Final Up to date: January 31, 2023, 00:11 IST
Indian paddler Yogesh Desai emerged because the World Champion, profitable the lads’s 70+ singles title within the recently-concluded ITTF World Veterans Desk Tennis Championship 2023, in Muscat, Oman.
The Indian contingent returned from Oman with a wealthy haul of 24 medals, together with six gold, six silver and 12 bronze medals.
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The Mumbai-based participant Desai performed with loads of grit and dedication and did properly to brush apart the problem from Czech Republic’s Milan Rakovicky storming to a 3-1 (Sep 11, 11-9, 11-7, 13-11) within the best-of-five-game ultimate and declare his maiden gold medal within the occasion organised by the Oman Desk Tennis Affiliation and performed on the Oman Conference and Exhibition Centre.
One other Indian Mantu Murmu additionally received the World Champion’s crown profitable the Girls’s 60+ singles crown. The Kolkata-based Murmu proved too good for compatriot Suhasini Bakre easily cruising to a 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, and 11-7) victory with a measure of ease and clinched the gold medal.
In the meantime, India additionally received the Males’s 70+ doubles title with the pairing of Ulhas Shirke and Pinakin Sampat profitable the ultimate. The Mumbai duo of Shirke and Sampat mixed completely to outplay the combined Indo-USA pair of Girish Sawant and Randy Hou, profitable by a 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 6-11, and 11-8) margin.
Earlier, within the Males’s 70+ semifinals, Desai confirmed outstanding combating spirit as he recovered after trailing 1-2 to return again by profitable the final two video games to beat Austria’s Reinhard Sorger by snatching a tense 3-2 (11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 12-10, and 11-4) win.
The opposite semifinal additionally witnessed an engrossing battle as Rakovicky misplaced the opening two video games in opposition to compatriot Frantisek Simply, who made a optimistic begin. However Rakovicky gallantly fought again to win the remaining three video games in succession to clinch a deserving 3-2 (6-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, and 12-10) win.
Outcomes:
Girls’s 60+ singles (semis): Mantu Murmu (IND) bt Virginia Stanescu (BEL) 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-2); Sushasini Bakre (IND) bt Gina Hundven (NOR) 3-1 (11-1, 11-4, 4-11, 11-8); Finals Mantu Murmu (IND) bt Sushasini Bakre (IND) 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-7).
Males’s 70+ singles (semis): Yogesh Desai (IND) bt Reinhard Sorger (AUT) 3-2 (11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-4); Milan Rakovicky (CZE) bt Frantisek Simply (Cze) 3-2 (6-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10); Ultimate: Yogesh Desai (IND) bt Milan Rakovicky (CZE) 3-1 (Sep 11, 11-9, 11-7, 13-11).
Males’s 70+ doubles (ultimate): Ulhas Shirke (IND)/ Pinakin Sampat (IND) bt Girish Sawant (IND)/Randy Hou (USA) 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8).
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