CHANDIGARH, JULY 28 : Nidhi Gupta of St. Mary’s School, Sector 46 won the sub-junior girls’ singles title defeating Maryam of Government Model Secondary School, Sector 46 in straight two games by 21-5, 20-0 in the 16th edition of the St. Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament at the St Stephen’s School in Sector 45 here today.
Earlier in semi-final Nidhi had defeated Komal Gupta by 21-4, 21-5.
In the girls’ junior singles Tuba, Manu Gupta, Nidhi Gupta and Priya Sharma entered the semi-finals round
Farheen and Tuba (both sisters) will face each other in the women’s singles final tomorrow at 11.00 hrs. In the semi-finals Farheen outclassed Priya Sharma by 25-21, 18-8 while Tuba defeated Gulshan by 25-6, 25-10.
Results: Girls’ sub-junior singles:
Quarter-finals: Nidhi Gupta b Drishti Jain 25-00, 20-00; Komal Gupta b Aakanksha Bhatia 14-07, 13-00; Maryam b Ashu 18-00, 09-03; Sanya Chadha b Meena 21-00, 21-00
Semi-finals: Nidhi Gupta b Komal Gupta 21-04, 21-05; Maryam b Sanya Chadha 12-10, 14-08. Final: Nidhi Gupta b Maryam 21-05, 20-00.
Girls’ junior singles (Q-finals): Tuba b Vrinda Gupta 21-00, 21-00; Manu Gupta b Sanya Chadha 19-04, 21-09; Nidhi Gupta b Gurkiran 23-04, 17-02; Priya Sharma b Maryam 21-00, 18-00.
Women’s singles (Q-finals): Priya Sharma b Nidhi Gupta 21-17, 24-11; Gulshan b Manu Gupta 25-14, 09-25, 21-14; Tuba b Bhavneet 25-00, 25-00. Semi-finals: Farheen b Priya Sharma 25-21, 18-08; Tuba b Gulshan 25-06, 25-10.
Boys’ sub-junior singles (PQFs): Chirag C. b Omkar Singh 21-00; Aditya Gupta b Pushpeet Modi 12-07; Aditya Goel b Anmol Bhatia 20-08; Sahil Thakur b Atul Yadav 07-00; Rishu Sharma b Aditya 16-00; Manish b Aryan Dhaka 13-04; Gurrahmat Singh b Ayush Malik 12-00; Mihir Yadav b Ayush Malik 21-00.
Boys’ junior singles: 2nd Round: Pushpinder Singh b Ishan Dhir 11-00, 08-00; Sankalp b Himanshu Garg 16-00, 15-01; Aarish b Shubham 21-00, 21-00; 3rd Round: Talib b Abhishek Sharma 22-00, 21-06; Paras Arora b Sahibpreet Singh 01-08, 11-06, 20-00; Yishu Sharma b Kartik Malik 21-00, 21-00; Ankush Taneja b Sanyam Goel 21-04, 21-04; Rishu Sharma b Shanu Goel 13-08, 20-15; Ayush Kumar b Preet Kamal Singh 17-15, 21-00; Tasavar Ali b Pushpinder 21-00, 21-00; Aarish b Sankalp Sharma 21-00, 23-00.
Men’s singles: 2nd Round: Hassan b Riyasat Ali 17-12, 25-16; Gursharan Singh b Sandeep Singh 23-03, 25-01; Paras Arora b Gautam Kundrai; Raj Kumar b Shahnawaz 25-00, 19-04; Mazhar Khan b Abhishek Sharma 25-00, 25-00; Prikshit Vashisht b Mohd. Yusuf 25-06, 12-04, 20-19; Talib b Neeraj Bharti 13-18, 18-16, 25-00; Mohd. Aarish b Shashi Kant 25-00, 25-00; Umeed Ali b Shanu Goel 25-14, 25-02; Anish b Qayyum Khan 25-03, 25-11; Saquib b Mohd. Dilshad 16-06, 25-04.