Miramar: Aaron Francis and Akshay lawande entered the finals of the Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias Table Tennis Championship2018 being organized by the club at its premises in Miramar .
Aaron Fernandes was on top of his game against Agastya Motwani right from the start and eventually closed out the game 11-6, 12-10, 11-6.
In the other game ,played out simultaneously, Akshan Lawande won the game scoring 11-8, 13-11, 11-8 against Dhruv Kamat Helekar.
In the semi finals, Aaron defeated Fynn Gonsalves Scoring 11-8, 13-11, 7-11, 11-7 while in the second semis finals Akshan Lawande defeated Vivek Carvelho 11-9, 11-6, 12-10.
In the veteran singles, Deepak Gopani of (50+) category won 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 against Lenie Rosario. Arun Naik defeated Joseph Duarte in the other game and Arun Naik won his semifinal game scoring 11-5, 11-6, 11-5.
In the 40+ category, Amit Naik defeated Glen Coelho 6-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 in the first semifinal. In the second semifinals, Sachin Soares defeated Ratnadeep Shivani 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9. Amit Nail will take on Sachin Soares in the finals.
In the over in the 60+ category, Anthony Gomes will take on Prakash Alfonso in the finals. [NT]