Mudit defeated Abdulaziz Shulabi Bu of Saudi Arabia
11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 in a thrilling quarterfinal to earn the right to
meet top-seed Ali Alkhadrawi, also of Saud Arabia in the semifinals. In the
earlier round, Mudit had blanked out Swede Filip Karlsson 4-0 (11-7, 11-4,
11-4, 11-7).
Last year, too, Mudit had travelled to South
America to compete in the Gautemala event, which is again is an
ITTF Junior Circuit programme, and excelled. Continuing in the same vein, he
has ventured into the Amman
event for the first time and is reaping the rewards.
However, it was the unseeded Tanushree Das Gupta who turned
several heads at Amman with her excellent
performance, particularly when she beat Azerbaijan ’s Zhou Chuyi in a tense
quarterfinal. The 15-yer-old India
put up a gritty performance to Zhou 4-3 (11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 14-16, 15-13, 11-7,
11-8) to go through. She will meet top-seeded French girl, Pauline Chasselin in
the semifinal.
The teenager from Meghalaya was down and out at 1-3 but a
fine come back in the fifth game helped raise her level which she won 15-13.
From there, a new-found energy saw her through as she completed the task in
style winning the last two games with a lot to spare.
TTFI Press release
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