Nitin Toshniwal stuns Muley to enter final

 

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MUMBAI, JAN 10 (GNI): Toshniwal stuns Muley to enter final at Khar Gymkhana 5th Maharashtra State Ranking Veterans Table Tennis TournamentUnder the auspices of MSVTTA & MSDTTAOrganised & Hosted by Khar Gymkhana, in Mumbai (GNI)

MUMBAI, (GNI): Nitin Toshniwal shocked top seed Upendra Muley to storm into the men’s 40+ final, in the Khar Gymkhana Maharashtra State Ranking Veterans Table Tennis Tournament on Sunday.

Toshniwal fashioned the most significant upset of the day when he snatched an exciting 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 win in three tight games in the best-of-five semi-final encounter to set up a title clash with doubles partner Manish Rawat who overcame Debdoot Chatterjee 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 in the other semi-final.

Toshniwal remained in line for a triple crown when he later paired with Rawat to halt Prakash Kelkar and K.K. Rai to enter the men’s open doubles final and ledSolapur ‘A’ to a 3-1 win over Kandivali Recreation Club ‘A’ to set up the team championship final against Jain Sports ‘A’ who beat Gomantak ‘A’ by the same margin in the other semi-final.

61-year-old Percy Mehta, who recently retired from Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai also lit up the competition when he beat the equally formidable Deepak Dudhane 3-1 in a tight men’s 60+ quarter-final before going down to Prakash Kelkar of Bank of India in the semi-finals.

Earlier, in the men’s open doubles, Mehta teamed up with Sarosh Shroff to beat Yogesh Desai and Dinkar Selarka in a 3-2 quarter-final thriller before the pair went down to Sunil Babras and Upendra Muley in another 3-2 semi-final battle, after trailing 1-2.

Results: Team Championship (SF): Solapur ‘A’ bt KRC ‘A’ 3-1; Jain Sports ‘A’ bt Gomantak ‘A’ 3-1.

Men: Open Doubles (SF): Sunil Babras/Upendra Muley bt Sarosh Shroff/Percy Mehta 11-13, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9; Nitin Toshniwal/Manish bt Prakash Kelkar/K.K. Rai 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7. QF: Sarosh Shroff/Percy Mehta bt Yogesh Desai/Dinkar Selarka 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5; Prakash Kelkar/K.K. Rai bt Kapil/Vivek Alawani 10-12, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3.

70+ (SF): Dr. P.D. Muley bt Vikas Satarkar 11-6, 11-6, 17-15. QF: Dr. P.D. Muley bt Zarir Khandadia 4-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Satish Shirsath bt Arun Kulkarni 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Vikas Satarkar bt R.D. Rao 11-1, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9; A.S. Shaikh bt Ashok Koppikar 11-4, 11-6, 12-10.

60+ (SF): Prakash Kelkar bt Percy Mehta 11-4, 11-8, 11-3; Jayant Kulkarni bt Balkrishna Katdare 11-6, 11-5, 11-8. QF: Balkrishna Katdare bt N. Jagtap 11-7, 13-15, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5; Jayant Kulkarni bt Yogesh Desai 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7;Percy Mehta bt Deepak Dudhane 11-4, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9.

65+ (SF): Pinakin Sampat bt A.W. Warunkar 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6; Satish Kulkarni bt Zarir Khandadia 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5.

50+ (QF): Vivek Alawani bt Prashant Machave 11-3, 19-17, 11-9; K.K. Rai bt Rajesh Mudam 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Sunil Babras bt Purushottam Markad 11-9, 11-6, 11-8.

40+ (SF): Nitin Toshniwal bt Upendra Muley 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Manish Rawat bt Debdoot Chatterjee 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8. QF: Debdoot Chatterjee bt Kiran Salian 10-12, 11-4, 14-12, 11-5; Manish Rawat bt Ravi Chopra 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7; Upendra Muley bt Basak Choudhary 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Debdoot Chatterjee bt Rajesh Suratwala 14-12, 11-2, 11-8.

Women: Open Doubles (QF): Neeta Kulkarni/Mangala Saraf bt Nutan/Rajeshwari 12-10, 11-8, 11-2. 60+ (SF): Sunanda Rao bt Laila Bagwan 11-5, 11-1, 11-3. QF: Manisha Bodas bt Mythili Sodhi 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9. 50+ (SF): Suhasini Bakre bt Rajeshwari Mhetre 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Mangala Saraf bt Neeta Kulkarni 11-8, 11-7, 11-6. QF: Neeta Kulkarni bt Nutan Dikle 11-7, 12-10, 11-8; Suhasini Bakre bt Pratibha Sawant 11-3, 11-3, 11-7; Mangala Saraf bt Ujwala Marathe 11-7, 11-4, 11-9; Rajeshwari Mhetre bt Vibha Shinde 11-6, 12-10, 11-5.(GNI)