Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Anshuman Agarwal grabbed a triple crown while Khushal Naik and Trisha Verlekar won double crowns each at the State Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by the Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG).
On an exciting day of matches played at the multipurpose stadium, Peddem, Anshuman upset top seed Dheeraj Rai to clinch the Men’s singles title to add to the two Junior (U17 and U19) titles he had won earlier. Khushal Naik, who had reached three finals, won the U13 and U15 Boys singles titles, while Trisha Verlekar clinched the Under 13 and Under 15 Girls titles. Prutha Parrikar was crowned Women’s singles champion while Dhruva Kamat upset Chandan Caro to clinch the Hopes (U11) Boys title.
In the Girls U11 (Hopes) category, Ishita Colaso emerged as the winner. Galya Fernandes (U17 Girls) and Aditi Chodankar (U19 Girls) emerged winners in the Junior Girls section. Aldona MLA Glen Ticlo and Goa TT Association officials, namely Vero Nunes (President), Christopher Menezes (Secretary), Subhash Pandit (Treasurer), Vishnu Kolwalkar and Sudin Verenkar (Vice Presidents), Kabir Makhija, Nilesh Kirtani and Amey Lawande (Executive Members) graced the prize distribution. Following are the finals results:
Under 11 Girls (Hopes)
Ishita Colaco bt Anaya Srivastava 3 -0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-6)
Under 11 Boys (Hopes)
Dhruva Kamat bt Chandan Caro 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8)
Under 13 Girls (Cadets)
Trisha Verlekar bt Ruchi Kirtani 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 12-10)
Under 13 Boys (Cadets)
Khushal Naik bt Rishan Sheikh 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
Under 15 Girls (Sub Juniors)
Trisha Verlekar bt Galya Fernades 3-1(5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10)
Under 15 Boys (Sub Juniors)
Khushal Naik bt Aaron Farias 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-8)
Under 17 Girls (Sub Juniors)
Galya Fernandes bt Anushri Naik 3-2 (11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 11-13, 11-4)
Under 17 Boys (Sub Juniors)
Anshuman Agarwal bt Azriel Fernandes 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9)
Under 19 Girls (Sub Juniors)
Aditi Chodankar bt Anushri Naik 3-2 (7-11, 11-3, 12-10, 5-11, 11-6)
Under 19 Boys (Sub Juniors)
Anshuman Agarwal bt Khushal Naik 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6)
Women
Prutha Parrikar bt Anushri Naik 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-5)
Men
Anshuman Agarwal bt Dheeraj Rai 4-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6)
