Ahmedabad: In the 2nd Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2021 (Phase I) at Valsad, Dhyey Jani of Bhavnagar and Nidhi Prajapati of Ahmedabad won the Sub Junior titles.
In the Sub Junior Boys’ (U-15) final, Dhyey came from being 1-2 down to beat second seeded Harshvardhan Patel of Aravalli 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 to win the title. The fourth seeded Nidhi edged out teammate and second seeded Pratha Parmar 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 to win the sub junior girls’ (U-15) title.
In the semis, Dhyey shocked top seed Himansh Dahiya of Ahmedabad 11-7, 11-6, 12-14, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6 to seal the final berth. In second semis, Harshvardhan twice came from behind to beat third seed Arya Kataria of Ahmedabad 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10.
Himansh settled for the third-place finish with an 11-3, 11-6, 11-9 win over teammate Arya.
In semifinals Nidhi beat eighth seed Jiya Trivedi of Ahmedabad 9-11, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 13-11, 11-2. In second semis, Pratha beat third seed Riya Jayswal of Bhavnagar 3-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3, 11-4.
Jiya settled for a third-place finish with 11-2, 11-5, 11-7 win over Riya.
Meanwhile, in the opening round of the Hopes Girls’ (U-11) category sixth seed Daniya Godil of Surat beat Valsad’s Jenisha Jhunjhunwala 11-1, 11-5, 11-3, while fifth seed Khwaish Lotia of Ahmedabad defeated Tanisha Deputy of Surat 11-4, 11-4, 11-13, 11-4. Fourth seed Richa Rawat of Surat eased past Valsad’s Nyasha Mehta 11-4, 11-9, 11-7 while Rashida Dagniwala of Surat beat Jeevika Patel 11-5, 11-4, 11-1.
