CHANDIGARH, OCT 4 :Dev Saini og Shri Gurharkishan School and Garima Goyal of Bhawan Vidalaya, Sector 27, won the boys and girls under-17 titles, respectively, in the second Chandigarh Table Tennis Ranking Championship at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
Dev Saini was fully stretched by Puneet Kumar of Delhi Public School-40 in the boys under-17 final. Down by two games, Saini rallied to win by 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7. Garima Goyal prevailed over Kalyani of Manav Model of Sector 21 by 4-1 (11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 13-11) in the final.
Results: Junior girls U-17 singles (Q-finals): Naini Suri (DAVCC) bt Vibhuti Mahajan 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-1, 11-4, Kalyani (MM-21) Pareen (DAV CC) 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-1, 11-4, Rajeshwari (CC-9) bt Barbie Nagpal (DAV-8) 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, Garima Goyal (BV-270 bt Skashi Jain(MM-21) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8).
Semi-finals: Garima Goel bt Naina Suri (DAV-CC) 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, Kalyani (MM-21) bt Rajehaswari (CC-19) 11-9, 13-11, 11-7, 11-7
Final: Garima Goel (BV-22) and Kalyani (MM-21) 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 13-11).
Junior boys U-17: Q-finals: Dev Saini (SGHHPS) bt Tushar Gupta (MM-21) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, Aditya Pandey (MM-21) bt Aishwarya (AKSIPS-41) 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, Karamjot (AKSIPS) bt Chetan Kumar (SGHPS) 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, Puneet Kumar (DPS-40) bt Sumit Chaudhary (AI (AKSIPS) 8-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-7, 8-11, 11-3).
Semi-finals: Dev Saini (SGHHPS) bt Aditya Pandey (MM-21) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, Puneet Kumar (DPS-40) bt Karamjot (AKSIPS) 11-3, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8. Final: Dev Saini (SGHPS) bt Puneet Kumar (DPS-40) 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7.