Young guns blaze in state table tennis tournament in Rajkot

The second Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2024 was organised today by the Rajkot District Table Tennis Association (RDTTA) under the aegis of Gujarat State Table Tennis Association at SNK School in Rajkot.

18-year-old paddler Oishiki Joardar of Ahmedabad achieved a 4-3 victory over Radhapriya Goel for the Women’s title.

Top seed Riya Jayswal, a Bhavnagar resident, also registered a 4-2 win over unseeded Partha Pawar of Ahmedabad in a closely-fought girls U-19 final.

Ahmedabad’s Pratha, however, put this loss behind her, and won against her citymate Nidhi Prajapati, bagging the U-17 title.

Rajkot’s Dev Bhatt, an eight seed, won on home turf against second seed Anay Bachawat of Surat to clinch the cadet boys (U-13) title.

Top seed Daniya Godil of Surat defeated second seed Khwaish Lotia of Ahmedabad 3-0 to win the girls U-13 title.

In the Sub-Junior Boys (U-15) category, top seed Malav Panchal of Ahmedabad defeated second seed Ved Panchal of Vadodara.

While in the U-15 Girls’ category, top seed Jiya Trivedi of Ahmedabad emerged victorious against second seed Charmy Trivedi of Bhavnagar.

Meanwhile, top seed Dhruv Bhambani of Kutch emerged victorious in the U-11 boys category, defeating Henil Langalia in the final. While Ahmedabad’s Misha Lakhani, a second seed, won the girls title in the same category.