Favourites Payas Jain of Delhi and Diya Chitale of Maharashtra defeated H. Jeho and Munmun Kundu respectively to lift the sub-junior boys and girls’ titles in the 11Even Sports National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis championship, which concluded at the Abhay Prashal indoor sports complex on Saturday.
Jain fought hard to overcome a defensive Jeho in a five-game battle that lasted nearly 40 minutes. Chitale continued to dominate her main event hapless with an all-round attacking stroke-play, leaving Kundu hapless.
Tamil Nadu’s Preyesh Raj and Haryana’s Suhana Saini won in the cadet boys and girls’ categories.
The results: Cadet girls: Final: Suhana Saini (Har) bt Pritha Vartikar (Mah) 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6. Semifinals: Suhana bt Arya Songadkar (Mah) 12-10, 11-9, 16-14; Pritha bt Nehal Venkatasamy (TN) 11-2, 11-6, 3-11, 7-11, 12-10.
Cadet boys: Final: Preyesh Raj (TN) bt Shantesh Mapsekar (Goa) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7. Semifinals: Preyesh bt Suhaan Gulati (Pun) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Shantesh bt Arnav Aggarwal (Chd) 11-9, 2-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9.
Sub-junior girls: Final: Diya Chitale (Mah) bt Munmun Kundu (WB) 6-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-4, 11-9. Semifinals: Munmun bt Mihika Rohira (Mah) 12-14, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6; Diya bt Trisha Gogoi (Asm) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9.
Sub-junior boys: Final: Payas Jain (Del) bt H. Jeho (PSPB) 8-11, 11-7, 23-21, 11-9, 11-8. Semifinals: Payas bt Alberto Lrruata (PSPB) 11-2, 11-3, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10; Jeho bt Dev Shroff (Mah) 1-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9.
