The first Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis tournament in Surat ended on a high note on the final day. Filzah Kadri and Frenaz Chipia, both from Surat, reached the final of the women’s singles.
Frenaz won the women’s title 4-2 after a long battle with Filzah (11-4, 5-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6).
Chitrax Bhatt of Ahmedabad won the men’s title by ending the fine run of Karanpal Jadeja of Bhavnagar, 4-1 (11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8). And Dhairya Parmar of Ahmedabad settled for the 3rd place defeating Shlok Bajaj of Surat in a hard-fought battle 3-2 (11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 5-11, 13-11). While Shlok Bajaj and Burhanuddin Malubhaiwala put up a show yet again in the junior (U-19) boys singles final, and Burhanuddin kept up his title 4-2 (1-11, 11-6, 4-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-9).
In the junior (U-19) girls singles, Surat’s 5th seed Arnee Parmar defeated the 7th seed Riya Jayswal of Bhavnagar to become the winner of the category, 4-2 (11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10).
In the junior boys (U-17) final, Armaan Shaikh won the title defeating Aayush Tanna, 4-1 (11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6). Daniya Godil won the Hope (U-11) girls title beating Khwaish Lotiain the finals 4-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4). Pratha Pawar won in the junior girls singles (U-17) and sub-junior girls (U-15) singles title defeating Riya Jayswal 4-2 (10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9) and and edging out Mouboni Chatterjee 4-2 (11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 12-14, 11-7) respectively.
In the sub-junior (U-15) boys singles, Janmejay Patel settled for second place after giving a competition to Aayush Tanna who won the title, 4-3 (7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8).