Jr National TT: Maharashtra-A clinch youth titles

Surat, January 20, 2009
Maharashtra –A won the Youth boys and girls team titles of the 70th Gujarat Gas junior and youth National and inter-state table tennis championships at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall on Monday. Maharashtra-A youth girls earned a hard-fought victory 3-2 over North Bengal while Maharashtra-A boys beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the final to capture crowns.

Earlier, Maharashtra-A beat West Bengal 3-2 to claim girls team title while PSPB Academy beat North Bengal by an identical margin to clinch boys team title.
Results
Youth Girls' Team: (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Ankita Das 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
Divya Deshpande beat Sukanya Bose 3-1 3 - 1 (11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-0)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Tanaya Dutta 2-3 2 - 3 (11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12)
Divya Deshpande lost to Ankita Das 2-3 2 - 3 (11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 4-11, 7-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sukanya Bose 3-2 3 - 2 (11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4)

Youth Boys' Team - (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat TAMILNADU (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to R S Raja 2 - 3 (11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 3-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
Aman Balgu beat Sivananda Seshadri 3 - 2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 16-14)
Sanil Shetty beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (semi finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat TAMILNADU (3 - 2)
Soumyajit Ghosh beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 1 (13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Raj Mondal lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 3-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal beat G Sathiyan/S Prasanna 3 - 2 (6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 13-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 2-11)
Raj Mondal beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-6)
PSPB ACADEMY beat GUJARAT (3 - 0)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-8)
Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai 3 - 2 (12-10, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai/Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
PSPB ACADEMY beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam lost to Soumyajit 2 - 3 (11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 4-11, 7-11)
Sourav Saha beat Raj Mondal 3 - 1 (11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9)
Sourav Saha lost to Soumyajit Ghosh 0-3 0 - 3 (8-11, 7-11, 8-11)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Raj Mondal 3-2 (11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 1-11, 11-5)
Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-0)
Shruti Talnikar beat Sanya Sehgal 3 - 2 (4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Manika Batra 3 - 1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra 3 - 2 (11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4)
WEST BENGAL beat NORTH BENGAL (3-1)
Kritika Sinha Roy beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9)
Shreya Ghosh beat Medha Moitra 2 - 1 (11-6, 11-6, 4-13)
Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra lost to Ankita Das/Medha Moitra 0 - 3 (7-11, 6-11, 5-11)
Shreya Ghosh beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 18-16)

Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat WEST BENGAL (3-2)
Shruti Talnikar lost to Shreya Ghosh 0 - 3 (9-11, 4-11, 9-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 2 (11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar lost to Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra 0 - 3 (7-11, 8-11, 10-12); Mallika Bhandarkar beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8); Shruti Talnikar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9)

Youth Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat RAILWAYS' SPORTS (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to Sayan Paul Roy 1 - 3 (11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10)
Aman Balgu beat M Subhash 3 - 2 (10-12, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Sanil Shetty beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9)
TAMILNADU beat PSPB ACADEMY (3 - 0)
G Sathiyan beat Sourav Saha 3 - 1 (11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7); R S Raja beat Devesh Karia 3 - 2 (11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8); Sivananda Seshadri beat V Nitin Thiruvengadam 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-1)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Neha Aggarwal 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 6-11); Divya Deshpande beat Esha Monga 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-4); Aman Balgu beat Manika Batra 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)
Divya Deshpande beat Neha Aggarwal 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-1)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat WEST BENGAL (3 - 1) Ankita Das beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7); Sukanya Bose beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 1 (11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8); Tanaya Dutta lost to Kritika Sinha Roy 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 4-11); Ankita Das beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-5)

Photo caption: Matches are in progress at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall in Surat on Tuesday.