Raegan, Ravindra roll on

MUMBAI: Ravindra Kotiyan and Raegan Albuquerque won exciting back-to-back ties to storm into the youth boys and men’s semi-finals, in the JVPG Mumbai Suburban District

Published on: Sep 19, 2016, 06:23:59 IST

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MUMBAI: Ravindra Kotiyan and Raegan Albuquerque won exciting back-to-back ties to storm into the youth boys and men’s semi-finals, in the JVPG Mumbai Suburban District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana on Sunday.

Raegan was the toast of the day when he prevailed over Hardik Panchal 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11 in the youth boys quarter-finals and later shocked Nishant Kulkarni 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 12-10 in a gripping men’s quarterfinal.

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