CHENNAI:
Tamil Nadu beat hosts
Gujarat
3-2 to win the bronze medal in the U-19 boys category of the 11SPORTS 63rd
National School Games Table Tennis Championships
as the team events came to an end in Baroda on Saturday.
Piyush Sagar
brushed aside
Karanpalsingh Jadeja
in the opening match 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5) to put Tamil Nadu on the way and Malesh Kumar came up with a dominant show against Karanpalsingh 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8) to help TN clinch the medal.
Gujarat's Kaushal Bhatt, however, proved to be a tough opponent for TN as Malesh and Piyush, both, lost to him in the earlier matches. Malesh surrendered 1-3 (10-12, 8-11, 15-13, 10-12) while Piyush went down with an identical score to give them a few jitters.
RESULTS (TN only): U-19 Boys (third place): Tamil Nadu bt Gujarat 3-2: Piyush Sagar bt Karanpalsingh Jadeja 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5), Malesh Kumar lost Kaushal Bhatt 1-3 (10-12, 8-11, 15-13, 10-12); Abhinash Prasannaji S bt Riyan Dutta 3-1 (11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4); Piyush Sagar lost KAushal Bhatt 1-3 (6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 8-11); Malesh Kumar bt Karanpalsingh Jadeja 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8).
U-19 Girls (third place): Telangana bt Tamil Nadu 3-2: V. Sasya Subramanyam lost Kowshika 1-3 (4-11, 9-11, 11-5, 5-11); V. Laasya Subramanyam bt Swetha 3-2 (11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5); Hanifa Khatoon bt Reeha Jael 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8); V. Laasya Subramanyam lost Kowshika 2-3 (10-12, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11); V. Sasya Subramanyam bt Swetha 3-1 (11-4, 11-9, 10-12, 12-7).
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