State Ranking TT starts at Jamnagar

Jamnagar August 11: Seasoned paddlers Chintan Oza and Jagdish Makwana have made it to the main draw of the Men’s section of the sixth leg of the State Ranking Table Tennis tournament commenced here at JMC Sports Complex on Friday.

The three-day, August 11-13, event will witness more than 475 participants battling for glory in various categories.

The competition is organised by Jamnagar District Table Tennis Association under the aegis of the Gujarat State Table Tennis Association.

Oza and Makwana made it to the main stage with almost similar wins against their Jamnagar opponents. Bringing their experience into play, Rajkot’s Chintan outplayed Surender Gupta 11-9,11-8,11-6 while Makwana of Bhavnagar dispatched Bhavesh Bharkhada 11-3,11-4,11-7. They will be joined by a young brigade comprising Himansh Dahiya, Harsh Patel. Om Jaiswal and Ayush Tanna among others.

Surat-based Burhanuddin Malubhaiwala will be leading the pack followed by Akshit Savla and Armaan Shaikh of Ahmedabad and Aravalli, respectively.

Results
Mens Qualifying:
Nilesh Vithlani(JAM) bt Yash Karani(GNR) 11-4,114,11-7; Bhautik Pagdhar(RJT) bt Hasit Vasiya(JAM) 11-4,9-11,11-6,11-0;Harshil Kothari(BVN) bt Bhautik Pagdhar(RJT) 11-4,11-5,11-4; Harsh Patel (AHD) bt Ajay Patel(JAM) 11-2,11-2,11-4;Darshan Makwana(BVN) bt Kamlesh Parmar(JAM) 11-7,11-3,11-3;Abhilaksh Patel(AHD) bt Het Thakar(AMR) 11-3,11-7,7-11,11-6;Madhav Trivedi(BRD) bt Kevin Chandaria(JAM) 11-6,11-2,13-11;Amish Vaid(JAM) bt Amol Padalkar(RJT) 11-4,11-6,11-5;Bhumin Bhandari(NVS) bt Rudra Upadhyay(JAM) 11-5,11-8,11-1;Rohit Jadav(SRT) bt Deep Chandalia(JAM) 11-1,11-3,11-00;Jagdish Makwana(BVN) bt Bhavesh Bharkhada(JAM) 11-3,11-4,11-7;Pavan Detroja(JUN) bt Kapil Nanda(JAM) 11-5,11-4,11-6;Aayush Tanna(SRT) bt Dhananjay Bheda(JAM) 11-7,14-12,11-9;Sahibjot Jaggi(AHD) bt Urmil Shah(JAM) 11-7,11-6,11-13,11-5;Vansh Modi(BRD) bt Mihir Kasta(JAM)13-11,11-5,11-7;Piyush Baid(AHD) bt Varun Shah(JAM) 11-2,11-4,12-10;Sumith Nair(AHD) bt Yagnesh Parmar(JAM) 11-8,11-4,8-11,11-2;Chintan Oza(RJT) bt Surender Gupta(JAM) 11-9,11-8,11-6;Himansh Dahiya(AHD) bt Deep Udani (JAM) 11-2,11-1,11-2

U-15 Boys Qualifying:
Yash Pratapsingh(KCH) bt Yagnesh Parmar(JAM) 11-7,11-5,11-7;Dhyan Chandak(AHD) bt Bhavyarajsinh Zala(JAM) 11-5,11-2,11-8;Rehansh Singhvi(KCH) bt Rudra Upadhyay(JAM) 11-8,11-5,12-10;Dwij Bhalodia(AHD) bt Deep Udani (JAM) 11-8,11-3,11-5;Jihan Makwana(AHD) bt Shivam Dadhania(JAM) 11-7,9-11,11-8,12-10;Vandan Sutaria(BVN) bt Tanmay Purohit (JAM) 11-1,11-2,11-2

U-17 Boys Qualifying:
Harsh Panara(JAM) bt Vansh Devani(PBR) 11-6,8-11,11-9,11-7;Nairit Vaidya(KCH) bt Deep Udani (JAM) 11-9,11-5,11-3;Vihaan Tiwari(AHD) bt Thavnesh Mod(JAM) 11-5,11-4,11-4;Jihan Makwana(AHD) bt Rudra Upadhyay(JAM) 11-6,12-10,11-7; Ved Panchal(BRD) bt Bhavyarajsinh Zala(JAM)11-2,11-7,11-5

August 11, 2023