Ahmedabad, Surat defend team title
Ahmedabad, Sept.30 : Ahmedabad men’s team led by skipper Akshit Salva ended Aravalli’s brilliant run by defeating them 3-1 in the final thus retaining the men’s team title at the Servo Hypersport F5 Gujarat State and Inter-District Table Tennis Championships 2023 which is organized by Gujarat State Table Tennis Association (GSTTA) from September 27 to October 2 at the SAG Sports Complex, Khokara in Ahmedabad.
Indian Oil is the title sponsor while GMDC is the associate sponsor and the tournament is supported by Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG). Stiga is the equipment partner of the tournament.
The Aravalli team had a good start after their captain Arman Shaikh beat Chitrax Bhatt in the opener. However, two wins by Soham Bhattacharya and one by Akshit saw them finish at the top rung of the podium.
In the women’s final, Surat Filzahfatema Kadri, captain Frenaz Chipia and Aafrien Murad won their respective matches with ease to help Surat register a comfortable 3-0 win over Ahmedabad and retain the title.
Aravalli team had some consolidation instore for them as they crushed Ahmedabad 3-1 to take home the junior boys crown. While in the junior girls, Ahmedabad’s dominant show continued as they got the better of Bhavnagar 3-1 to take the trophy.
Ahmedabad’s paddlers won the third team-event title when they beat Bhavnagar 3-1 in the sub-junior boy’s final.
Bhavnagar’s sub-junior girls team brought delight to the contingent by winning the only title in the team events after holding off favourites Ahmedabad 3-2 in a thrilling encounter.
In individual events, second seed Ansh Khamar of Ahmedabad will clash with top seed and citymate Jenil Patel in the cadet boy’s final. The cadet girl’s final will see the top seed Daniya Godil of Surat facing off second seed Charmi Trivedi of Bhavnagar.
Top seed Ansh entered in the Hope boys final where he will meet second seed Dev Bhatt of Rajkot.
In the Hope girls final, second seed Tanisha Deputy of Surat will take on fourth seed Khanak Shah of Ahmedabad after she upset the to
p seed Vincy Tanna of Surat in the semifinal match.
Men’s team final:
Ahmedabad bt Aravalli 3-1 (Arman Shaikh bt Chitrax Bhatt 6-11,10-12,11-5,11-6,11-8, Soham Bhattacharya bt Janmejay Patel 11-7,11-5,15-13 Akshit Savla bt Harshvardhan Patel 11-7,11-6,11-9 Soham Bhattacharya bt Arman Shaikh 11-3,7-11,11-9,11-9).
Women’s team final:
Surat bt Ahmedabad 3-0 (Filzah Kadri bt Kausha Bhairapure 11-3,11-3,11-8 Frenaz Chipia bt Mouboni Chatterjee 11-4,11-9,11-9 Aafrien Murad bt Nidhi Prajapati 13-11,11-7,7-11,11-9)
Junior boys team final:
Aravalli bt Ahmedabad 3-1 (Janmaejay Patel bt Himansh Dahiya 9-11,11-5,11-9,11-3 Arman Shaikh bt Harsh Patel 11-4,11-5,12-14,6-11,11-6 Himansh & Harsh bt Janmejay & Arman 4-11,11-8,2-11,13-11,12-10 Arman Shaikh bt Himansh Dahiya 11-5,11-8,12-10)
Junior girls team final:
Ahmedabad bt Bhavnagar 3-1 (Mouboni Chatterjee bt Khushi Jadav 11-1,10-12,11-5,12-10 Riya Jayswal bt Nidhi Prajapati 11-7,11-2,11-8 Mouboni & Nidhi bt Khushi & Riya 11-9,16-14,7-11,15-17,11-5 Mouboni Chatterjee bt Riya Jayswal 11-9,7-11,10-12,11-5,11-8)
Sub-junior boys team final:
Ahmedabad bt Bhavnagar 3-1 (Malav Panchal bt Vandan Sutaria (3-1) , Abhilaksh Patel bt Sujal Kukadia (3-1), Sujal & Param bt Malav & Abhilaksh (3-2) Malav Panchal bt Sujal Kukadia (3-2)
Sub-junior girls team final:
Bhavnagar bt Ahmedabad 3-2 (Charmi Trivedi bt Khanak Shah 11-3,11-4,11-8 Jiya Trivedi bt Shivani Dodiya 11-8,11-7,11-5Charmi & Sachi bt Khanak & Jiya 15-13,11-7,9-11,4-11,11-5 Jiya Trivedi bt Charmi Trivedi 12-10,11-3,11-7 Shivani Dodiya bt Khanak Shah 11-5,9-11,11-5,11-8)
Cadet boys semifinal:
Ansh Khamar (2) (AHD) bt Parv Vyas (3) (AHD) 11-6,8-11,8-11,12-10,11-6; Jenil Patel (1) (AHD) bt Dwij Bhalodia (4) (AHD) 3-11,11-3,13-11,12-10
Cadet girls semifinal:
Charmi Trivedi (2) (BVN) bt Khwahish Lotia (3) (AHD) 11-6,11-9,9-11,11-8; Daniya Godil (1) (SRT) bt Fiza Pawar (4) (AHD) 14-12,11-5,11-8
Hopes boys semifinal:
Dev Bhatt (2) (RJT) bt Dhruv Bhambhani (3) (KCH) 11-7,11-13,11-8,11-7; Ansh Khamar (1) (AHD) bt Akhil Achha (4) (SRT) 13-11,11-3,11-8
Hopes girls semifinal:
Tanisha Deputy (2) (SRT) bt Prisha Gokani (6) (PBR) 11-7,12-10,11-8; Khanak Shah (4) (AHD) bt Vincy Tanna (1) (SRT)10-12,11-9,11-9,7-11,11-7