Viren wins U-14 title at ISC Open
MUSCAT: Viren Kundnani captured the boys under-14 singles title at the Open Table Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club Oman and sponsored by Al Tasnim Enterprises LLC.
In the final, the third seed continued to show brilliant touch and overpowered Rehan Ahmed in straight games 11-6, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8.
The grand finals of the tournament will be played on Monday when George Lopez will take on Ashraf Ghali in the veterans singles final which will be followed by the men’s doubles final between the team of Wiryawan Kiko and Bassen Israfeel versus the talented schoolboys Adhyatm Sharma and Viren Kundnani.
Wiryawan Kiko and Shounak Kelkar justified their top billing in the boys under-17 singles when they qualified for the final.
Top seed Kiko entered the final when he defeated Adhyatm Sharma 11-4, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 and second seed Shounak Kelkar advanced the hard way when he was stretched to the wire before edging past Mayank Mehta 11-1, 9-11, 8-11, 16-14, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4.