The top two seeds Sharveya Samant, 14 and Akshat Jain, 15, won their respective quarter-final matches and are heading towards a showdown in the boys U-16 final of the MSSA inter-school table tennis tournament.

The No.1 seed Sharveya of Gokuldham HS (Goregaon) called the shots against Dishan Parekh and eased to a 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 win, while Akshat of Vibgyor HS (Goregaon) was in complete control and defeated Arhaan Shah of St Gregorious HS (Chembur) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 in Last-8 matches at the Kamgar Krida Bhavan table tennis hall, Parel on Friday. Friends and training partners Sharveya and Akshat, both represent TSTTA in the domestic competitions and train regularly at the Prabodhan Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle.