Rohith, Shwetha champs

Bengaluru:

Rohith Shankar

reigned supreme among U-17 boys while

Shwetha PM

claimed top honours in U-19 girls at the Dr MS Ramaiah memorial state ranking table tennis tournament at the Malleswaram Association here on Wednesday.Both players, who train under Anirban Roychowdhury at Pong Smashers academy, scored hard-fought victories in the finals which stretched to six games apiece.Rohith ran into early resistance from PV Srikanth Kashyap but won the first three games to raise hopes of an easy win. But Srikanth came back in the next two games to narrow the margin. Rohith stepped on the gas thereafter to clinch the title 16-14, 11-9, 11-6, 12-14, 10-12, 11-7. Shwetha lost the first game of the final against Aditi P Joshi but inched her way back by winning the next two to take a slender lead. But Aditi drew level in the fourth game to spice up the contest.

Shwetha

prevailed in the next two games but not before Aditi ran her close in the sixth. Shwetha won 2-11, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10.Results: Girls: U-19: Final: Shwetha PM bt Aditi P Joshi 2-11, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10. Semis: Aditi bt Sahana H Murthy 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3; Shwetha bt Anargya Manjunath 13-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9. Quarters: Aditi bt Drishti More 11-4, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Sahana bt Karruna G 11-8, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7; Shwetha bt Niharika A 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6; Anargya bt Trupti Purohit 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8. Boys: U-17: Final: Rohith Shankar bt PV Srikanth Kashyap 16-14, 11-9, 11-6, 12-14, 10-12, 11-7. Semis: Rohith bt BR Gaurav 7-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4; Srikanth bt Samyak Kashyap 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9. Quarters: Rohith bt Teshub Dinesh 11-8, 11-4, 13-11, 11-9; Gaurav bt Gaurav Gowda 11-9, 9-11, 13-15, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9; Samyak bt Seshaanth Ramasamy 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10; Srikanth bt Tavanth Nerlaje 11-8, 11-2, 11-5, 16-18, 11-7.