Nagpur: City paddler Saarth Shastry rallied from a game down to outplay Pune’s Aaryan Wankhade 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 and enter the U-17 boys singles pre-quarterfinals in the first Maharashtra State Ranking table tennis tournament at the Subhedar Hall on Sunday.While Saarth kept the hopes of a medal alive, city paddlers Purab Singh Renu and Karan Kashyap crashed out of the U-17 section after losing their respective third-round contests against Thane’s Mayuresh Sawant and Aaditya Dalal of Mumbai. The Nagpur challenge in the girls’ U-17 group came to an early end.RESULTSU-17 Girls (PQF): 1-Swara Karmarkar (NSH) bt Achint Kaur Chawla (THN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Jinaya Vadhan (THN) bt Shreya Kothari (PUN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; Harinee Shah (TST) bt Aadya Baheti (PRB) 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 13-11; 4-Swarada Sane (PUN) bt Dnyanashree Tarde (THN) 11-7, 7-11 ,11-6, 12-10; 3-Anvi Karambelkar (THN) bt Sara Ramaiya (TST) 11-3, 11-3, 14-12; Diya Shinde (PUN) bt Keshika Purkar (NSH) 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5; Palakh Jhawar (TST) bt 7-Sara Jamsutkar (MCD) 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9 ;2-Myraa Sangelkar (TST) bt Saanvvi Dahanukar (NSH) 11-0, 11-5, 11-4;Boys (Rd 3): 1-Prateek Tulsani (THN) bt Ayaan Athar (TST) 11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8; Mayuresh Sawant (THN) bt Purab Singh Renu (NGP) 11-8, 11-1, 11-4; 4-Aaditya Dalal (MCD) bt Karan Kashyap (NGP) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Saarth Shastry (NGP) bt Aaryan Wankhade (PUN) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; 3-Nilay Pattekar(THN) bt Hridaan Pol (TST) 911, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9.
