Jiya upsets top-seed Riya to win U-19 Girls Title
Bharuch, June 17: Third seed Jiya Trivedi of Ahmedabad ousted top-seed and arch-rival Riya Jaiswal of Bhavnagar in a seven games thriller deciding match 4-3 to take U-19 Girls Crown at the GNFC 2nd State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament organised in Bharuch on Saturday by the Bharuch District Table Tennis Association (BDTTA) in support with S&R Club, GNFC under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association (GSTTA).
In the U-17 Girls final, Second Seed Pratha Pawar of Ahmedabad defeated her citymate and 4th Seed Mouboni 3-0 (11-6,11-9,11-6).
Hopes boys (U-11) event too saw an upset when unseeded Namya Jaiswal of Surat took out 3rd seed Yug Pratap Singh 3-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-7) to secure his quarterfinal place.
In men’s pre-quarterfinal, 12th seed Burhanuddin Malubhaiwala of Surat came back from a game down to defeat 5th seed Karanpal Jadeja of Bhavnagar 3-1 (7-11,11-8,11-6,11-9) and progressed to quarters.
Important results:
Junior girls (U-19):
Final: Jiya Trivedi (3) (AHD) bt Riya Jayswal (1) (BVN) 4-3 (4-11,6-11,11-6,11-6,9-11,11-5,11-5)
3rd-4th Position: Nidhi Prajapati (AHD) bt. Khushi Jadav (BVN) 3-2 (11-13,6-11,11-7,11-7,11-9)
Semifinal: Riya Jayswal (1) (BVN) bt Nidhi Prajapati (5) (AHD) 11-5,11-6,9-11,11-7; Jiya Trivedi (3) (AHD) bt Khushi Jadav (7) (BVN)10-12,11-5,11-8,11-5
Junior girls (U-17)
Final: Pratha Pawar (2) (AHD) bt. Mouboni Chatterjee (4) (AHD) 3-0 (11-6,11-9,11-6)
3rd-4th Position: Riya Jayswal (1) (BVN) bt. Nidhi Prajapati (3) (AHD) 3-0 (11-7,11-9,12-10)
Semifinal: Mouboni Chatterjee (4) (AHD) bt Riya Jayswal (1) (BVN) 11-5,5-11,9-11,11-4,14-12; Pratha Pawar (2) (AHD) bt Nidhi Prajapati (3) (AHD) 11-4,11-3,11-3
Sub-junior girls (U-15) semifinal: Mouboni Chatterjee (1) (AHD) bt Pratha Pawar (4) (AHD) 11-7,11-13,11-8,11-7; Jiya Trivedi (2) (AHD) bt Daniya Godil (6) (SRT) 11-7,11-8,11-7
Men’s pre-quarterfinal: Chitrax Bhatt (1) (AHD) Monish Dedhiya (AHD)11-7,11-4,11-3; Ayaz Murad (9) (SRT) bt Hardik Solanki (AHD)12-10,11-7,8-11,11-4; Burhanuddin Malubhai (12) (SRT) bt Karanpal Jadeja (5) (BVN) 7-11,11-8,11-6,11-9; Dhairya Parmar (4) (AHD) bt Akshit Savla (AHD); Jaynil Mehta (3) (RJT) bt Girish Jha (AHD) 11-5,11-7,11-6; Arman Shaikh (6) (ARV) bt Riyan Dutta (11) (AHD) 11-6,11-7,11-7; Devarsh Waghela (10) (SRT) bt Jalay Mehta (7) (BRD) 11-6,11-8,11-7; Soham Bhattacharya (2) (AHD) bt Abhilash Rawal (AHD) 11-4,11-8,11-7.
Junior boys (U-17) quarterfinal: Janmejay Patel (1) (ARV) bt Poojan Chandarana (BVN) 11-8,11-4,11-5; Himansh Dahiya (4) (AHD) bt Harshvardhan Patel (ARV)11-4,11-5,13-11; Aayush Tanna (3) (SRT) bt Samarth Shekhawat (6) (SRT) 11-7,11-5,11-2; Aarya Kataria (7) (AHD) bt Dhyey Jani (2) (BVN) 11-9,11-5,11-5.