Kotiyan bags double in Mumbai TT

Mumbai - Second seed Ravindra Kotiyan humbled top seed Nishaad Shah twice to capture the youth boys as well as junior boys singles titles in the JVPGC All-Mumbai 4-star ranking table tennis tournament, hosted by Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club Monday.

The end results could have been different had Nishaad after leading 3-1 not given away too many points on errors. He also messed up when he was on match point in the fifth game to not only lose the game but also let Ravindra run away with the tie 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 in the junior event.

Later, the scene was identical when Nishaad after fighting back from 1-3 let slip the advantage to see Ravindra end with a double with the scoreline reading 7-11, 2-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 to bag the youth title.

Senhora D’Souza having already outplayed Dyuti Patki 11-8, 11-4, 11-3, 11-8 in the junior girls final, had enough confidence to beat her nemesis and top seed Shweta Parte 13-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 to capture the youth girls title.

Both will also clash again in the women’s singles final.

Final Results: Youth girls singles: Senhora D’Souza bt Shweta Parte 13-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9; Youth boys singles: Ravindra Kotiyan bt Nishaad Shah 11-7, 2-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Boys singles: Ravindra Kotiyan bt Nishaad Shah 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 4-11, 12-10,11-7, 11-6; Midget boys singles: Aditya Shinde bt Dhruv Zaveri 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-1; Midget girls singles: Diya Chitale bt Mihika Rohira 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8

Semifinal Results: Women’s singles: Senhora D’Souza bt Charvi Kawle 11-3, 11-9, 10-12, 11-3, 10-12, 11-2; Shweta Parte bt Joanne D’Souza 11-3, 11-6, 12-10, 0-11, 11-8; Men’ singles: Sanil Shetty bt Niloy Basak 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2; Aman Balgu bt Noel Pinto 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5.