CHANDIGARH, July 12:Mayank Kapoor and Davaksh Dawar, both of DAV Public School, Sector, emerged winners in the sub-junior boys and cadet boys singles, respectively, in the Bhavan Hawk’s 14th Bhavan Vidayalaya Chandigarh State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament being conducted at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
Mayank Kapoor displayed his skills as he outpointed plucky Aditya Pandey of Manav Mangal of Sector 21 by 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 11-1 in the sub-junior boys singles final. Mayanak had a smooth sailing in the semi-final as he defeated Tushar Gautam of Manav Mangal, Sector 21 by 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6. In the second semi-final match Aditya Pandey ousted MayankSharma 11-3, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6.
Davaksh Dawar of DAV Public School-8 lifted the cadet boys singles title at the expense of Akul Mahajan of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School by 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 in a well-contested final.
Defending champion Dev Saini of Chandigarh Table Tennis Centre, along with Karamjot (AKSIPS), Sumit Choudhary (AKSIPS) and Aditya (Manav Mangal-21) moved into junior boys singles semi-finals. Dev Saini gave a tennis lesson to Mayank Kapoor of DAVP-8 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 and Aditya ousted Sahil Singla of DAVP-8 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. In other quarter-finals Karamjot ended the challenge of Kashish of Manav Mangal-21 11-5, 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7 and Sumit blanked Aseem 11-6, 11-3, 11-4, 11-9.
Kalyani (Manav Mangal-21), Naina Suri (DAVP-8), Shashki (MM-21) and Barbie Nagpal (DAVP-8) advanced to the junior girls singles semi-finals.
Results: Sub-Junior boys (final): Mayank Kapoor bt Aditya Pandey 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 11-1.
Semi-finals: Mayank Kapoor bt Tushar Gupta 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, Aditya Pandey bt Mayank Sharma 11-3, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6.
Q-finals: Tushar Gupta bt Tushar Dhiman 11-9, 13-11, 11-8, 7-11, 13-11, Mayank Kapoor bt Shubham Bansal 13-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, Aditya Pandeybt Dinkar Goel 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 13-11, 11-5, Mayank Sharma bt Mayank Rawat 11-3, 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 11-4, 13-11.
2nd round: Gurjeet bt Mayank Rawat 9-11, 12-14, 11-9, 8-11, Dinkar bt Harshit Sethi 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, Mayank Sharma bt Harnoor Veer 11-4, 13-11, 11-8, Tushar Dhiman bt Sohrab 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, Akul Mahajan bt Shubham Bansal 11-7, 3-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3.
Cadet boys singles (final): Davaksh Dawar bt Akul Mahajan 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3.
Semi-finals: Davaksh bt Parath Bansal 11-8, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5.
Junior girls (q-finals): Kalyani bt Kaveri 13-11, 11-7, 13-11, 5-10, 11-3, Naina Suri bt Rajeshwari 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3, Shakshi bt Aakriti Sharma 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, Barbie Nagpal bt Garima 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 13-11.
2nd round: Naina Suri bt Deepika 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, Shakshi Jain bt Suhalika 11-8, 11-7, 13-15, 16-14, Vibhiti bt Garima Goyal 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11, Rajeshwari bt Richa 11-3, 19-11, 11-7, Barbie Nagpal bt Ramandeep 12-10, 12-10, 11-8, Kaviri bt Ria Gupta 11-4, 11-3, 11-3, Kalyani bt Barbie 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7.