Saturday 21 / December / 2024
Muscat: Anirudh Menon registered the first upset at the Annual Table Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club Oman when he upset top ranked Ayush Ajay in the second round of the boys under-13 singles event.
Anirudh scored a fighting 11-7, 81-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 victory over Nitish N in the first round and followed it up with a brilliant 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 victory over top seed Ayush Ajay.
Others making progress in the boys under-13 singles are Harikrishna B who defeated Ishan KP 11-1, 11-2, 12-10, Vaishant Bafna was impressive in his 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 win over Arsh Javed, Jinay Bafna dropped a game before overcoming Ayyan Khan 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 and second seed Arnav Mohnot had to fight hard for his 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11 victory over Harikrishna B.
Dimple Malawiya and Akshara Pateriya scored impressive wins in the girls under-13 round robin league. Dimple defeated S. Harinee 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 and Akshara scored a convinging 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 winover Swarna Ram. S. Harinee defeated Swarna Ram 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10.
