Jash, Sampada score impressive victories

Jash Modi and Sampada Bhiwandkar won all the three sub-junior boys’ and girls’ Group-A round-robin league matches respectively, in the CCI Juniors PrizeMoney table tennis championship, at the CCI table tennis room, on Sunday.

Playing aggressively Jash outplayed all the players from Mumbai City District paddlers Rihaan Jhaveri, Om Chopade and Aryamaan Bhatia in straight games, to qualify for the semi-finals. Om Chopade with two wins was the second player to qualify from this group.

Sampada won all the matches without dropping a game. Girls (Sub-junior; Gr-A): Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Mrunal Kurade 114, 11-6, 11-2; Pearl Amalsadiwala bt Avril Saldanha 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Avril Saldanha 11-8, 11-8, 14-12; Pearl Amalsadiwala bt Mrunal Kurade 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Sampada Bhiwandkar bt Pearl Amalsadiwala 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Avril Saldanha bt Mrunal Kurade 11-2, 11-5, 11-7; Group-B: Nimisha Warang bt Shreya Patil 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-5; Ananya Chande bt Sai Belnekar 11-4, 11-4, 11-3; Nimisha Warang bt Sai Belnekar 11-9, 11-5, 11-1; Ananya Chande bt Shreya Patil 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-6; Shreya Patil bt Sai Belnekar 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Ananya Chande bt Nimisha Warang 7-11, 4-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-6.

Boys

(Group-A): Jash Modi bt Aryaman Bhatia 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Om Chopade bt Rhiaan Jhaveri 13-11, 11-3, 11-6; Jash Modi bt Rhiaan Jhaveri 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Om Chopade bt Aryaman Bhatia 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Jash Modi bt Om Chopade 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Rhiaan Jhaveri bt Aryaman Bhatia 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6. Group-B: Havish Asrani bt Yashas Todi 11-3, 11-7, 11-6; Havish Asrani bt Armaan Dalamal 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7; Dhruav Das bt Yashas Todi 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Armaan Dalamal bt Dhruav Das 6-11, 118, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8; Armaan Dalamal bt Yashas Todi 11-5, 112, 11-4; Havish Asrani bt Dhruav Das 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 10-12 11-9.