Ahmedabad’s Pratha Pawar lived up to the hype to win three titles while Surat’s Filzah Fatema Kadri recorded a monumental win to pocket the women’s title at the 4th Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2021 at the Tapti Valley International School in Olpad, Surat. Pratha came won the junior girls’ (U-17), sub junior girls’ (U-15) and cadet girls’ (U-13) titles.
Pratha won her third under-17 title overcoming Mili Tanna 9-11, 15-13, 11-9, 5-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-9 in the final. Pratha’s maiden under-15 title came when she edged out Nidhi Prajapti 11-9, 12-10, 12-10, 11-4 in the final. Pratha maintained her dominance in the under-13 category with 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 win over Hiya Singh.
While Frenaz Chipia was an overwhelming favourite, the familiar environment played its part as Filzah raised her game to record a shocking 12-10, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 14-12 win for her second women’s title of the season. Filzah continued her dominance in the under-19 category as she beat Aafrien Murad 18-16, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9. Chitrax Bhatt picked two titles winning the men’s as well as junior boys’ (U-19) titles. Chitrax shrugged off his recent indifferent form in the men’s category to beat Dhairya Parmar 6-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-6, 11-6 in the final. The top seed maintained his unbeaten run in the under-19 category with an 11-9, 13-15, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 win over Shlok Bajaj.
Shlok maintained his recent surge in the under-17 category with a 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 win over Burhanuddin Malubhai.
Janmejay Patel beat Himansh Dahiya 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 to win the sub junior boys’ (U-15) title. Arya Kataria beat Vivaan Dave 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 for the cadet boys’ (U-13) crown. Vivaan won the Hopes Boys’ (U-11) title with an 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 win over Parv Vyas. Krisha Patel won the Hopes Girls’ (U-11) title with a 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 win over Charmy Trivedi.
