PANAJI: Prutha Parrikar and Anushri Naik (ladies category); Dheeraj Rai and Anshuman Agarwal (men’s category) have all entered the finals at the ongoing State Ranking Table Tennis tournament organised by Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with Sports Authority of Goa (SAG).
In the ladies semi-finals at multipurpose stadium at Peddem, Prutha defeated Leoma Fernandes while Anushri accounted for Khushi Naik in the other semis to set up the title clash.
In men’s singles semi-finals, top seed Dheeraj ousted Vedant Kulkarnt. In the other semi-finals, the fine campaign of Goa’s stalwart Noel Noronha who had upset number two seed Diljeet Velingker in the quarters, came to an end as he lost to Goa’s rising star Anshuman Agarwal.
Anshuman has now reached his third finals and is poised for a triple crown. Meanwhile in cadet girls finals, Trisha Verlekar will battle it out against Ruchi Kirtani while Trisha, who is poised for a double crown, will meet Galya Fernades in sub-junior girls (U-15) finals.
Anushri, who has entered two more finals will face the challenge of Aditi Chodankar in Junior (U-19) girls finals. The junior (U-17) finals will be a tussle between Anushri Naik and Galya Fernades. In hopes under-11 girls category, Ishita Colaco will meet Anaya Srivastava.
Following are the Semi-Finals results: Hopes Girls (U-11) Ishita Colaco bt Tanvi Varddhman 3-0; Anaya Srivastava bt Lassya Shirodkar 3-0. Cadet girls (U-13) Trisha Verlekar bt Pradnya Caro 3-0, Ruchi Kirtani bt Samaira Soares 3-2. Sub-Junior girls (U-15) Trisha Verlekar bt Leoma Fernandes 3-0, Galya Fernades bt Anushri Naik 3-0. Junior girls (U-17) Anushri Naik bt Anuja Savoikar 3-1, Galya Fernandes bt Leoma Fernandes 3-1. Junior girls (U-19)
Anushri Naik bt Trusha Hammnavar 3-2
Aditi Chodankar bt Khushi Naik 3-2. Women – Prutha Parrikar bt Leoma Fernandes 3-0, Anushri Naik bt Khushi Naik 3-0. Men – Dheeraj Rai bt Vedant Kulkarni 4-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7), Anshuman Agarwal bt Noel Noronha (11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 14-12).
