Tanishka settles for U-11 silver

Bengaluru: Karnataka's Tanishka Kapil Kalabhairav settled for the silver medal, losing the U-11 youth girls final to top seed Ankolika Chakraborty 0-3 at the Cadet & Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships in Indore on Saturday. Seventh seed Tanishka, a 10-year-old student of Divine Providence School, Belagavi, looked in supreme touch in the opening game before losing steam when the Bengal paddler upped the ante and forced her opponent on the back foot to win 12-10, 11-5, 11-4.
Avani Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh prevailed 4-2 over Sayanika Maji of Delhi to lift the U-15 title.The U-13 crown went to Prisha Goel of Delhi who ousted Ikshika Umate of Maharashtra 4-0.
Results: Girls: U-11 final: Tanishka K Kalabhairav (Kar) lost to Ankolika Chakraborty (Ben) 10-12, 5-11, 4-11. Semis: bt Ranjini Saha (Ben) 7-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8. Quarters: bt Parnavi Seth (Ben) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7. Pre-quarters: bt Maya Ashwath (TTTA) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6. Round of 32: bt Shariqa Shahid (BNG A) 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4. Qualification Round: bt Khwaish Lotia (TTFI) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2; bt Kashvi Jain(CG) 11-0, 11-0, 11-1. U-15 final: Avani Tripathi (UP) bt Sayanika Maji (Del) 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8. U-13 final: Prisha Goel (Del) bt Ikshika Umate (Mah) 12-10, 13-11, 11-6, 11-4.