Teshub and Kaira take contrasting routes to title

Bengaluru: Teshub Dinesh and Kaira Baliga took contrasting routes to their U-15 titles at the State ranking table tennis tournament conducted by Canara Union here on Sunday.Teshub Dinesh, who is coached by his father Dinesh at CheckMate, sailed past Gaurav Gowda 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 in the boys’ singles final. Kaira, who trains under Premchander at Topspin academy, clawed back from 0-2 down to put it across Himanshi Chowdhary 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9 in the girls’ singles title decider.Results: U-15: Boys: Final: Teshub Dinesh bt Gaurav Gowda 11-9, 11-8, 11-5. Semis: Teshub bt Aarnav N 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; Gaurav bt Arya A Jain 9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9. Quarters: Teshub bt Anirudh Melkote 11-3, 11-5, 11-4; Aarnav N bt Reyansh Jalan 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Gaurav bt Shashank Keshav Rao 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8; Arya bt Atharva Nawarange 9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9.Girls: Final: Kaira Baliga bt Himanshi Chowdhary 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9. Semis: Himanshi bt Ayushi B Godse 11-8, 11-9, 11-5; Kaira bt Shivani Mahendran 11-8, 11-9, 11-5. Quarters: Himanshi bt Smruthi Sudarshan 12-10, 11-8, 11-9; Ayushi bt Tanishka Kapil Kalbhairav 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 12-10; Kaira bt Preksha T Tilawat 7-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-6; Shivani bt Hiya singh 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8.
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