Gandhidham, 15 July: Unseeded Sujal Kukadia of Bhavnagar causes major upset by winning against 5th Seed Maanas Kataria of Ahmedabad in the Pre – Quarters of Junior (U-17) Boys Singles at the Bapu’s 2nd Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2022 being held at Late Shri M. P. Mittra Indoor Stadium, Haresh Sangtani Complex, Adipur – Gandhidham from 14th to 17th July, 2022 organised by Kachchh District Table Tennis Association under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association. Sujal won 3-1 (11-5, 11-13, 11-2,11-9).
In the Cadet boys Singles quarter finals 8th Seed Manav Mehta of Surat defeated his citymate and Top Seed Vivaan Dave 3-2 (4-11,11-9,9-11,11-7,11-6). In the Sub Junior Boys Pre – Q/F 2nd Seed Arya Kataria of Ahmedabad struggled winning against unseeded Shaurya Lahoti of Surat. Other Top Seeded players in Sub Junior Boys such as Himansh Dahiya, Aayush Tanna, Samarth Shekhavat had a smooth sailing.
Other Results:
Sub Junior Boys (U-15) Pre-Q/F: (1.) Arya Kataria (2) (Ahd) bt Shaurya Lahoti (SRT) 11-5,11-13,11-6,8-11,13-11 (2.) Vivaan Dave (7) (SRT) beat Vansh Modi (10) (SRT) 11-3,11-4,11-7 (3.) Sujal Kukadia (6) (BVN) bt Abhilaksh Patel (11) (AHD) 11-9,11-5,8-11,11-5 (4.) Samarth Shekhavat (3) (SRT) bt Taksh Kothari (SRT) 11-6,13-11,6-11,11-8 (5.) Aayush Tanna (4) (SRT) bt Pawan Kumar (13) (SRT) 11-7,11-9,11-9 (6). Manav Mehta (5) (SRT) bt Malav Panchal (12) (AHD) 11-6,11-5,9-11,11-3 (7.) Aryan Patel (8) (AHD) bt Yatharth Kedia (9) (SRT) 11-9,4-11,11-4,9-11,11-5 (8.) Himansh Dahiya (1) (AHD) bt Yug Parmar (SRT) 11-4,11-7,11-7
Cadet Girls (U-13) 1st round: (1.) Richa Rawat (SRT) bt Dhiti Trivedi (BVN) 12-10,11-6,11-2 (2.) Daniya Godil (SRT) bt Aadhya Trivedi (KCH) 11-4,11-5,11-3 (3.) Shivani Dodiya (BVN) bt Misha Lakhani (AHD) 12-10,9-11,11-4,11-8 (4.) Fiza Pawar (AHD) bt Neeyati Pathak (SRT) 8-11,11-9,11-5,9-11,11-4 (5.) Vincy Tanna (SRT) bt Nirali Pandya(BVN) 9-11,9-11,11-7,11-9,11-9 (6.) Tanvi Shukla (BVn) bt Jeevika Patel (SRT) 11-8,7-11,12-10,11-13,7-11 (7.) Meera Shah (RJT) bt Anaisha Singhvi (KCH) 8-11,13-11,12-14,11-6,11-4
Mens Singles Qualifying rounds: (1.) Nilay Thakkar (SRT) bt Parth Panjabi (AND) 14-12,7-11,8-11,11-3,11-5 (2.) Parth Panjabi (AND) bt Abhimanyu Dahiya (AHD) 11-5,11-7,11-8 (3.) Nilay Thakkar (SRT) bt Abhimanyu Dahiya (AHD) 11-7,3-11,11-7,11-3 (4.) Mann Joshi(BVN) bt Tirth Patel (AHD) 11-5,8-11,11-2,11-4 (5.) Debjoy Pushilal (KCH) bt Tirth Patel (AHD) 11-1,11-4,11-4 (6.) Debjoy Pushilal(KCH) bt Mann Joshi (BVN) 11-4,7-11,11-6,11-9 (7.) Maanas Kataria (AHD) bt Sujal Kukadia (BVN) 8-11,15-13,12-10,7-11,11-5, (8.) Om Jayswal (BVN) bt Parva Sheth (SRT) 11-5,11-5,11-4 (9.) Rohit Samuel (AHD) bt Parva Sheth (SRT) 9-11,11-8,11-8,7-11,11-3 (10.) Om Jayswal (BVN) bt Rohit Samuel (AHD) 11-2,13-11,11-4 (11.) Rudra Pandya (BVN) bt Biren Shah (BRC) 11-2,11-6,11-8