Star Ranking Table Tennis Tournament-2025: Anisha Tamhankar & Anoushka Patil Advance To Semi-Finals

Anisha Tamhankar from Spinart cruised into the semifinals of the Girls U-19 3rd 4 Star Ranking Table Tennis Tournament-2025 at Willingdon Sports Club on Thursday. Anisha outclassed Shanaya Parikh (GCH) in straight sets 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 in the quarterfinal match on Thursday. Anoushka Patil joined Anisha in the semis with an easy 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 win over Kokare Maahi Kiran (PROT) in another girls quarterfinal match.

Vaidehi Thakare and Banhi Dube also reached the girls U-19 semifinals. Vaidehi (ROYL) defeated  Ishana Babu (YMCA) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7. Banhi (BSTR) had to dig deep to oust Arpita Borhade (CTTA) in five sets. Banhi won the first set but lost touch in the next two sets to trail 1-2. However, she came back well to level 2-2 after a close set and the decider tested both the players with see-saw battle but Banhi kept her nerves to claim the match 11-3, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 18-16.

Results:
Girls U-19 Main Draw Quarterfinals
Anshita Tamhankar (Spinart) bt Shanaya Parikh  (GCH) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-6 )
Patil Anoushka (PNCL) bt Kokare Maahi Kiran (PROT) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-7)
Vaidehi Thakare (ROYL) bt  Ishana Babu (YMCA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-7 )
Dube Banhi (BSTR) bt Arpita Borhade (CTTA) 3-2 (11-3, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 18-16)

Girls U-17 Main Draw  Quarterfinals
Arpita Borhade (CTTA) bt Chafekar Aarohee (KMM) 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-9 )
Gupte Anvi (BSTR) bt Kokare Maahi Kiran (PROT) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-7 )
Dube Banhi (BSTR) bt Sara Jamsutkar (Spinart) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-7 )
Annisha Patra (RDTTA) bt Vaidehi Thakare (ROYL) 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 )

Masters Men 40+ Main Draw Quartefinals
Gurcharan Singh Gill (PDTTA) bt Saurabh Mohite (PJ Hindu) 3-2 (6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9)
Sharad Grover (GCH) bt Niraj Dalal (PJ Hindu) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-5)
Kedar Kasbekar (SHTTC) bt Premal Dharod (MLWB) 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-6 )
Abhay Khandhar (GCH) bt Jai Motishaw (GCH) 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-8 )