Malav wins fourth boys U-15 title of the season
Surat, 09 September: Ahmedabad’s prolific paddler Malav Panchal crushed his city-mate Abhilaksh Patel 3-0 to lay his hands o the boys U-15 title of the Tapti Valley International School 7th Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2023 organized by Table Tennis Association of Surat District under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association from September 8 to 10 at Tapti Valley International School, Surat.
With this victory, the 13-year-old Malav bagged his fourth title of the season.
Meanwhile, creating a major flutter, unseeded Sujal Kukadia of Bhavnagar upset third seed Janmayjay Patel of Aravali in the boys U-17 pre-quarterfinals to progress to the quarterfinals.
Another unseeded paddler, Jalay Mehta of Vadodara, came back from a game down to get the better of the second seed Chitrax Bhatt of Ahmedabad in the men’s pre-quarterfinal.
Results:
Sub-junior U-15 boys final:
Malav Panchal (AHD) bt Abhilaksh Patel (AHD) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
3&4 Position: Sujal Kukadia (BVN) bt Pawan Kumar (SRT) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9.
Sub-junior U-15 boys semi-final:
Malav Panchal (AHD) bt Pawan Kumar (SRT) 11-7, 11-4, 11-13, 7-11, 11-5
Abhilaksh Patel (AHD) bt Sujal Kukadia (BVN) 11-7, 6-11, 11-3,11-9
Sub-junior U-15 boys quarterfinal:
Malav Panchal (AHD) bt Hridan Shah (AHD) 11-7, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8
Pawan Kumar (SRT) bt Jenil Patel (AHD) 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6
Abhilash Patel (AHD) bt Ved Panchal (BRD) 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
Sujal Kukadia (BVN) bt Samarth Shekkhwat (SRT) 11-9, 2-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6
Junior boys U-17 quarterfinal:
Himansh Dahiya (AHD) bt Abhilaksh Patel (AHD) 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7
Aayush Tanna (SRT) bt. Harshvardhan Patel (ARV) 11-6,10-12, 11-7,11-8
Samarth Shekhawat (SRT) bt. Sujal Kukadia (BVN) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 7-11,14-12
Dhyey Jani (BVN) bt Poojan Chandarana (BVN) 13-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-9
Men’s pre-quarterfinal:
Jalay Mehta (BRD) bt (2) Chitrax Bhatt (AHD) 7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6
Akshit Savlwal (AHD) bt Abhilash Raval (AHD) 4-11, 11-8, 18-20, 11-5, 11-5
Jignesh Jaiswal (BVN) bt Harshil Kothari (BVN) 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6
Arman Shaikh (ARV) bt Janmayjay Patel (ARV) 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 2-11, 11-7
Pratham Madlani (BRD) bt Girish Jha (AHD) 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4
Ayaz Murad (SRT) bt Monish Dedhia (AHD) 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 5-11, 11-7
