Maharashtra’s Raghav Mahajan and West Bengal’s Souswarya Barnejee battled their way into the pre-quarterfinals of the Under-15 boys’ singles at the second National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Tau Devi Lal Indoor Hall in Panchkula on Friday.
Raghav rallied from a two-game deficit to beat Andhra Pradesh’s Nadella Vedansh 3-2, while Souswarya recovered after losing the opening game and a close third to defeat Delhi’s Arnav Jain 3-2.
West Bengal’s Rajdeep Biswas also overcame state-mate Shreeraj Singh 3-2. Maharashtra’s Prateek Tulsani edged Karnataka’s Shriram Kiran 3-1, while Tamil Nadu’s J.N. Sanjey Arwindh beat Uttar Pradesh’s Anayraj Verma 3-0.
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Other boys’ singles winners included West Bengal’s Rishaan Chattopadhyay, Himon Mondal, Ariv Dutta and Debanshu Bagchi, Maharashtra’s Param Bhiwandkar, Karnataka’s M. Satwik, Gujarat’s Dev Bhatt and Rajasthan’s Prakhar Bagga. Rishaan, Param and Satwik won 3-0, while Himon and Dev prevailed 3-1. Prakhar, Haryana’s Nivaan Mittal, Goa’s Sinai Caro Chandan and Karnataka’s M. Siddhanth were among the other players to advance.
Avanthika gave Bibeshna a scare
In the Under-15 girls’ singles, Maharashtra’s Myraa Sangelkar, West Bengal’s Bibeshna Saha and Tamil Nadu’s Pooja Ambati survived five-game battles.
Myraa recovered from losing the first and third games to beat West Bengal’s Debanna Ari 3-2. Bibeshna edged Telangana’s Avanthika Doupati 3-2, while Pooja rallied from two games down to defeat West Bengal’s Saturya Banerjee 3-2.
Maharashtra’s Aadya Baheti and West Bengal’s Titash Chatterjee also won 3-2 against Haryana’s Varya Jain and Karnataka’s Sakshya Santosh, respectively.
West Bengal’s Sreosree Chakraborty beat state-mate Dipti Das 3-1, while Karnataka’s Tanishka Kalbhairav defeated Delhi’s Saamya Sukhija 3-0. Telangana’s Kamarapu Sri Saanvi and Delhi’s Akansha Singhal also beat Tamil Nadu’s Samya Rajesh and Assam’s Divija Paul, 3-0, respectively.
West Bengal’s Saranya Kar and Shariqa Shahid, Haryana’s Avni Dua, Gujarat’s Daniya Godil, Delhi’s Janvi Garg, and PSPBA’s Pragnya and Aarya Redkar also progressed. Saranya and Shariqa won 3-0, besides Daniya. However, Avni defeated Maharashtra’s Keshika Purkar 3-1.
The pre-quarterfinals in both Under-15 singles categories will be played on Saturday.
Results: Under-15 boys (Round of 32): Rishaan Chattopadhyay (WB) beat Vineet Naik (Kar) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8; Raghav Mahajan (Mah) beat Nadella Vedansh (AP) 6-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5; Param Bhiwandkar (Mah) beat Ahan Gosar (Mah) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Souswarya Barnejee (WB) beat Arnav Jain (Del) 6-11, 11-5, 12-14, 11-3, 11-3; M. Satwik (Mar) beat Trijal Vohra (Pun) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9; Rajdeep Biswas (WB) beat Shreeraj Singh (WB) 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4; Dev Bhatt (Guj) beat Krishiv Garg (Har) 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; J.N. Sanjey Arwindh (TN) beat Anayraj Verma (UP) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Himon Mondal (WB) beat Mohith Belavadi (Kar) 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5; Prakhar Bagga (Raj) bgt Gem Mahalanabish (WB) 11-9, 13-11, 11-5; Nivaan Mittal (Har) beat Aadish Nautiyal (Ukd) 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-4; Sinai Caro Chandan (Goa) beat Bhavit Singh (Raj) 11-4, 11-4, 11-9; Ariv Dutta (WB) beat M. Ashvajith (TN) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Debanshu Bagchi (WB) beat Lakshya Kumar (UP) 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10; M. Siddhanth (Kar) beat Soumik Deb (WB) 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8; Prateek Tulsani (Mah) beat Shriram Kiran (Kar) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 13-11.
Under-15 girls (Round of 32): Tanishka Kalbhairav (Kar) beat Saamya Sukhija (Del) 13-11, 11-5, 11-4; Sreosree Chakraborty (WB) beat Dipti Das (WB) 15-13, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7; Kamarapu Sri Saanvi (Telg) beat Samya Rajesh (TN) 11-3, 14-12, 11-7; Akansha Singhal (Del) beat Divija Paul (Asm) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Myraa Sangelkar (Mah) beat Debanna Ari (WB) 4-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3; Bibeshna Saha (WB) beat Avanthika Doupati (Telg) 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8; Saranya Kar (WB) beat Aayushi Hazra (WB) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Pooja Ambati (TN) beat Saturya Banerjee (WB) 12-14, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9; Shariqa Shahid (WB) beat Moupia Das (NCOE) 14-12, 11-5, 11-3; Avni Dua (Har) beat Keshika Purkar (Mah) 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-3; Aadya Baheti (Mah) beat Varya Jain (Har) 11-4, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9; Titash Chatterjee (WB) beat Sakshya Santosh (Kar) 9-11, 3-11 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Daniya Godil (Guj) beat Avyanna Phalaswal (Har) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8; Pragnya (PSPBA) beat B. Varnica (TN) 11-2, 11-6, 11-9; Janvi Garg (Del) beat Kaira Bhandari (Ukd) 11-6, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9; Aarya Redkar (PSPBA) beat Debanshi Chakraborty (WB) 11-2, 11-9, 11-7.
