Gandhidham, May 28 : In the 83rd Cadet and sub-junior National Table Tennis Championship-2021 held at Indore (Madhya Pradesh) from May 26, 2022 to June 1, 2022, Gujarat’s rising talent Pratha Pawar of Gujarat Cadet Girls Singles settled for a third place finish after a heartbreaking loss in the Cadet Girls’ (U-13) on Saturday.
The hassle against Ikshika Umate at 1-4 (8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11) in the Semi-Finals round served as her last match to catch up in this championship.
Though she sleep walked in the round of 32 beating Tushti Sood at 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 12-10) in round 1. Parmi Nagdeve at 3-1 (11-2, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9) in round 2, Sukrati Sharma at 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-3) in Pre-Quarters and rose to quarter finals against Dhaani Jain and defeating her at 3-0 (11-8, 11-6 , 11-4) .
While Krisha Patel of Gujarat Hopes Girls Singles (U-11) went down after beating Akanksha Singhal at 3-0 (11-5,11-3,11-4) in round 2 after the win against E.G. Kaviyazh at 3-0 (11-2,11-7,11-8) in the first round.
Though she couldn’t seal the deal in semis after facing the hassle against Ranjini Saha at 0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 8-11) in the quarter finals which upsets many paddlers as she served as India’s second seed and had earned a bronze in the previous Nationals.
“I would like to congratulate the young star Pratha Pawar for her sheer passion and utter dedication to win the title and we look forward for many more wins in the future.” Said Mr. Vipul Mittra, IAS, President of GSTTA.
