MAPUSA: Top India paddlers Sourav Saha and Arjun Ghosh stormed into the Open Singles quarter-finals with clinical performances, on the penultimate day of the 5th All India Invitational MSC Cup Table Tennis championship, underway at multipurpose stadium, Peddem.
Aadi Chitnis, Ali Mohammad, Arindam Debna, Jayesh Kulkarni, Swarnendu Chowdhury and Surojit Das were others to join them into the last eight. Meanwhile, in the U-15 open category, Ayushi Godse registered a comfortable 3-0 win over Tanishka Kalbhairav to enter into the final where she will be up against Goa’s Khushal Naik. Kushal defeated his Goan compatriot Darren Duarte with an identical 3- 0 score line. Earlier, in the Open U-15 quarter-finals, Tanishka Kalbhairav beat Rishan shaikh 3–0, Ayrshire Godse beat Atharv Dhulapkar 3-1, Kushal Naik beat Mritheya 3–2 and Darren Duarte beat Neeza Kamat 3 -1.
The championship, organised by Miramar Sports Club in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa enters its final day on Tuesday, with Team championship as well as Individual finals scheduled at 3.30pm.