Bengaluru:
Samarth Kurdikeri
claimed top honours in the men’s singles at the state tanking table tennis championships at the Malleswaram Association here on Wednesday.
Samarth of Bank of Baroda sailed to victory against Shreyal
Telang
, enduring a second-game reverse and a close fourth game to prevail 4-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7). Sahana H Murthy of Winner’s Cloud won the junior girls (U-17) title, defeating
Trupti Purohit
11-7, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8.
Former National champion Sai Kumar was the chief guest at the event and gave away the prizes.
Results: Junior girls U-17: Final: Sahana H Murthy bt Trupti Purohit 11-7, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8. Semifinals: Trupti bt Parnavi 11-13, 7-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7; Sahana bt Karruna G 11-9, 11-3, 11-5, 11-8. Quarters: Trupti Purohit bt Niharika A 11-13, 6-11, 12-10, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9; Parnavi bt Shwetha PM 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-8; Karruna G bt Neeti Agrawal 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8; Sahana bt Preksha P Karkera 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.Men:
Samarth Kurdikeri bt Shreyal Telang 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7. Semifinals: Samarth bt Aakash KJ 11-7, 13-11, 11-7, 11-1; Shreyal bt Rakshit R Barigidad 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9. Quarters: Aakash bt M Kalaivanan 13-15, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8; Samarth bt Samyak Kashyap 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4; Shreyal bt
Shreyas Kulkarni
11-7, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3; Rakshit bt Anirban Roychowdhury 9-11, 15-13, 11-13, 11-2, 11-4, 11-6; Non-medallist singles final: Ayush K bt Deevit Yakkundi 11-7, 11-6, 12-14, 11-7.
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