Riyanshi bags junior girls' TT title

Patna, November 26, 2011: Riyanshi Gupta of Madhepura won the junior girl’s singles tile of the 60th Bihar State table tennis championship beating Chandra Raut of Madhubani, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11 and 11-7 at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute, here on Saturday.

Earlier, in the first semifinal, Riyanshi Gupta beat Varsha Kumari 11-8, 13-11, 13-11, 13-11 and Chandra Raut tamed Varsha Bhagyasri of Patna 11-6, 11-7 and 11-9.

In the other matches, Suparna Joshi, Chumki Mandal, Saiqua Parween and Dipali Sarkar moved into the semifinals of the women singles.

Utkarsh Anand (Begusarai), Shivam (Madhepura), Ayush Anand (Patna) and Rohit Kumar (Madhepura) entered the cadet boys’ singles semifinals.

Amit Kumar, Ashutosh, Ravi Ranjan, Adnan, Shivam, Naibaid Hassan, Aditya Umang, Anjani Kumar, Utkarsh Anand, Sagar Kumar, Nilank Raj, Ankit and Rohit Kumar all won their respective matches to move into the third round of the sub-junior boys’ singles.

Results: Cadet boys’ singles (quarterfinals): Shivam bt Sagar Kumar 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9; Utkarsh Anand bt Rishabh Anand 12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9; Ayush Anand bt Akash Ansh 13-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7; Rohit Kumar bt Yogesh 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11 and 11-6.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (second round): Amit Kumar bt Saket 11-1, 11-6, 11-7; Ashutosh bt Amitanshu 11-6, 11-6, 11-3; Raj Ranjan bt Pratik Yash 11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-2; Adnan bt Deepak Mishra 11-5, 11-8, 13-11; Shivam bt Ayush Adarsh 11-4, 11-7, 5-11, 5-11, 11-8; Harsh Raj bt Ayush 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6; Naibaid Hassan bt Shreyansh 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Aditya Umang bt Saba-ur-Rehman 11-4, 11-7, 11-7; Anjani Kumar bt Ayush Kumar 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8; Utkarsh Anand bt Avinash 11-9, 11-9, 11-4; Yogesh bt Sagar Kumar 11-9, 11-4, 11-3; Nilank Raj bt Shivam Kumar 11-2, 13-11, 11-7; Ankit bt Piyush Roy 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 1-11, 11-9; Rohit Kumar bt Anshu Kumar 11-1, 11-3 and 11-4.

Women singles (quarterfinals): Suparna Joshi bt Chandra Raut 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9; Chumki Mandal bt Priya Kumari 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9; Saiqua Parween bt Varsha Bhagyasri 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6: Dipali Sarkar bt Prena Sagar 11-5, 11-7 and 11-1.