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Sathiyan, Ankita emerge champions

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NEW DELHI: G. Sathiyan overpowered his teammate from Tamil Nadu R. Venkataraman in five games to claim the junior boys’ title in the National-ranking table tennis (North) tournament at the Punjabi Bagh Club here on Friday.

In the junior girls’ final, Ankita Das (North Bengal) defeated Mallika Bhandarkar (Maharashtra) to win the title. Mallika had earlier won the sub-junior girls’ crown.

Easy for Rajeeb

In the sub-junior boys’ final, top seed Rajeeb Sarkar (North Bengal) won easily against Sameera Kumar of Tamil Nadu.

The results: Junior boys (final): G. Sathiyan (TN) bt R. Venkataraman (TN) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11.

Semifinals: Sathiyan bt Soumyajeet Ghosh (NB) 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Venkataraman bt Harmeet Desai (Guj) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9.

Quarterfinals: Sathiyan bt Mohit Verma (PSPBA) 11-3, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7; Soumyajeet bt Saurav Saha (PSPBA) 10-12, 11-3, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4; Venkataraman bt V. Nitin (PSPBA) 3-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Harmeet bt Raj Mondal (NB) 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 15-13.

Junior girls (final): Ankita Das (NB) bt Mallika Bhandarkar (Mah) 12-10, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8.

Semifinals: Ankita bt Shreya Ghosh (WB) 11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6; Mallika bt Medha Moitra (NB) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.

Quarterfinals: Ankita bt Charvi Kawle (Mah) 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Shreya bt Sanya Sehgal (Del) 11-3, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Medha bt Rushali Prasade (Mah) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10; Mallika bt Suthirtha Mukherjee (WB) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.

Sub-junior boys (final): Rajeeb Sarkar (WB) bt Sameera Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4.

Semifinals: Rajeeb bt V.P. Charan (Kar) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5; Sameera bt Abhishek Yadav (PSPBA) 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 3-11, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7.

Quarterfinals: Rajeeb bt Debdutt Phadenvis (Mah) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9; Charan bt Utkarsh Gupta (Del) 11-6, 3-11, 11-4, 5-11, 15-13.

Abhishek bt Shubham Basak (NB) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Kumar bt Vivek Bhatnagar (PSPBA) 11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 11-8.

Sub-junior girls (final): Mallika Bhandarkar (Mah) bt Suthiritha Mukherjee (WB) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10.

Semifinals: Mallika bt N. Priya (TN) 11-6, 11-8, 14-12, 11-8; Sutirtha bt Manika Batra (Del) 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6.

Quarterfinals: Mallika bt Payal M. (NB) 11-8, 11-7, 11-2; Priya (TN) bt Anushka Dutta (WB) 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10.

Sutirtha bt T. Reeth Rishya (TN) 10-12, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7; Manika bt Rutuja (Mah) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6.

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