Jehan Kolah, Prisha Daga clinch U-16 table tennis titles

Jehan Kolah of St Mary’s ICSE (Mazgaon) during his U-16 title-winning run at the MSSA table-tennis tournament in Prabhadevi on Sunday; (right) Girls U-16 champ Prisha Daga of AVM (Juhu). Pics/Ashish Raje

Jehan Kolah of St Mary's ICSE (Mazgaon) and Prisha Daga of Arya Vidya Mandir (Juhu) emerged champions in the U-16 boys and girls categories respectively, at the Dream Sports Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school table tennis tournament at Kamgar Krida Bhavan, Prabhadevi, on Sunday.

In the boys U-16 final, Kolah battled hard to defeat Arnav Wagh of DY Patil (Worli) 11-1, 11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9. After racing through the opening two games, Kolah seemed to relax a bit and allowed Wagh back into the contest. Wagh saved two championship points in the fourth game before Kolah held his nerve to seal his maiden MSSA crown. Interestingly, the two finalists are close friends and training partners at NSCI's UTT Academy. In the girls final, Prisha outclassed Arushi Shirgaonkar of PG Garodia (Ghatkopar) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.

OTHER FINAL RESULTS
U-14 boys: Ahan Gosar bt Ayan Athar; U-14 girls: Palakh Jhawar bt Rittanya Deolekar; U-12 boys: Yuhan Walia bt Meet Parmar; U-12 girls: Ruhika Wani bt Aaradhya K