Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Indian boys and girls enter quarterfinals of Asian Jr TT


New Delhi, July 14, 2012: The teams of Indian boys and girls entered the quarterfinals of the 18th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships at Jiangyin, according to reports reaching here today.

The Cadet boys squad, comprising Sudhanshu Grover, Abhishek and Vivek Bhargav, blanked out Thailand 3-0, to make it to the next stage. Grover defeated T Padasak in straight sets and Yadav put India in the driver's seat by winning his match against Poungsri Max 3-0 and later Bhargav defeated J Sataporn 3-1 to book their quarterfinal place.

Similarly, the junior girls team consisting of Manika Batra, Mallika Bhandarkar and Reeth Rishya defeated Kazakhstan 3-0, while the Cadet girls team, comprising Karnam Spoorthy, Suthirtha Mukherjee and Sumanna Saha, followed suit winning by the same margin against the Kazakh girls.

Meanwhile, the junior boys team of Utkarsh Gupta, Berdi Boro and Lalren Puia too moved into the next stage, according to the reports.

A TTFI Press release

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