Upsets galore at State & Inter-District TT meet in Gandhidham
GANDHIDHAM, Oct.5 : The pressure of the ongoing prestigious Late Shree Mahendraray Dulerai Buch State and Inter-district Table Tennis Championships 2019 is taking a toll on seeded players. At the KDTTA sports Complex here in Gandhidham, seeded players fell like pack of cards on day-3 and day-4 in particular as underdogs dominated the table.
The biggest casualty was local boy and favourite Ishaan Hingorani. In the Youth Boys section, unseeded Smitraj Gohil of Bhavnagar produced some terrific spin-returns which left third seed Ishaan mere spectator.
“I played a blocking game, as I was more confident of that strategy. I know he is very good at counter-attacking so played safe. However, whenever I go a chance I went on offensive and surprised him to garner points,” said elated Smitraj Gohil, referring to his memorable 11-6 8-11 11-4 10-12 11-9 win. Unfortunately, Smitraj lost his round match to Dhairya Parmar of Ahmedabad 0-4. “I should have played better in quarters,” the youngster lamented.
Top seed Ishaan also lost his Men’s singles match. In quarterfinal encounter against Jalay Mehta of Vadodara 2-11 8-11 2-11 11-6 11-4 3-11.
Meanwhile, in the Women’s section Fourth State Ranking Tournament 2019 winner Divya Gohil of Bhavnagar went down to Surat’s Filzahfatema Kadri. The teenager registered a 11-9 13-11 12-10 5-11 12-10 win over the seasoned campaigner. Women’s section encountered another upset when Bhavnagar-based Kavisha Parekh got the better of Kausha Bhairapure 11-2 11-7 6-11 7-11 11-4 in the Pre-Quarterfinals.
It was win one, lose one situation for Filzah. As a top seed in the Youth Girls section, the Surti was outplayed by Namna Jayswal 12-10 11-4 13-11 11-3.
Results
QF
Men’s
Manush Shah (Vad) bt Kaushal Bhatt (Bvn) 9-11 11-4 11-4 11-6 11-4 11-7
Chitrax Bhatt (Ahm) bt Harshil Kothari (Bvn) 11-7 11-7 12-14 12-10 6-11 11-4
Dhairya Parmar (Ahm) bt Jignesh Jayswal (Bvn) 9-11 11-6 11-5 11-7 11-7
Jalay Mehta (Vad) bt Ishaan Hingorani (Kch) 11-2 11-8 1-2 6-11 4-11 11-3
Women’s
Namna Jayswal (Bvn) bt Bhavya Jayswal (Srt) 11-7 11-9 11-9 11-8
Filzahfatema Kadri (Srt) bt Divya Gohil (bvn) 11-9 13-11 12-10 5-11 12-10
Frenaz Chipia (Srt) bt Aafrien Murad (srt) 11-5 9-11 11-8 11-4 11-5
Prarthna Parmar (Bvn) bt Kavisha Parekh (Bvn) 11-8 11-6 13-11 11-3
Youth Girls
Namna (Bvn) bt Filzahfatema Kadri (Srt) 12-10 11-4 13-11 11-3
Kausha Bharirapure (Ahm) bt Bhavya Jayswal (Bvn) 11-5 11-7 11-9 11-3
Prarthna Parmar (Bvn) bt Tanya Purohit (Srt) 11-6 10-12 11-8 8-11 11-6 8-11 11-8
Kavisha Parekh (Bvn) bt Naitri Dave (Bvn) 11-9 11-9 6-11 11-13 11-6 7-11 12-10
Youth Boys
Chitrax Bhatt (Ahm) bt Abhilash Raval (Ahm) 11-9 11-7 10-12 11-8 11-3
Dhairya Parmar (Ahm) bt Smitraj Gohil (Bvn) 11-9 11-9 11-7 11-8
Kaushal Bhatt (Bvn) bt Karanpal Jadeja (Bvn) 7-11 11-6 11-9 11-9 12-10
Manush Shah (Vad) bt Ayaz Murad (Srt) 11-9 11-6 11-6 11-8