Panaji: The 8th Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Table Tennis Tournament got underway at Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias, with the event organised by Kabir Pinto Makhija under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association.
Brahmanand Sankhwalkar was the chief guest, while Rufino Monteiro was the guest of honour. The tournament jersey was unveiled by the dignitaries, with all participating players receiving one.
The tournament features Masters and Elite categories, with the quarterfinal line-ups now decided.
In the Masters, the quarterfinals will feature Joseph-Dr Brennan, Sohail-Dinesh, Deep-Stanley, Shailesh-Daniel, Munir-Dijo, Sachin-Savio, Burye-Anand and Prashant-Amog. The Elite quarterfinals will see Harin-Dr Pradhan, Brahmanand-Sameer, Vinod-Anup, Sudip-Roseline, Prasanna-Vijay, John-Abbas, Guruprasad-Sadanand and Sameer-Shamir compete for a place in the semifinals.
