PANAJI: Prutha Parrikar will take on Anushri Naik in the women’s singles final while Anushri will also contest for the Under-19 title with Samaira Soares being her opponent as the 4th Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis tournament heads into the finals day on Thursday. The tournament has been organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija in association with Clube Vasco Da Gama, under the aegis of Goa Table Tennis Association.
Results: Girls Under–15: Quarter-Finals -Ruchi Kirtani beat Pradnya Caro 3 – 2, Neeza Kamat beat Ishita Colaso 3 – 2, Riya Gopi beat Shreya Fadte 3 – 0, Samaira Soares beat Erin D’Costa 3 – 0.
Semi-Finals: Ruchi Kirtani beat Neeza Kamat 3 – 0, Riya Gopi beat Samaira Soares 3 – 1.
Girls U–19: Quarter-Finals – Anushri Naik beat Ridhima Naik 3 – 0, Riya Gopi beat Ruchi Kirtani 3 – 2, Urvi Surlakar beat Neeza Kamat 3 – 0, Samaira Soares beat Kiara Soares 3 – 1.
Semi-Finals: Anushri Naik beat Riya Gopi 3 – 1, Samaira Soares beat Urvi Surlakar 3 – 1.
Women’s Singles: Quarter-Finals – Prutha Parrikar beat Aditi Chodankar 3 – 2, Samaira Soares beat Urvi Surlakar 3 – 2, Ruchi Kirtani beat Ishita Colaso 3 – 0, Anushri Naik beat Riya Gopi 3 – 0.
Semi-Finals: Prutha Parrikar beat Samaira Soares 3 – 0, Anushri Naik beat Ruchi Kirtani 3 – 0.
In the boys U-19 event, Anshuman Agarwal will meet Aaron Farias in the final. The U-15 title clash will see Aaron take on Khushal Naik, while Atharva Dhulapkar will play Rishan Shaikh in the U-13 final.
Results: Boys U-19: Semi-Finals – Anshuman Agarwal beat Rishan Shaikh 3-1, Aaron Farias beat Akshan Lawande 3-2. Boys U-15: Semi-Finals – Aaron Farias beat Rishan Shaikh 3-1, Khushal Naik beat Akshan Lawande 3-0. Boys U-13: Semi-Finals – Atharva Dhulapkar beat Dhruv Kamat 3-0, Rishan Shaikh beat Chandan Caro 3-2. Men’s Singles (semis): G Arvind Kumar beat Noel Noronha 4-0.
