It’s Malay all the way at 1st Gujarat State Masters Table Tennis
Tournament 2021
MODASA, Nov. 1: Surat’s Malay Thakkar was the star of the show as he swept the Men’s 49-59 years category with three titles at the 1st Gujarat State Masters Table Tennis Tournament 2021 that was organised by the Gujarat State Veteran Table Tennis Committee under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association.
In the men’s singles final, Malay edged out Ahmedabad’s Hiral Mehta 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 while in the men’s doubles, Malay and Mahesh Hingorani of Kachchh defeated Satish Patel of Vadodara and Chandrakant Kantharia of Surat 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5.
In the mixed doubles, Malay and Ahmedabad’s Neha Patel overturned a two-game deficit to beat Vadodara’s Rishi Sharma and Subhangi Hardikar 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 12-10 in an exciting final at JB Shah English Medium School in Modasa.
Neha, however, could not make it two-out-of-two as she suffered a 6-11, 12-14, 11-8, 6-11 loss to Bhavnagar’s Sonal Joshi in the women’s singles final.
Sikander Jam, Gaurav Doshi and Prasunna Parekh shone in the 39-49 years category winning two titles each.
Rajkot’s Sikanded edged out his teammate and doubles partner Gaurav Doshi 11-5, 11-9, 12-10 for the men’s singles crown. The duo then joined hands to beat Vadodara’s Malay Parikh and Ahmedabad’s Kunal Patel 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 11-9 to pocket the men’s doubles crown.
Gaurav won his second title when he joined hands with Ahmedabad’s Prasunna with an 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 win over Ahmedabad’s Amish Patel and Vadodara’s Sheetal Shah in the mixed doubles final.
Prasunna also won the women’s singles crown beating Sheetal 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 in the final match.
Sonal won her second title when she and Gandhinagar’s Divya Pandya beat Ahmedabad’s Chaitali Udeshi and Prasunna 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 for the women’s doubles title.
KEY RESULTS:
Men’ 39-49 singles: Sikandar Jam (Rajkot) bt Gaurav Doshi (Rajkot) 11-5, 11-9, 12-10
Women’s 39-49 singles: Prasunna Parekh (Ahmedabad) bt Sheetal Shah (Vadodara) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6
Men’s 39-49 doubles: Sikandar Jam & Gaurav Doshi (Rajkot) bt Malay Parikh (Vadodara) & Kunal Patel (Ahmedabad) 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 11-9
Women’s 39 & above doubles: Sonal Joshi (Bhavnagar) & Divya Pandya (Gandhinagar) bt Chaitali Udeshi & Prasunna Parekh (Ahmedabad) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
Mixed 39-49 doubles: Gaurav Doshi (Rajkot) & Prasunna Parekh (Ahmedabad) bt Amish Patel (Ahmedabad) & Sheetal Shah (Vadodara) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
Men’s 49-59 singles: Malay Thakkar (Surat) bt Hiral Mehta (Ahmedabad) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
Women’s 49-59 singles: Sonal Joshi (Bhavnagar) bt Neha Patel (Ahmedabad) 11-6, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6
Men’s 49-59 doubles: Malay Thakkar (Surat) & Mahesh Hingorani (Kachchh) bt Satish Patel (Vadodara) & Chandrakant Kantharia (Surat) 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5
Mixed 49-59 doubles: Malay Thakkar (Surat) & Neha Patel (Ahmedabad) bt Rishi Sharma & Subhangi Hardikar (Vadodara) 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 12-10
Men’s 59-64 singles: Haresh Rathod (Gandhinagar) bt Yogesh Shah (Ahmedabad) 10-12, 15-13, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4
Women’s 59 & above singles: Dr Maya Patel (Vadodara) bt Kokila Patel (Vadodara) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8
Men’s 59-64 doubles: Haresh Rathod (Gandhinagar) & Kirit Solanki (Rajkot) bt Prakash Mojidra & Ranjit Nagdia (Ahmedabad) 11-7, 10-12, 13-11, 11-9
Mixed 59 & above doubles: Nazmi Khinkhabwala (Surat) & Kokila Patel (Vadodara) bt BS Vaghela & Girija Kabra (Ahmedabad) 11-7, 11-7, 16-14
Men’s 64-69 singles: KG Purohit (Bhavnagar) bt Prashant Buch (Kachchh) 8-11, 2-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4
Men’ 64 & above doubles: Dilip Shah (Ahmedabad) & Nazmi Khinkhabwala (Surat) bt KG Purohit (Bhavnagar) & BS Vaghela (Ahmedabad) 10-12, 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 14-12
Men’s 69 & above singles: Dilip Shah (Ahmedabad) bt Prakash Raval (Surendranagar) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Written by : Pranjal Protim Boruah