Gujarat team reign on Day 2 of 11SPORTS 63rd National School Games Table Tennis Championships
Gujarat’s teams continued to sparkle in the 11SPORTS 63rd National School Games Table Tennis Championships, winning their second straight league matches in the Under-14 Boys, Under-14 Girls, Under-17 Boys, Under-17 Girls and Under-19 Girls here on Wednesday.
Mili Tanna, Namna Jayswal and Charmi Patel starred once again in the Under-14 Girls’ matches to overcome Punjab 3-0 in the team event. Mili got the better of Simran Rawat 3-1 (11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2) while Namna too had to fight it out against Pelf for her 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5) win. Charmi had a fairly game, beating Kashika Aggarwal 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-2) to put them on course for a table top finish.
The host state’s U-14 Boys cruised through their second round matches too, trouncing International Board Schools Sports Organisation 3-0.
Pratham Madlani thrashed Mihir Shah 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-5) while Shlok Malpani had to get the measure of Aditya Vardhan first before prevailing 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 11-4).
Vivek Makwana then brushed aside Pratyush Agarwal 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-3) to give Gujarat their second victory in the group.
Gujarat’s Under-17 Boys too picked up three more points after beating Telangana 3-0. Chitrax Bhatt outsmarted Anumakonda Venkata 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-8) while Manush Shah tamed Vishal Anandraman 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-5). Harshil Kothari wrapped up the tie with another fluent win over Anoop Amara 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-2).
In the Under-17 Girls, Bihar were totally routed, with Kaisha, Filzahfatema Kadri and Anoushka Chatterjee winning without even breaking into a sweat. Kaisha conceded just three points in the entire match, whipping Navodita Kumari 11-1, 11-1, 11-1.
Fizah Fatema was equally dominant, giving just four points Raj Nandini on her 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-1) win. Anoushka Chatterjee was the only one who struggled a little bit, relatively that is, with Priya taking 10 points from here. Anoushka, however, will be happy with her 11-3, 11-4, 11-3 triumph.
The Under-19 Girls, who downed Uttar Pradesh 3-0 late on Wednesday, beat International Board Schools Sports Organisation 3-0 for their straight win. Fagun Bhatt led the charge, taming Vrisha Premal Patel 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4). Prarthna Parmar beat Krisha Dharia 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-2) while Dhara Parmar also won 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-3) against Ankita Hanamghar to round up who win.