Anthony Amalraj of PSPB and Sutirtha Mukherjee of Haryana emerged champions in the men’s and women’s singles respectively in the 11Sports National-ranking (South Zone) table tennis tournament at the DRMC Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.
In men’s final, Amalraj defeated Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 11-9, 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6. The winner got ₹77,000 and 90 ranking points.
In the women’s final, Sutirtha came back strongly to get the better of Sagarika Mukherjee (RSPB) 7-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4.
This is Sutirtha’s first title of the season which fetched her ₹66,000 winner’s purse.
The results: Men: Final: Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 11-9, 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6. Semifinals: Grover bt Sushmit Sriram (AAI) 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5; Amalraj bt Ananth Devarajan (TN) 4-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6.
Youth boys: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Parth Virmani (Dli) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4. Semifinals: Thakkar bt Ronit Bhanja (AAI) 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4; Virmani bt Siddesh Pande (Maha) 6-11, 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9.
Women: Final: Sutirtha Mukherjee (Har) bt Sagarika Mukherjee (RSPB) 7-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4. Semifinals: Sagarika bt Mousumi Paul (PSPB) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4; Sutirtha bt Archana Kamath (PSPB) 11-7,11-13, 11-13, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2.
Youth girls: Final: Shruti Amrute (RSPB) bt Akula Sreeja (RBI) 11-9, 12-14, 11-9, 14-12, 6-11, 9-11, 13-11. Semifinals: Shruti bt S. Selvakumar (AAI) 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7; Akula bt Srushti Haleangadi (Maha) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6.
