Jr National TT: Ankita, Sathiyan emerge champs

Surat, January 21
Ankita Das of North Bengal), Commonwealth youth champion G Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu won the girls and boys singles titles of the 70th junior National and Youth table tennis championships at Pandit Deendayal Indoor Hall here.
Ankita Das beat Mallika Bhandarkar (Maharashtra-A) in a six-game pulsating encounter 4-2 (11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11) to win the crown. Hot favourite G Sathiyan blanked Soumyajit Ghosh (North Bengal) 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8) to clinch the junior boys title.
Divya Deshpande and Aniket Koparkar both (Maharashtra-A) annexed the youth girls and youth boys title defeating Prajakta Tipale (Railways) and G Sathhiyan (TN) in exciting finals.

Results:
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT G SATHIYAN [TN] (4-3) 11-6, 9-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT K SHAMINI [TN] (4-0) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1, 11-4.
YOUTH BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7. G SATHIYAN [TN] BT AMAN BALGU [MHRA] (4-3) 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 5-4, 11-11, 9-11, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS: G SATHIYAN [TN] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-0) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9.SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] (4-1) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-1) 8-11, 21-19, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] (4-2) 11-8, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6.
Junior Boys Doubles QF:

G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Pranshu Gupta/Utkarsh Gupta [DLI]3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9)

Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ] bt Rohit Chakraborty/Avik Das [NB]3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8)

V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] bt R Venkitaramanan/Ajay Bharadhwaj [TN] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8)

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sanmay Paranjape/Aakash Damle[MHR-B] 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-7)

SF G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ]3-2 (9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4)

SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN]3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10)
Junior Girls Doubles QF

Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Nikhat Banu/K Bhavana [AP] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)

Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Nirja Trivedi/Neha Saxena [GUJ] 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra [DLI] 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7)

Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHR-A] bt K K Narmadha/Sumana R Krishnan [TN] 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10)

SF Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-6)

SF Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHRA] 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-2, 13-11)

FINAL: Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-2 (11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8)
Youth Boys Doubles QF:

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Tousif Haque/Md. Azhar [ORS] 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7)

Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] bt M Subash/Subham Kundu [RSPB] 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10)Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Aman Balgu/Noel Pinto [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 11-6,
SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sougata Sarkar/Sumit Kundu [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)SF Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-1)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-8)
Youth Girls Doubles QF:

Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Ashlesha Bodas/Divya Deshpande [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4)

U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] bt Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi [RSPB] 3-2 (8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5)

K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shruti Talnikar[MHR-A] 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10)

Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Ankita Das/Sukanya Bose [NB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7)

SF Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7)

SF K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-1 (11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9)

FINAL K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9)
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT ARNAB ADHIKARY [NB] (4-0) 11-4,11-8,16-14,11-1.
MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] BT SANDEPAN DAY [WB] (4-1) 11-3,11-9,9-11,13-11,11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT VIVEK BHARGAVA [RAJ] (4-0) 11-9,12-10,12-10,11-5.
HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] BT ABHISHEK YADAV [PSPB] (4-0) 11-7,11-2,11-3,11-1.
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] BT AVIK DAS [NB] (4-0) 11-6,11-2,11-9,14-12.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT RAVI JOSHI [GUJ] (4-3) 11-4,11-6,7-11,7-11,11-8,10-12,11-8.
SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] BT SANMAY PRANJAPE [MHRA] (5-0) 12-10,11-7,11-9,11-3,11-0.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT S PRASSANNA [TN] (4-1) 11-4,11-6,8-11,11-3,11-3.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] (4-2) 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6,
4-11, 11-6.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-1) 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] (4-2) 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-1) 11-4,11-9,11-3,9-11,11-6.
VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] BT MEGNA [HRY] (4-1) 11-7,8-11,12-10,11-4,14-12.
CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] BT TEKMI SARKAR [NB] (4-0) 11-5,11-9,11-5,11-2.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT S KRITIKA [TN] (4-2) 11-6,11-3,7-11,13-11,9-11,11-4.
SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-3) 11-6,5-11,11-9,12-10,12-14,6-11,11-6.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-3) 6-11,6-11,11-9,11-8,10-12,11-8,11-7.
NIKHAT BANU [AP] BT ANUSHRI HAZRA [WB] (4-1) 6-11,11-5,11-4,11-5,11-8.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT N VIDHYA [TN] (4-2) 11-7,11-6,9-11,6-11,11-6,11-4.

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] (4-1) 8-11,11-3,11-9,11-4,11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] (4-3) 3-11,10-12,11-6,11-8,7-11,11-3,11-9.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 5-11,11-5,11-8,11-7,8-11,12-10.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT NIKHAT BANU [AP] (4-3) 9-11,5-11,11-4,11-2,9-7,9-11,11-7.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER -
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-0) 11-7,13-11,11-1,11-9.
PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] BT SWETHA KUMARVEL [TN] (4-1) 11-8,11-9,8-11,11-6,11-9.
KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] BT PRITI MOKASHI [RLY] (4-1) 11-4,11-4,11-6,6-11,11-8.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-0) 11-9,18-16,11-8,11-7.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT U V AGNI [TN] (4-3) 13-11,11-9,8-11,5-11,11-9,9-11,11-6.
NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] BT JAYEETA PUSHILAL [WB] (4-1) 11-7,11-4,9-11,11-8,11-6.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ASHLESHA BODAS [MHRA] (4-2) 11-5,7-11,11-8,1-11,11-8,11-4.
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT A V NIVEDITA [TN] (4-1) 11-9,11-4,10-12,11-5,13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS :
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-0) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] (4-2) 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ANKITA DAS [NB] (4-3) 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT M SUBHASH [RLY] (4-1) 10-12,11-8,11-4,11-3,11-5.
SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] BT A R NAVNEETH [KRT] (4-3) 6-11,11-3,8-11,3-11,11-5,11-7,11-6.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SHIVANANDA SHESHADRI [TN] (4-0) 11-9,11-8,11-8,11-3.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUVIK KAR [WB] (4-0) 12-10,11-9,12-10,11-5.
SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-2) 7-11,11-9,10-12,11-7,11-8,11-8.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SAYAN PAUL ROY [RLY] (4-0) 11-4,13-11,16-14,11-5.
ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-2) 10-12,11-3,11-6,7-11,11-5,11-9.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT SUMIT KUNDU [WB] (4-0) 11-5,11-4,11-8,11-5.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] (4-2) 6-11, 14-12, 12-14, 11-3, 16-14, 11-5.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-1) 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 11-9.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] (4-1) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] (4-1) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.

Photo Ankita Das in action

Source: TTFI press release