Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Anaya Shukla and Vanlalhriatpuii in the Girls U-11 category, along with Ashank Dalvi and Aarish Shaikh in the Boys U-11 section, booked their places in the finals of the Aura-Panjim Gymkhana All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2026.
The tournament, powered by Aura Builders and Developers, is being held at Panjim Gymkhana, Campal, under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association.
In the Girls U-11 quarter-finals, Anaya Shukla secured a comfortable 3-0 victory over Tasha Mehta, while Tvisha Kotkar defeated Sanaz Shaikh 3-2 in a closely contested encounter. Vanlalhriatpuii registered a 3-0 win against Swara Gude, and Shaurya Dessai overcame Claire George 3-1 to complete the semifinal line-up.
The semifinals witnessed two contrasting contests. Top seed Anaya continued her impressive run with a convincing 3-0 win over Tvisha Kotkar. Vanlalhriatpuii, meanwhile, produced a determined performance to defeat second seed Shaurya Dessai 3-2 and secure her place in the title clash.
In the Boys U-11 semifinals, top seed Ashank Dalvi dominated Vardhan Verlekar with a straight-games 3-0 victory. Second seed Aarish Shaikh had to work harder, recovering to register a 3-2 win over Kedar Nair and book his spot in the final.
Meanwhile, the Boys U-13 competition has also progressed to the quarter-final stage. Yug Prabhu, Mission Lalpekhlua, Aarish Shaikh, Kaushik Nair, Ishaan Colaso, Aryan Kanji, Ashank Dalvi and Yuvaan Sanke have secured their places in the last eight.
With the U-11 finalists decided in both sections, attention now turns to the upcoming title clashes as the tournament continues to showcase emerging table tennis talent from across Goa.
