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Golden double for Gautam Krishna

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ANANTAPUR: It was a golden double for Gautam Krishna, who clinched the boys cadet and mini-cadet crowns of the Andhra Pradesh state ranking table tennis tournament at the Anantapur Club here on Saturday. S. Akshi and K. Harshitha claimed the girls mini cadet and cadet titles respectively.

The biggest upset of the tournament was P. Vignay Reddy's 11-5, 18-16, 13-11, 11-8 defeat of international Shubham Sharma in the men's quarter-finals. Reddy's reliable block, optimism and will to win saw him prevail over the second seed.Timely tips and confidence building by coach T. Dhananjay Reddy saw K. Harshitha, come back from two games down to defeat S. Akshi in the cadet girls final.

Earlier, the finalists and officials were introduced to the chief guest Gandhi Reddy and Dr. Akbar Saheb, President of Anantapur Club.

The results (finals): Boys: Mini cadets: Gautam Krishna bt Rahul 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.

Cadets: Gautam Krishna bt Sk. Feroze 11-5, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9.

Girls: Mini cadets: S. Akshi bt Saira Banu 11-8, 11-4, 11-8. Cadets: K. Harshitha bt S. Akshi 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-0 11-4.

Men (quarterfinals): Somnath Ghosh bt A. Umesh Kumar 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7, Deepesh Singh bt Krishna Kiriti 9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, T. Arundhar bt Sami Yousuf Khan 11-8, 13-11, 6-11, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, P. Vignay Reddy bt Shubham Sharma 11-5, 18-16, 13-11, 11-8.

Junior boys (quarterfinals): Shubham Sharma bt Vivek Vardhan 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-2, 11-8, P. Vignay Reddy bt B. Sridhar 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, Ch. S.S.V. Ramana bt V. Gupta 11-5, 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, G. Vishal Reddy bt Pratik Maru 11-5, 11-2, 11-8, 12-10.

Women (quarterfinals): M. Revathi bt P. Manasa 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4, Prasanna Devi bt B. Ashritha 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, R. Kaur bt Amulya 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-3, Nikhat Bhanu bt K. Bhavana 11-4, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4.

Junior girls (quarterfinals): Nikhat Bhanu bt K. Bhavana 11-1, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5, B. Ashritha bt R. Jayasree 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, Aisha Afzal bt P. Manasa 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 14-12, K. Harshitha bt M. Mrudula 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9.

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