The tournament was inaugurated on Thursday by chief guest Shri Suresh Iyer (Indian Oil). Guest of Honors present at the ceremony were Shri Ashish Dhaniya, IRTS, Adil Sethna, Jitendra Singhvi, Tulsi Sujan, Naresh Bulchandani, Mahesh Gupta, Vimal Gujaral, D. K Agarwal, Kushal Sangtani, Rujul Patel, Anil Chandnani, Sweety Advani, Manish Hingorani.
Thursday also marked the second death anniversary of Late Haresh Sangtani, former honorary secretary, GSTTA & KDTTA, who has played a pivotal role in the development of Table Tennis in Gujarat State and in the making of KDTTA Sports Complex in Adipur, Gandhidham.
List of group Qualifiers:
Mens: Abhilash Rawal (AHD); Mahiraj Jadeja (BVN); Nilay Thakar (SRT); Hardik Solanki (AHD); Girish Jha (AHD); Janmejay Patel (ARV); Himansh Dahiya (AHD); Keval Makwana (BRD); Harsh Patel (AHD); Saurav Ghosh (BRD); Malav Panchal (AHD); Parag Chandalia (BVN);13.Nandish Halani (BVN); Om Jayswal (BVN); Abhishek Khesti (BVN); Sujal Kukadia (BVN); Jignesh Jayswal (BVN); Dhyey Jani (BVN); Rudra Pandya (BVN).