Mumbai Sport: Unseeded Veer upsets Rahul

MUMBAI: Unseeded Veer Chotrani of Maharashtra scored an upset 3-0 win against statemate and second seed Rahul Baitha in a boys' under-17 pre-quarter-final round match in the Rs 6.5 lakh prize money NSCI Indian Classic Junior Open Squash Championship 2016 at NSCI glass-back courts on Thursday. With Rahul not able to put up much of a fight Veer strolled to an 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 win and move to the round of 8.Top seed Tushar Shahani of Maharashtra defeated Abdur Rehman of Delhi 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5 to book his place in the quarter-final.
Earlier, Maharashtra lads, Deepak Mandal and Tanay Punjabi, exhibited tremendous fighting qualities to register hard-fought victories and progress to quarter-final round of the boys' under-15 main draw.
Brace each for Sarang, Sharvali
Thanks to a brace each by Sarang Mistry and Sharvali Parekh, Goregaon's Laskhdham outplayed Swami Vivekanand International (Borivali)5-0 to enter the boys under-14 quarterfinals of the Subroto Mukherjee Cup football tournament of Maharashtra government's DSO (Divisional Sports Office) at St. Francis D'Assisi high school ground.
3rd Inter-Corporate TT at Khar Gym
Former International and ITTF Women table tennis coach Moonmoon Ghosh of P-3 Sports Management will be holding their 3rd Mumbai Inter-Corporate Table tennis tournament at Khar Gymkhana on August 20 and 21.