24 February,2014 07:27 AM IST | | A Correspondent
Jash Mehta of Achievers, put a star show in the JLTTA-Balkan-Ji-Bari table tennis tournament held at Balkan-Ji-Bari Welfare Centre yesterday
Jash Mehta
Mumbai: Jash Mehta of Achievers, put a star show in the JLTTA-Balkan-Ji-Bari table tennis tournament held at Balkan-Ji-Bari Welfare Centre yesterday.
Jash Mehta
He played a stellar role in helping Achievers TT Academy come from behind to beat LJTT Academy 2-1 in the team championships final where Achievers lost the opening singles with Shivam Jhunjhunwala losing to Varun Sheth 2-3, but their doubles pair of Shivam and Jash put up a fine show while winning the doubles.
The pair defeated Varun and Nikunj 3-1. The decider saw Jash mixing caution with aggression while beating Nikunj 3-1 to clinch the title.
Results:
Jr boys singles (semifinals): Shyam Purohit bt Nikhil Kamble 11-6, 13-11, 11-9; Jash Mehta bt Nikunj Chirimar 11-4, 11-5, 11-6. (Quarterfinals): Shyam Purohit bt Parth Sheth 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Nikhil Kamble bt Dev Shroff 11-9, 13-11,9-11, 11-6; Nikunj Chirimar bt Hardik Panchal 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 15-13; Jash Mehta bt Shounak Pawar 11-3, 11-8, 11-9.
Sub-jr boys singles (semifinals): Jash Mehta bt Vyom arekh 11-6, 11-7, 11-4; Hardik Panchal bt Shunak awar 11-9, 11-4, 11-8.
Sub-jr girls singles (Semifinals): Cheshta Shetty bt Aadhya Kocha 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7; Tanvita thakur bt Akshata Shinde 11-5, 13-11, 14-12.
Cadet boys singles(Semifinals): Aman Shakh bt Neev Kapadia 11-6, 11-3, 11-9; Anav Sanjeevbt Dhruv Das 11-5, 11-9, 13-11.
Cadet girls singles (semifinals): Tia F. D'Souza bt Nimisha Warang 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8 vidhi Shah bt Hershey Kaur Soi 11-4, 11-1, 11-7.
Midget boys singles (semifinals): T.K.Shrikant bt Aditya Oberi 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5; Krish Shetty bt Kalpak Raul 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5.
Team Championships (Final): Achievers TT Academy bt JLTTA 2-1: Shivam Jhunjhunwala lost to Varun Seth 12-10, 11-13, 11-7,0-11, 4-11; Shvam/Jash Mehta bt Varun/Nikunj Chirimar 11-6, 17-15, 8-11, 13-11; Yash bt Nikunj 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8.