Table tennis: Maharashtra, Telangana win

November 28, 2014 12:09 am | Updated November 16, 2021 04:43 pm IST - Alappuzha:

Maharashtra boys and Telangana girls won the titles in junior category of the 76th National & Youth table tennis championships here on Thursday.

Maharashtra ‘A’, which had upset favourite PSPB 3-2 in the semifinals, blanked Delhi 3-0 in the boys’ final. Telangana beat Maharashtra ‘A’ 3-1 to win the title in the girls’ section.

The world championship-bound Akula Sreeja was the star performer for Telangana as she won both her singles and doubles matches. Maharashtra had gone into the lead with Shruti Amrute beating Naina in straight sets. But, Sreeja came back from behind to beat Payal Bora to restore parity. Sreeja and Naina won the doubles, and the former her second singles matches to clinch the win for Telangana.

The results: Boys: Final: Maharashtra A bt Delhi 3-0 (Ravindra Kotiyan bt Utkarsh Gupta 12-10, 11-5, 12-10; Sanish Ambekar bt Shivan Shrivastava 13-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6; Ravindra & Sanish bt Shiven Banga & Shivam 11-3, 11-8, 11-6).

Semifinals: Delhi bt West Bengal 3-1 (Utkarsh Gupta bt Hirakjyoti Kushilal 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3; Himanshu Jindal bt Abhimanyu Mitra 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4; Utkarsh & Himanshu lost to Hirakjyoti & Souvik Bannerjee 12-10, 11-5, 13-11; Utkarsh Gupta bt Abhimanyu Mitra 11-4, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5); Maharashtra A bt PSPB 3-2 (Sanish Ambekar bt Birdie Boro 12-10, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8; Ravindra Kotiyan lost to Lalrinpuia 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 14-12, 10-12; Sanish & Ravindra bt Manav Thakkar & Boro 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10; Sanish Ambekar lost to Lalrinpuia 8-11, 8-11, 8-11; Ravindra Kotiyan bt Birdie Boro 11-9, 13-11, 11-8).

Girls: Final: Telangana bt Maharashtra A 3-1 (Naina lost to Shruti Amrute 11-13, 6-11, 7-11; Akula Sreeja bt Payal Bohra 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4, Naina & Sreeja bt Shruti & Ashlesha Trehan 11-6, 11-2, 11-2; Akula Sreeja bt Shruti Amrute 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9).

Semifinals: Maharashtra A bt Maharashtra B 3-1 (Ashlesha Trehan lost to Srushti Halengadi 8-11, 10-12, 9-11; Shruti Amrute bt Manasi Chhajed 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8; Ashlesha & Shruti bt Manasi & Srushti 11-8, 12-10, 12-14, 3-11, 11-7, Shruti Amrute bt Srushti Halengadi 11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6); Telangana bt Kerala 3-2 (Reeja Akula bt Seraha Jacob 6-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-9, 11-2); Naina bt Maria Rony 8-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-7, 14-12; Reeja & Naina lost to Seraha & Maria 5-11, 15-13, 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, Akula Sreeja lost to Maria Rony 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 12-14; Naina bt Seraha Jacob 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8).

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