Fifth seed Senhora D’Souza upset favourite Runa Roy to storm into the women’s semifinals of the Matunga Gymkhana Bajaj 4-Star Mumbai District Ranking table tennis championships held at the Matunga Gymkhana on Saturday.Senhora kicked off a dramatic day of upsets when she overcame fourth seed Roy in straight games 11-8 11-5 11-8 11-6 in the best-of-seven quarterfinals. In the other upset of the day, sixth seed Mrunmayee Mhatre beat No 3 Sanjukta Sen 4-3 in the quarterfinals. Mhatre recovered from a 1-2 deficit to surge to a thrilling 11-9 4-11 4-11 11-4 13-11 6-11 11-7 win to join Senhora in the semifinals.In contrast, women’s top seed Shweta Parte eased into the last four following a 4-0 rout of eight seed Tanmya D’Souza. RESULTS Cadet Girls (QF): S Haria bt S Maity 11-4 11-9 11-6; S Haleangadi bt A Mhatre 11-3 11-1 11-8; D Patki bt M Chiplunkar 11-6 13-11 11-8; P Bohra bt C Shetty 11-5 11-6 11-6; Cadet Boys (3rd Rd): V Shah bt S Pawar 11-4 11-3 11-5; A Sanghai bt M Dani 9-11 11-9 11-9 5-11 11-8; A Patkar bt M Mehta 11-4 11-2 11-7; R Pandhirkar bt T Rane 11-9 12-10 11-9; S Ambre bt H Modi 6-11 11-9 11-5 11-6; M Hardikar bt S Godbole 11-7 12-10 6-11 7-11 11-4; K Nagpal bt V Kulkarni 12-10 11-7 9-11 8-11 11-4; S Pednekar bt R Albuquerque 11-8 11-4 11-7; Youth Boys (SF): D Rai bt N Shah 11-6 11-4 10-12 12-10 11-13 11-5; N Pinto bt P Murekar 13-11 11-1 11-6 7-11 11-5; Women (QF): M Mhatre bt S Sen 11-9 4-11 4-11 11-4 13-11 6-11 11-7; S Parte bt T D’Souza 11-6 11-8 11-4 11-3; S D’Souza bt R Roy 11-8 11-5 11-8 11-6

COMMERCIAL BREAK
SCROLL TO CONTINUE READING