CHANDIGARH, OCT 31 :Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Club and Chandigarh Table Tennis Club claimed the men’s and women’s team titles, respectively, in the 21st Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship being played at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
BSNL Club just managed to defeat Audit Club by 3-2 in the final with Dev Saini clinching the issue by defeating Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 after the teams were tied 2-all. BSNL began by losing their opening singles match as Dev went down to Vikas Sharma 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 10-12. However, Manish Bhardwaj put BSNL Club at par after defeating Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8. Mayank Kapoor gave BSNL Club 2-1 lead at the expense of Amod Dixit 11-8, 11-9, 11-8. Vikas Sharma made it 2-all for Audit Club as he accounted for Manish Bhardwaj 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9. Then came Dev’s victory over Harish in the final singles match.
The women’s team championship final was also an interesting affair. The teams shared four matches to be tied at two-all. Naina Suri broke the deadlock as she defeated Bhawna 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10.
Aditya Pandey and Kalyani, both of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, held spotlight by emerging winners in the sub-junior boys and sub-junior girls singles. Aditya Pandey defeated Mayank Kapoor of DAV Public School, Sector 8 by 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 in the final. Manag Mangal’s Kalyani prevailed over plucky Rajeshwari of Carmel Convent of Sector 9 by 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 15-17, 11-3.
Pareen Verma and Divakash, both of DAV Public School, Sector 8 won the cadet girls and cadet boys singles titles, respectively.
Results: Team Championships: Men (final): BSNL Club bt Audit Club by 3-2 (Dev Saini lost to Vikas Shawrma 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 10-12, Manish Bhardwaj bt Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, Mayank Kapoor bt Amod Dixit 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, Manish Bhardwaj lost to Vikas Sharma 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, Dev Saini bt Harish Kumar 11-8, 11-9, 11-8).
Women (final): Chandigarh Table Tennis Club bt Manav Mangal Coaching Centre by 3-2 (Naina Suri lost to Kalyani 2-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 4-11, Nadia Saini bt Bhawna 11-9, 3-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, Garima Goyal bt Sadhika Kaushal 11-6, 11-4, 11-4, Nadia Saini lost to Kalyani 9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-13, Naina Suri bt Bhawna 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10).
Sub-junior boys singles (final): Aditya Pandey (Manag Mangal-21) bt Mayank Kapoor )DAVPS-8) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8).
Semi-finals: Aditya Pandey (MM-21) bt Tushar (KV-31) 11-4, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, Mayank Kapoor (DAVPS-8) bt Tushar Gupta (MM-21) 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.
Sub junior girls singles (final): Kalyani (Manav Mangal HS-21) bt Rajeshwari (Carmel Convent) 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 15-17, 11-3. Semi-finals: Kalyani (MM-21)bt Pareen Verma (DAVPS-8) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, Rajeshwari (Carmal Convent-9) bt Shakshi Jain (MM-21) 15-13, 5-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-9.
Cadet girls singles (final): Pareen Verma (DAVPS-8) bt Jagdeep Kaur (Govt Model 18) 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3. Semi-finals: Pareen Verma bt Alish Grewal (Saupin’s-32) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, Jagdeep Kaur (Govt Model-18) bt Bhavya (Sacred Heart-26) 8-11, 13-11, 11-4, 11-6.
Cadet boys singles (final): Divakash (DAVPS-8) bt Uday Pal (SFWS-26) 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8). Semi-finals: Divakash bt Parth (BVB) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, Udey Paul bt Harnoor Singh (AKIPS-41) 11-8, 13-11, 13-15, 11-7.