MUMBAI, SEPT 3: Top seed Omkar Torgalkar of Mumbai Suburban District (MSD) won his fifth Cadet boys title when he defeated second seed Shishir Juvekar, also of MSD, 21-19, 21-14 in the final of the Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank-sponsored Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Mavli Mandal Hall, Thane (W) here today.The girls title was won by the second seed Shweta Joshi (Thane) who upset the top seed Madhurika Patkar of Thane 29-27, 21-18.
In the sub-juniors boys section, fourth seed Sahil Kukreja (MSD) shocked second seed Kaplesh Mohite (Satara) to enter the final, He will meet top seed Ankur Mahajan (MSD) who has already won seven titles this season.
There was an upset in the sub-junior girls semi-finals when fifth seed Aditi Jaganathan (Thane) knocked out second seed Manasi Bhagwat (Thane). Aditi will meet top-seed Sherry Crawford (MSD) in the final.
RESULTS
Prefix denotes seedings
Junior Boys (4th round): 1-Aditya Mahagaonkar (MSD) bt DhruvLakhani (MSD) 21-19, 21-15; 5-Santosh Wakradkar (Nanded) bt Gunjan Waghle (Thane) 22-24, 21-16, 21-14; Chetan Gupre (Thane) bt Aditya Tawade (Thane) 19-21, 21-18, 21-19; 6-Shashank Juvekar (MSD) bt Satish Goyal (Thane) 21-16, 21-13; 4-Mitesh Puranik (MSD) bt S Deshmukh (Aurangabad) 21-10, 21-10; Manas Mutha (Nasik) bt N Patankar (Pune) 21-16, 9-21, 21-15; Ashwin Nayak (Thane) bt Vishal Vaidya (Thane) 21-16, 21-8; Kalpesh Mohite (Satara) bt Rohan Waghmare (Thane) 21-15, 21-11; 3-Swapnil Namjoshi (Thane) bt Omkar Tanksale (Thane) 21-14, 21-9; 2-Eric Fernandes (MSD) bt N Pande (Nagpur) 21-7, 21-14; 8-Vasajit Mestha (MSD) bt A Sukale (Thane) 21-13, 21-18; S Retherkar (Aurangabad) bt M Walawalkar (Thane) 21-13, 14-21, 21-17; Rahul Joshi (Pune) bt Alok Phadnis (Thane) 21-16, 21-15; Amol Ganpate (Thane) bt S Kulkarni (MSD) 21-17, 14-21, 21-17.
Sub-junior Boys (semi-finals): 1-Ankur Mahajan (MSD) bt 3-Alok Phadnis (Thane) 21-8, 21-3, 21-6; 4-Sahil Kukreja (MSD) bt 2-Kalpesh Mohite (Satara) 15-21, 21-15,14-21, 21-15, 22-20.
Cadets (final): 1-Omkar Torgalkar (MSD) bt 2-Shishir Juvekar (MSD) 21-19, 21-14.
Girls Sub-junior (semi-finals): 1-Sherry Crawford (MSD) bt Ashwini Mokashi (Thane) 21-10, 21-18, 21-9; 5-Aditi Jaganathan (Thane) bt 3-Manasi Bhagwat (Thane) 21-5, 17-21, 21-17, 17-21, 21-10.
Cadet (final): 2-Shweta Joshi (Thane) bt 1-Madhurika Patkar (Thane) 29-27, 21-18.
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