Gujarat challenge ends in U-13

Surat, Jan.25: Gujarat challenge in under-13 category ended with all paddlers bowing out of in the early rounds of the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships played at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.

Ahmedabad’s Mouboni Chatterjee and Jiya Tridevi won their first-round matches but failed to cross the second-round hurdle in the girls’ section. Charmy Trivedi lost in the first round.

In the boys’ section, Manav Mehta and Samarth Singh Shekhawat also lost in Round 2. Malav Panchal and Vihaan Tiwari faced defeated in the first round.

Meanwhile, eight Gujarat paddlers fought well to make it to the main draw of the under-15 category.

In the boys section, Aayush Tanna, Himansh Dahiya, Malav Panchal and Janmejay Patel made the cut while in the girls section, Pratha Pawar, Riya Jayswal, Nidhi Prajapati and Jiya Trivedi booked their main draw berths.

In the under-13 boys final, PSPB A’s Sahil Rawat posted a comfortable 3-1 victory over Bengal A’s to lay his hands on the winners trophy. In the girls final, Raina Bhoota (MAHA A) came up with a clinical show to beat her state mate Divyanshi Bhowmick 3-1.

Final results U-13:
Girls: Riana Bhoota (MAHA A) bt Divyanshi Bhowmick (MAHA A) 3-1 (11-9, 10-12, 11-2, 11-2).
Boys: Sahil Rawat (PSPB A) bt Aditya Das (BEN A) 3-1 (11-2, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10).

Qualifying results U-15:
Boys: Aayush Tanna (GUJ) bt Vatsal Duklan (HAR) 3-1 (11-5, 13-11, 4-11, 11-4); Himansh Dahiya (GUJ) bt Nandi Sourajyoti (BEN B) 3-1 (11-4, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4); Malav Panchal (GUJ) bt Prince Kumar (HAR) 3-1 (4-11, 11-1, 11-6, 11-3,); Janmejay Patel (GUJ) bt Dekate Yashwant (CG) 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5).
Girls: Pratha Pawar (GUJ) bt Swara Karmakar (MAHA B) 3-0 (14-12, 11-3, 11-9); Riya Jayswal (GUJ) bt Aanya Gupta (PUN) 3-0 (11-1, 11-7, 11-5); Nidhi Prajapati (GUJ) bt Pratishtha Toshniwal (TTFI) 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-8); Jiya Trivedi (GUJ) bt Aashini Anand (TN) 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-8).