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.
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;