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Nikhat Banu wins youth girls’ title

HYDERABAD: Nikhat Banu defeated K. Vidisha 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 in the final to win the youth girls’ title in the State-ranking table tennis tournament here on Saturday.

The results: Cadet girls: semifinals: S. Akshi (GSM) bt K. Spoorthy (VJA) 12-14, 12-10, 11-3, 11-9; Sk. Saira Banu (VJA) bt T. L. Harshitha (AWA) 7-11, 11-5, 16-14, 11-5.

Junior girls: quarterfinals: Nikhat Banu (GSM) w/o K. Spoorthy (VJA); Ch. Praneetha (VJA) bt K. Bhavana (YMCA) 11-7, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8; K. Harshitha (ATP) bt Saira Banu 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 7-11, 11-6; M. Mrudula (VJA) bt S. Akshi (GSM) 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9. Youth girls: Final: Nikhat Banu bt K. Vidisha (YMCA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9. Women: singles: quarterfinals: Prasanna Devi (SCR) bt Harshitha 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4; Spoorthy bt Mrudula 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 1-13, 11-13, 11-8. Cadet boys: semifinals: A. Jagadish Krishna (AWA) bt Jishnu Vakaria (GSM) 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 11-4; D. Rahul (RJY) bt Anindhya Reddy (YMCA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9. Sub-junior boys: Semifinals: A. Gautham Krishna (AWA) bt Arsh Agarwal (SPTTA) 6-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Purna Srivatsa (SPTTA) bt Md. Anas Ali (AWA) 11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5. Quarterfinals: Arsh bt A. Jagadish Krishna (AWA) 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-9; Gautham bt Ganesh (AWA) 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10; Md. Anas Ali bt Mani Teja (VJA) 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Purna Srivatsa bt D. Rahul (RJY) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5. Junior boys: Quarterfinals: Harsh Atul Shah (SPTTA) bt Ganesh 13-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7; V.S.S. Kaushik (AWA) bt Gautham Krishna 11-5, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8; Hannan Khan (SPTTA) bt S. Jayesh (GSM) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6; T. Sai Praneeth (VJA) bt Purna Srivatsa 11-5, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8.

Men: singles: pre-quarterfinals: B. Manohar Kumar (OIC) bt Shreyas Jagirdhar (SPTTA) 11-6, 11-13, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9; Krishna Kiriti (Postal) bt V.S.S. Kaushik 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Harsh Atul Shah bt K. Sridhar (Postal) 11-7, 11-9, 14-12, 3-11, 11-4; Vishal (BSNL) bt Sai Praneeth 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-7; A. Umesh Kumar (AWA) bt Hannan Khan 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; M. Deepesh Singh (Postal) bt V. Srinivas (LBS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; T. Arundhar (SCR) bt Gautham Krishna 11-7, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4; P. Vignay Reddy (SPTTA) bt D. Ajay Kumar (SBI) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.

JDC wins

Jagruthi Degree College team, comprising P. Praveen Prasad, C. Revanth Gopalakrishna, V. Laxmi Sandeep Naidu and D. Rohan, emerged champions in the Osmania University inter-college chess championship with 23 points.

Aurora Degree College (18.5) and Chatainya Bharati Institute of Technology (15) finished second and third respectively.

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