Top seed Sudhir Delikar, third seed Paritosh Pramanik, both of The Hitavada, second seed Pankaj Najpande and Umesh Mahadeokar moved into the semi-finals of the singles event of the Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited’s 5th carrom tournament for media employees.
In the doubles event, the pairs of Delikar-Pramanik, Ramesh Marulkar-Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada), Datta Wazalwar-Sandeep Gadge (Tarun Bharat) and C Nagdevte-Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) made it to the semi-finals.
In the quarter-finals, Delikar defeated Anil Futane 21-0, 12-3 while Pramanik ousted Jeevak Gajbhiye 10-4, 14-0. Umesh Mahadeokar sent Bheemrao Lonare packing beating him 11-6, 17-12 while Pankaj Najpande defeated Sandeep Gadge 16-0, 14-0.
In the doubles, Lokhande-Marulkar pair defeated Mahadeokar-Sanjay Lokhande 16-0, 17-0 while Pramanik-Delikar beat Gajbhiye-Ashish Joshi 25-0, 15-4.
The semis and the finals would be played on Saturday starting 9 am.
The prize distribution function will be held immediately after finals at 12 noon. Chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sameer Meghe will be the chief guest. Noted sports organiser Anil Ahirkar will be the guest of honour. Veteran organiser Sanjit Daka and upcoming player Nayan Wankhede will be honoured by SJAN on the occasion.
Results: Men’s singles (QF): Sudhir Delikar bt Anil Futane 21-0, 12-3; Umesh Mahadeokar bt Bhimrao Lonare 11-6, 17-12; Paritosh Pramanik bt Jeevak Gajbhiye 10-4, 14-0; Pankaj Najpande bt Sandip Gadge 16-0, 14-0.
Doubles (QF): Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar bt Umesh Mahadeokar-Sanjay Lokhande 16-0, 17-0; Sudhir Delikar-Paritosh Pramanik bt Ashish Joshi-Jeevak Gajbhiye 25-0, 15-4; Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte bt Uday Dindolkar-Mannu Bawa 23-0, 22-0; Datta Wazalwar-Sandip Gadge bt Chandu Dasalwar-Prakash Kanfade 12-7, 13-4.
Tomorrow’s schedule: Singles semis: Delikar vs Pramanik; Najpande vs Mahadeokar at 9 a.m.
Doubles semis: Delikar-Pramanik vs Wazalwar- Gadge; Najpande- Nagdevte vs Kartik Lokhande- Ramesh Marulkar at 9.45 a.m.
(All pics S Sudarshan/SJAN)
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