Ludhiana's Gargi Tandon stuns reigning champion Gulsheen at Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Championship

District player Gargi Tandon pulled off the biggest upset on the opening day of the 2nd Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Championship by defeating reigning champion Gulsheen Kaur (Patiala).

Tandon won 3-1 in the pre-quarterfinals of the U-19 girls’ category at the Table Tennis Hall in Rakh Bagh here on Friday. The three-day championship has attracted around 500 paddlers from across the state. They are competing in under-11, under-13, under-15, under-17 and under-19 categories across men’s and women’s groups.

In U-19 boys’ pre-quarterfinals, Rajveer Singh Bhatia (Amritsar) defeated Arhaan Mittal (Fatehgarh Sahib) 3-0, Aditya Khullar (Amritsar) overcame Raghav Bhanot (Ludhiana) 3-1, Aryan Sachdeva (Ludhiana) beat Tejas (Amritsar) 3-0, Advik Puri (Amritsar) outplayed Lakshin Sharma (Amritsar) 3-0, Lakshya Mahajan (Jalandhar) beat Satvik Sharma (Amritsar) 3-0, Raghav Thapar (Ludhiana) edged past Sukhbir Singh (Amritsar) 3-2, Phagun Bhandari (Jalandhar) defeated Tasavar Singh Sandhu (Amritsar) 3-1 and Trijal Vohra (Amritsar) registered a 3-0 victory over Abhijit Singh (Patiala).

In U-19 girls’ section, Shanaya Tyagi (Jalandhar) outclassed Bhumi Sharma (Ferozepur) 3-0, Yashvi Sharma (Ludhiana) overcame Ridhi Sharma (Jalandhar) 3-0, Aanya Gupta (Amritsar) beat Niyati (Ludhiana) 3-1, Jasmeen Makkar (Ludhiana) beat Amani (Amritsar) 3-1, Nitya (Amritsar) got the better of Pareeza Mahajan (Amritsar) 3-2, Hemakshi Malhotra (Amritsar) defeated Kavya Gupta (Ludhiana) 3-1 and Krisvi Arora (Amritsar) outclassed Inaaya (Amritsar) 3-0.

Punjab State Welfare Board chairperson Simmi Chopra Pashan inaugurated the championship.