Ronan Menezes Gama and Urvansh Pathak booked their places in Boys U-9 final, while Ronisha Sakhardande and Spruha Kamat advanced to the Girls U-9 final on an action-packed opening day at the Aura-Panjim Gymkhana All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2026, powered by Aura Builders and Developers, being held at Panjim Gymkhana, Campal, in association with the Goa Table Tennis Association. In the Boys U-9 quarter-finals, Ronan edged past Yajat Keny 3-2, while Shiv Chopdekar defeated Jagrav Sinha 3-0. Urvansh overcame Advith Rao 3-0 and Apoorva Neogi beat Anshuman Lokapure 3-1. In the semi-finals, Ronan defeated Shiv 3-0, while Urvansh got the better of Apoorva 3-1.
In Girls U-9 quarter-finals, Ronisha beat Samaira Naik 3-0, Swara Gude defeated Kaitlyn Fernandes 3-0, Alessandra Fernandes overcame Lara De Souza 3-0, and Spruha beat Ashvi Mungrey 3-1. Ronisha then defeated Swara 3-1 in the semi-finals, while Spruha overcame Alessandra by an identical 3-1 margin to set up the final. In Boys U-11 category, the quarter-final matches saw Ashank Dalvi defeat Urvansh Pathak 3-0, Vardhan Verlekar overcome Ved Sanvordekar 3-1, Kedar Nair beat Ronan Menezes Gama 3-0, and Aarish Shaikh defeat Arjun Rane 3-0 to advance to the semi-finals.
Sudin Verenkar, President of Goa Table Tennis Association; Nitin Kunkolienker, technocrat; GTTA Secretary Christopher Menezes, Panjim Gymkhana Executive Committee members Suresh Mahadevan and Girish Parekh, Dr Mohan Chandra Pathak, Jeetendra and Lily Pathak, Partners, Aura Builders and Developers, were present among others.
