Umesh Mahadeokar of Tarun Bharat sprung up the biggest surprise on the opening day of the third edition of Carrom Tournament for Media Employees which got under way on Thursday accounting for Lokmat’s third seed Chittaranjan Nagdevte. The three-day meet is being organised by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at Hotel Chidambara . Mahadeokar won 9-6, 23-0. It was as close as it could get in the first game with both the players scoring six points from the four boards. Mahadeokar scored off all the three chances in the ensuing tiebreak while Nagdevte could pocket none to lose the first game. A visibly dejected Nagdevte gave up the fight in the next game.Mahadeokar displayed his skills once again in the team championship when he won the second tiebreak of the day. This time he defeated Ashish Joshi 20-1, 8-5 (tiebreak) to give Tarun Bharat ‘A’ 2-1 win over Lokshahi Vaarta.
The Hitavada’s former singles champion Paritosh Pramanik, Anil Futane and Amol Deokar made it to the pre-quarterfinals of the singles event while Rahul Dixit and Anupam Soni lost their opening bouts.
Pramanik blanked Milind Patankar of Dainik Bhaskar 23-0, 15-0 to move up. Soni lost 19-0, 19-4 to Lokshahi Vaarta’s Ashish Joshi while Dainik Bhaskar’s Kaushik Bhattacharya beat Dixit 23-0, 21-5.
Action resumes on day two of the meet at 8.30 am.
At the outset, the meet was inaugurated by Pramod Darne Vice-Chairman, Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited. Anil Ahirkar of Anilkumar Tea Company and ML Pande, CEO, Urban Co-operative Bank Limited were the guests of honour.
Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN made introductory remarks. Treasurer Anupam Soni conducted the proceedings while Vice-President Naresh Shelke proposed a vote of thanks.
Results:
Men’s Singles (Round 1): Rajesh Vyavhare (Sakal) bt Sujan Masid (Dainik Bhaskar) 6-0, 9-0, Kaushik Bhattacharya (Dainik Bhaskar) bt Rahul Dixit (The Hitavada) 23-0 21-5, Atul Kodmalwar (Sakal) bt Dilip Tikhile (Lokmat) 8-5, 12-3, Rajesh Prykar (Lokshahi Vaarta) bt Deepak Labde (Lokmat) 7-8, 18-0, 15-0, Ashish Joshi (Lokshahi Vaarta) bt Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) 19-0, 19-4. Round 2: Anand Deshpande (Sakal) bt Datta Wazalwar (Tarun Bharat) 13-4, 23-0, Jeevak Gajbhiye (Lokshahi Vaarta) bt Sanjay Lokhande (Tarun Bharat) 23-0, 23-0, Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) bt Milind Patankar (Dainik Bhaskar) 23-0, 15-0, Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) bt Girish Thakre (UCN) 18-0, 5-3, Chandu Dasarwar (Lokmat ) bt Kaushik Bhattacharya (Dainik Bhaskar) 9-7, 14-8, Gendlal Vaidya (Dainik Bhaskar) bt Rajesh Prykar 0-14, 9-6, 10-4, Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) bt Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) 9-6 (tie breaker) 23-0.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (QF): Lokmat ‘A’ bt Dainik Bhaskar 2-0 (Subhash Sharma bt Milind Patankar 23-0, 23-5, Subhash Sharma-Pankaj Najpande bt Kaushik Bhattacharya-S Gendlal Vaidya 23-0, 23-0).
Tarun Bharat ‘A’ bt Lokshahi Vaarta 2-1 (Sandeep Gadge lost to Jeevak Gajbhiye 23-0, 5-8, 3-8, Umesh Mahadeokar-Gadge bt Sudhir Raut-Ashish Joshi 23-0, 23-0, Mahadeokar bt Ashish Joshi 20-1, 8-5 (tie breaker).
Sakal bt Lokmat ‘B’ 2-1 (Anand Deshpande bt Chandu Dasarwar 23-0, 5-4, Anand Deshpande Rajesh Vyavhare gave walk over to Deepak Labde-Vilas Tijare, Atul Kodmalwar bt Deepak Labde 8-6, 12-1).
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