CHANDIGARH, JAN 5 : Mohd. Talib and Tuba Sehar both of St. Stephen’s School clinched the boys’ and girls’ junior singles title of the 15th Raj Kumar Babuta Memorial Prize Money Carrom Ranking Tournament at St. Stephen’s School in Sector 45 here today.
In the boys’ singles final Mohd. Talib defeated Mohd. Aarish (St. Stephen’s School) in a three games contest by Aarish 01-16, 21-09, 17-11 while Tuba Sehar outclassed Manu Gupta of St. Mary’s School – 46. After losing the first game by 14-20 Tuba bounced back by winning the second game by 21-15. In the third game Tuba was at its peak where she did not allow any point to Manu and won the game by 21-00.
Talib and Tuba scored a hat-trick by emerging winners in the St. Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament, State Championship and the Raj Kumar Babuta Memorial Prize Money Carrom for the current year 2013-2014.
Results:
Men’s singles (Ist round): Paras Arora bt Rajnish Chowdhary 19-15, 25-00; Dhruav bt Abhishek 23-08, 25-05; Riyasat Ali bt Sahil Thakur 25-01, 22-10; Mohd. Arish bt Qayum Khan 25-06, 25-00; Yishu Sharma bt Umeed Ali 22-06, 19-03;
Boys’ singles junior (quarter-finals): Mohd. Talib bt Tasavar Ali 21-04, 21-00; Yishu Sharma bt Paras Arora 20-05, 24-05; Sahil Thakur bt Ayush Kumar 00-21, 12-11, 14-09; Aarish bt Sahibpreet Singh 18-10, 12-14, 21-05. S-finals: Mohd. Talib bt Yishu Sharma 21-00, 19-11; Aarish bt Sahil Thakur 21-04, 21-0. Final: Mohd. Talib bt Mohd. Aarish 01-16, 21-09, 17-11
BOYS’ SINGLES SUB-JUNIOR (q-finals): Sahil Thakur bt Aryan Singh Dhaka 16-02, 17-00; Mihir Yadav bt Yash Gupta 19-00, 21-00; Chirag C. bt Gurrehmat Singh 06-18, 21-05, 17-09; Rishu Sharma bt Saksham Goel 21-00, 21-0. Semi-finals: Chirag C. bt Rishu Sharma 12-06, 07-06; Mihir Yadav bt Sahil Thakur 16-08, 16-13.
Women’s singles (q-finals): Nidhi Gupta bt Gulshan 24-12, 17-20, 21-09; Priya Sharma bt Manu Gupta 10-18, 23-19, 23-10; Tuba Sehar bt Maryam 24-05, 25-05.
Girls singles juniors (final): Tuba Sehar bt Manu Gupta 14-20, 21-15, 21-00
Girls singles sub-junior (q-finals): Nidhi Gupta bt Aakanksha Bhatia 21-00, 21-00; Maryam bt Bisakha 21-00, 21-00; Komal Gupta bt Aashu Sharma 09-03, 05-06, 13-03. Semi-finals: Nidhi Gupta bt Maryam 14-09, 21-00; Komal Gupta bt Anushaka 21-00, 21-0.