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Jaydeep Das, Poojitha emerge champions

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CHAMPIONS: N. Poojitha and Jaydeep Das, who bagged the women’s and men’s singles titles in the M.S. Ramaiah Memorial State-ranking table tennis.

BANGALORE: Jaydeep Das snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the men’s singles final of the M.S. Ramaiah Memorial State-ranking table tennis championship which concluded at Canara Union here on Thursday.

In a pulsating final, Das of South Western Railway defeated the young collegian V. Akhil 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8 after he was on the brink, trailing 7-10 in the sixth game. Das, who packed a strong backhand and played with good defence and attack, after racing through the first two games, was rocked by a counter-attack by Akhil, who took the next three games and had the match point in the sixth game.

But Akhil, in a bid to wrap up the tie, made unforced errors and a grateful Das charged right back and took the game on extra points at 12-10. In the decider, it was Das all the way.

N. Poojitha powered her way to three titles, winning the women’s singles, junior singles and youth girls’ singles. A player with a sound temperament and strong defence, Poojitha wore down N. Nisarga 11-8, 10-12, 14-12, 11-6, 11-4 in the women’s singles final.

In the boys’ section, A.R. Navneeth bagged both the junior and youth singles titles.

The winners will be presented with gold coins by the organisers on December 25, the death anniversary of M.S. Ramaiah, a well known educationist and philanthropist.

The results (all finals): Men’s singles: Jaydeep Das ( SWR) bt V. Akhil 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10,11-8. Junior boys’ singles: A.R. Navneeth bt P. Puneeth 11-2, 12-10, 10-12, 5-11, 9-11,13-11, 11-5. Youth boys’ singles: Navneeth bt Akhil 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-8.

Sub-junior boys’ singles: Deepak Dev bt Shreyas Telang 7-11, 11-8, 14-12, 12-10. Cadet boys’ singles: Vedant M. Urs bt Srinidhi 11-4, 11-8, 11-4.

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