[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Fremont Table Tennis Academy hosted a 2-star USA Table Tennis-sanctioned tournament last weekend (July 14-16) which featured players all the way from Arizona to Santa Cruz to Sacramento.
There were 13 events with various rating levels from Under 100 to Under 2500 with rating events for every 200 rating points.
DAY 1, Friday:
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The first day featured the 3 lowest rating events, the Under 500, Under 300, and Under 100. Adarsh Jayaram won the Under 100 by winning close 3-2 matches in the semis and finals against Sayan Dey and Andrew Chen, respectively. The Under 300 final was a nail-biting exciting match with Aman Parhar winning deuce in the fifth over Kevin Yang. The Under 500 final was won by Megha Ranganath over Bhavesh Kumar who was confused by Megha’s unique play style.DAY 2, Saturday:
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The first event of day 2 was the highest rating event, the Under 2500, which featured lobber-extraordinaire James Therriault from Sacramento who has won this event many times at this tournament. However, this time he was defeated in a close 3-2 match by junior Evan Tung. The next highest rating event of the day, the Under 2100, was won by penholder Henry Wu over lefty Anil Ramappa. The Under 1700 event was won by junior Rishi Sankar. The Under 1300 was won by Jun Huang who recently just won two golds at the US Nationals. The Under 1100 featured an all-junior final with Sahil Mehta over Akshath Kandadai. Akshath would get his event win by winning Under 900 in another all-junior final over Anvay Deshpande. Megha Ranganath would get her second gold of the tournament to add to her Under 500 gold from the previous day by winning the Under 700 in an all-adult final over Changlin Ma.
DAY 3, Sunday:
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Sunday featured a half-day of play with Under 2300, Under 1900, and Under 1500. Anil Ramappa won the Under 2300 over Saurabh Bhartia after coming back from big deficits to win the first two games to win 3-0. Anil finished second in the Under 2100 the previous day. Saurabh Bhartia would also get his event win by winning the Under 1900 over Srinjoy Dutta. Rishi Sankar would get his second gold of the tournament by winning the Under 1500 over Alexander Rozhin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
