Ved, Vansh, Yajat in main draws at State Ranking TT
The tournament to be held under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association is organized by Table Tennis Association of Baroda.
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Vadodara : The IOCL 5th Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2023 here at Sama Sports Complex, commenced on a memorable note as the local paddlers dominated the tables. In the qualifying rounds held on the day-one, Ved Panchal, Vansh Modi and Yajat Raval made it to the main draw of the U-17 and U-15 boys’ competition.
The tournament to be held under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association is organized by Table Tennis Association of Baroda.
For the first time after 2019, a state ranking will have 640 participants in various categories fighting for the ultimate glory. Earlier, Rajkot edition of the state ranking had hosted 632 players.
In the u-17 contest, Yajat faced some strong resistance from Manthan Sisodia of Surat. However, with his strong attacking play, Yajat managed to register a 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6. In contrast, Yajat just needed three games in U-15 qualifying match against Samarth Dhimmar of Navsari. The Barodian won the match 11-4, 11-8, 11-7.
Meanwhile, Ved Panchal had relatively easy matches. Ved conceded a game before taking a firm grip in the U-17 qualifying tie against Anand’s Saiyed Mohammad Suzan 10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3. In the U-15 boys’ match Ved dropped 8 points during his 11-2 11-3 11-3 win against Arjun Valodara of Junagadh.
Also making into the main draw was Vansh Modi. He defeated Aarav Patel (Surat) 11-5 11-6 11-5 and Rehansh Singhvi (Kutch) 11-4 11-4 11-3 in the U-17 and U-15 qualifying matches respectively.
Meanwhile, the U-17 boys seedings have been announced. Ahmedabad’s Himansh Dahiya is top seed followed by Dhyey Jani (Bhavnagar) as second seed and Janmejay Patel (Aravalli) as third. In the U-15 too has an Amdavadi as a top seed. Malav Panchal leads the pack with Sujal Kukadia and Arya Kataria giving him the company in the top-3.
RESULTS:
U-17 Boys’ Qualifying Rd:
Vivanshsinh Gharia (SRT) bt Dhruv Bhambhani (KCH) 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; Akshar Jethwa (BRD) bt Dhruv Bhambhani (KCH) 9-11, 15-13,11-5,9-11,11-9; Tanay Shah(BRC) bt Bhavya Jajoo (BRD) 11-9, 12-10, 11-4; Vansh Daryani(SRT) bt Aarav Singhvi (KCH) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; Yatharth Patel(AND) bt Shabir Tapia 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8; Taksh Kothari (SRT) bt Kirtan Yadav(BRD) 111-4,11-6,11-5; Vandan Sutariya (BVN) bt Shaurya Jariwala (SRT) 11-1, 5-11, 11-5, 11-6; Palash Kothari (BRD) bt Shaurya Jariwala (SRT) 13-11, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 14-12; Shanvir Gill (SRT) bt Malek Mohammadsohan (AND) 11-1, 11-6, 11-4; Ved Panchal (BRD) bt Saiyed Mohammadsuzan (AND) 10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3; Yug Parmar (SRT) bt Jihan Makwana (AHD) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Manthan Sisodia (SRT) bt Raghav Vora (AHD) 11-1, 3-11, 11-3, 11-5; Yajat Raval (BRD) bt Manthan Sisodia (SRT) 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6; Madhav Trivedi (BRD) bt Krishnav Gupta (SRT) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Nabhya Goenka (BRD) bt Ahadali Kaji (RJT) 11-3, 12-10, 11-6; Lakshit Shandilya (BRD) bt Vansh Devani (PBR) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Vansh Modi (BRD) bt Aarav Patel (SRT) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Dhyan Vasavada (BRD) bt Vihaan Rathod (KCH) 11-7, 11-7, 16-14
U-15 Boys’ Qualifying Rd:
Naitik Chordia (SRT) bt Yash Pratap Singh (KCH) 12-10, 14-12, 11-8; Krishay Shah (BRD) bt Shabir Tapia(SRT) 11-3, 11-8, 11-4; Dhyan Vasavada (BRD) bt Maan Limbachita (SRT) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; Yatharth Patel (AND) bt Bhavya Jajoo (BRD) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Anay Bachawat (SRT) bt Akshar Jethwa (BRD) 9-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9; Patel Jenith (BVN) bt Aditya Verma (BRD) 11-0, 11-2, 11-4; Krishay Bhatt (BVN) bt Aditya Gupta (BRD) 11-9,11-8,11-3; Divya Bhavsar (SBR) bt Parmar Vikas (AND) 11-6,11-4,11-7; Vansh Shah (BRD) bt Het Kamani (AND) 11-4, 11-8, 11-6; Yajat Raval (BRD) Samarth Dhimmar (NVS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7;Shanvir Gill (SRT) bt Dwih Hirani (AHD) 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7; Palash Kothari (BRD) bt Dwij Hirani (AHD) 10-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8; Kahan Gohel (BVN) bt Jihan Makwana (AHD) 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8; Vansh Modi (BRD) Rehansh Singhvi (KCH) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3; Ved Panchal (BRD) bt Arjun Valodara (JUN) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Jenil Patel (AHD) bt Krishnav Gupta (SRT) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3;
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