Seth moves into title round

Mumbai, Nov 2: Vir Seth of Cathedral and John Connon survived a scare before booking a place in the boys' under-11 final of the second-le...

Mumbai, Nov 2: Vir Seth of Cathedral and John Connon survived a scare before booking a place in the boys’ under-11 final of the second-leg of the Air-India SRAM Junior squash tournament at the Willingdon Club today. Seth beat Ishaan Balwani 9-6, 9-4, 3-9, 10-9 in the semi-finals.

Results
Boys: Under-19 (semi-finals):
Mihir Kapoor bt Rohan Gracious 9-2 9-0 9-2.Under-17 (semis): Mihil Seth bt Deepak Yadav 9-1 3-9 9-5 9-2; Sahil Vora bt Supreet Singh 9-0 9-3 9-7. Quarter-finals: Mihir Seth bt Anurag Gill 9-1 9-4 9-6; Supreet Singh bt Rahil Shah 9-2 9-0 9-0; Deepak Yadav bt Bipin Batra 9-1, 10-8, 9-4; Sahil Vora bt Kabir Kapoor 9-2, 9-6, 9-8.

Under-15 (semis): Karanpal Sethi bt Aditya Manjrekar 9-2 9-1 9-4; Vikas Jangra bt Rishabh Singhvi 7-9 9-6 9-6 9-1. Quarter-finals: Aditya Manjrekar bt Yogin Thakur 9-4 9-7 9-2; Vikas Jangra bt Dheeraj Nagpal 9-1 9-0 9-1; Karanpal Sethi bt Rushabh Vora 9-4 9-3 9-5.

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Under-13 (semis): Nikhil Seth bt Nishadh Palwani 2-99-3 9-0 9-6; Sandeep Jangr bt Jay Bhagat 9-7 9-3 9-7.

Under-11 (semi-finals): Vir Seth bt Ishaan Balwani 9-6 9-4 3-9 10-9; Vikram Malhotra bt Anup Sharma 9-0 9-3 9-2.

Girls: Under-19 (semis): Rhea Bhandare bt Priyanka Yadav 9-2 10-9 9-0; Supriya Balsekar bt Rachita Vora 9-7 9-4 9-3.

Under-15 (semis): Alisha Mashrowalla bt Warsha Sabarwal 8-1 9-0 9-1; Natasha bt Saachi Mehta 10-8 9-5 9-7.

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Qualifiers spotted
MUMBAI Suburban District, Thane and Pune qualified for the Super League in the women’s section of the Kalyan Dombivli Mayor Trophy 30th Inter-District and 61st State Table Tennis Championship held at Dombivali Gymkhana.

Results
Team Championship Men: MSD bt Aurangabad 3-0; Nanded bt Bhandara 3-0; Thane bt Jalgaon 3-0; Amravati bt Raigad 3-0; Pune bt Nagpur 3-0; Solapur bt Jalna 3-0; MCD bt Yavatmal 3-0; Nasik bt Akola 3-0; MSD bt Nanded 3-0; Kolhapur bt Aurangabad 3-0; Thane bt Raigad 3-0; Jalgaon bt Satara 3-1.

Team Championship `Boys’: M.S.D. btAkola 3-0; Jalgaon bt Amravati 3-0; Pune bt Aurangabad 3-0; Nagpur bt Jalna 3-0; Thane bt Bhandara 3-0; Nasik bt M.C.D. 3-1; Solapur bt Dhule 3-0; Raigad bt Kolhapur 3-1.

Women: MSD bt Raigad 3-0; Akola bt Aurangabad 3-2; Thane bt Solapur w/o, Jalgaon bt Dhule 3-2; Pune bt Amravati 3-0; Satara bt MCD 3-2. Girls: MSD bt Aurangabad 3-0; Pune bt Raigad 3-0; Satara bt MCD 3-2; Thane bt Nasik 3-0; Dhule bt Akola 3-1.

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Sub-junior girls: Thane bt Nagpur 3-0; MSD bt Dhule 3-2; Pune bt Amravati 3-0.

Cadet Girls: Thane bt Pune 3-0; Satara bt Aurangabad 3-2; MSD bt Nagpur 3-1; Nasik bt Dhule 3-2.

Teams that qualified in Super League:
Women: MSD, Thane, Pune; Junior girls: MSD, Pune, Thane. Cadet: MSD, Thane, Pune. Sub-junior girls: MSD, Pune, Thane.

NMC, Dahanukar best
NM COMMERCE (NMC) and ML Dahanukar emerged supreme in the boys and girls sections of the Inter-Junior Collegiate chess tournament at the Somaiya Engineering College, Vidyavihar(E), today.

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Final positions: Boys: NM Commerce 11.5 points after 7th round (Shovan Shah 5, Aditya 6.5), VG Vaze 11 (Rohit Kulkarni 3.5, Ricky Panikar 6.5). Girls: ML Dahanukar 8.5 after 5th round (Pachiti Kushte 4.5, Snehal Salvi 4), AP Commerce 7 (Shaikh Sazia 4 Rai Aarti 3); NM Commerce 7 (Bijal Gala 3, Aditi Jahagirdar 4).