Four schools advanced to the semifinals in the boy’s group event of the Walton Smart TV Dhaka Metropolis School Table Tennis Tournament on the 2nd day of the five-day meet at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium on Sunday.
The schools are — Armanitola Government High School, Saint Josef School, Ahmed Bawani Academy School & College and Scholastica School (Mirpur branch).
Meanwhile, in the girl’s group event, Suid (Ramna branch), Azimpur School & College, Prayash Dhaka Cantonment and Sunnydale School will play in the semifinals.
In the boy’s singles event, Junayed of Lalbagh Model School, Amit of Ahmed Bawani Academy School & College and Akash of Armanitola Government High School moved to the 2nd round.
Fatin Israq of Azimpur Girls High School & College, Nur-e-Ferdous of Sunnydale, Tammanna Kabir of Summerfield and Faujia of DPS will play in the 2nd round of girl’s singles event.
A total of 192 players, comprising 155 boys and 37 girls, from 30 Dhaka Metropolis schools are taking part in the tournament.
After a recess on Monday on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, the meet will resume on Tuesday.
