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Top seeds Chinmay Datar and Tanvi Lapalikar won the Junior Boys and Girls titles respectively at the Le Meridien Trophy Table Tennis Tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana on Saturday.
Datar overcame second seed Neel Joshi in six sets, while Lapalikar took care of third seed Manasi Munj.
Coincidentally, both Datar and Lapalikar were 2-1 down in their respective finals before stepping it up a notch to win three consecutive sets.
In the Youth Boys draw, unseeded Varun Shastri pulled of an upset victory over Harlaksh Singh to book a place in the finals against the top-seeded Datar, who edged out Shubhankar Ranade in a seven-set thriller.
The Men's final will be played between top seed Rohit Chaudhari and second seed Atul Bapat, who recorded semifinal victories over Santosh Wakradkar and Deepak Kadam respectively.
Ashlesha Bodas capped off a good day for the top seeds by entering the Women's final. Bodas beat Sai Bakre in straight sets, and will take on Sayali Deshpande, who beat Deepti Chaphalkar.
ResultsMen's Quarter FinalsSantosh Wakradkar bt Shubhankar Ranade:12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4
Deepak Kadam bt Nachiket Joshi:11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4
Atul Bapat bt Ajay Kothawale:11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6
Rohit Chaudhari bt SwanandBedekar:11-3, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
Men's Semi FinalsRohit Chaudhari bt SantoshWakradkar:11-8, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8
Atul Bapat bt Deepak Kadam:12-10, 15-13, 11-9, 11-6
Veterans (above 39) Semi FinalsAvinash Joshi bt Guru Nadgauda:11-3, 11-2, 11-9
Deva Bapat bt S Nadgauda:11-2, 1-6, 11-3
Women's Quarter FinalsSai Bakre bt Ankita Shinde:11-4, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10
Ashlesha Bodas bt Manasi Munj:11-8, 3-11, 15-13, 11-4, 11-6
Deepti Chaphekar bt Shrungeri Pavale:11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2
Women's Semi FinalsAshlesha Bodas bt Sai Bakre:11-1, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7
Sayali Deshpande bt Deepti Chaphakar:11-6, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9
Youth (U-20) Boys Quarter FinalsHarlaksh Singh bt Adwait Brahme:11-7, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
Chinmay Datar bt Aniket Gulawani:11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9
Varun Shashtri bt Sidarth lapalikar:12-10, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11
Shubhankar Ranade bt Nikhil Gaitonde:11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
Youth Boys Semi FinalsVarun Shashtri bt Harlaksh Singh:11-9, 1-9, 12-10, 11-9
Chinmay Datar bt Shubhankar Ranade:12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 5-11, 8-11, 16-14
Youth (U-20) Girls Quarter FinalsChaitrali Bokil bt Sneha Tale:11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3
Tanvi Lapalikar bt Madhura Phytane:11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Manasi Munj bt Sai Bakre:12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
Sayali Deshpande bt Shrungeri Pavale:11-3, 11-1, 11-1, 11-7
Youth (U-20) Girls Semi FinalsSayali Deshpande bt Chaitrali Bokil:11-5, 11-2. 11-5, 11-9
Jr Boys (U-17) FinalChinmay Datar bt Neel Joshi:8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8,11-7,11-9
Jr Girls (U-17) Final Tanvi Lapalikar bt Manasi Munj:11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
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