF):
Sayali Kukday (St Anne's) bt Sonam Bajaj (Joseph's Convent) 21-18, 21-6; Sneha Keshav (VN Sule) bt Janhavi Kulkarni (AVM, Bandra) 22-20, 21-11; Bhavana Suvarna (Jasudben) bt Alisha Hoosein (Joseph's Convent) 21-9, 21-19.
Under-12 (QF):
Neeraja Kukday (St Anne's) btPooja Golani (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-9, 21-7; Maitrey Dore (JB Petit) bt Disha Masceranhas (Jamnabai Narsee) 21-11, 21-8; Gulistan Irani (Villa Theresa) bt Richa Singh (Atomic Energy) 21-5, 21-4; Anul Jain (Mumbadevi) bt Shikha Kanoria (JB Petit) 21-16, 21-14.
Third round:
Neeraja Kukday bt Kareena Vazir (JB Petit) 21-2, 21-6; Pooja Golani bt Jesal Vora (Gopi Birla) 21-10, 21-9; Maitrey Dore bt Natasha Malpani (Cathedral) 21-4, 21-5; Anul Jain bt Tanaya Shah (Utpal Sanghvi) 21-7, 21-17; Disha Shah bt Shikha Kanaria (JB Petit) 21-5, 21-10; Richa Singh bt Nimisha Bhargava (JB Petit) 21-15, 7-21, 22-20; Gulistan Irani bt Nikita Mehta (Gopi Birla) 21-2, 21-2.
Second round:
Shika Kanaria bt Divya Singh (Atomic Energy) 21-16, 21-7; Richa Singh bt Anal Kapadia (Gopi Birla) 21-3, 21-13; Gulistan Irani bt Anushka Sawhney (Cathedral) 21-11, 21-23, 21-9; Pooja Golani bt Shivpriya Singh (Atomic Energy) 21-19, 17-21, 21-9; Meeta Anaokar bt Arpita Roy (Atomic Energy) 21-16, 24-22; Neerja Kukday btDarshita Mehta (Queen Mary) 21-2, 21-5; Kareena Vazir bt Sirohi Daga (Gopi Birla) 21-3, 21-9; Anul Jain bt Vidhi Kothari (St Anne's) 21-13, 21-9;
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