TT Tourney: Local lads Aryan, Vihaan make it to semis

Ludhiana, December 26

Local lads Aryan and Vihaan along with Tanish from Jalandhar and Pritish of Mohali came out triumphant in their respective quarter-finals to complete the semi-final line-up in the boys U-15 category on the second day of the 4th Manna Singh Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament, being held at Shastri Hall on Sunday.

In the girls’ U-15 section, Chandigarh duo of Cherish and Vani besides Manya and Rishita, both from Jalandhar, wrapped up their matches to book berths in the last four stage. In the boys section, Aryan faced a little challenge from Piyush of HP whom he tamed 11-3, 11-5 and 11-6 while Vihaan edged out Sukhbir of Amritsar in straight sets 11-4, 11-6 and 11-9 to storm into the semi final.

In other quarterfinals, Tanish survived some anxious moments against local player, Raghav before clinching the issue 11-4, 9-11, 11-4 and 12-10 while Pritish overcame stiff challenge from Yaman of Amritsar whom he beat 11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-2 to join Aryan and Vihaan in the semi-final.

In the girls’ category (U-15), Manya outperformed Anjali of Chandigarh 11-9, 11-8 and 11-7; Cherish outclassed Prabhleen from Mohali 11-9, 11-5 and 11-3; Vani got the better of Bhavya of Chandigarh 11-3, 11-5 and 11-6 whereas Rishita drubbed Sherell of Chandigarh 11-4, 11-4 and 11-5 to qualify for the semi-finals. — OC