Anirban, Sagarika win national junior table tennis titles

Gandhidham, January 21, 2013:  West Bengal’s Anirban Ghosh defeated state mate Arjun Ghosh 4-0 to win the boy’s title while Sagorika Mukherjee from North Bengal downed C.R Harsha Vardhani of Tamil Nadu 4-1 to annex the girl’s crown in the sub-junior section of the Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships here today.

Ashwin Subramanian of Maharashtra became the Cadet boy’s winner as he defeated Udit Bhattacharya of West Bengal 4-2 and the Cadet girls’ crown went to Prapti Sen of West Bengal who defeated Yashi of Punjab 4-1.

Anirban, who had beaten quite a few seniors in the last couple of years, had little difficulty in putting it across Arjun. After taking the first two games rather easily, he was extended in the third which he won 14-12 in the third which saw some excellent fight back by Arjun. But Anirban did not allow any liberty to Arjun in the fourth as he shut out the challenge very quickly to stamp his authority.

As for the sub-junior girls’ final, Harsha Varddhani showed some glimpses of a comeback but Sagarika proved too good against her Tamil Nadu opponent despite losing the fourth game.

In Cadet boys’ section,  the Maharashtra lad began promisingly before allowing Udit some leeway. However, Ashwin held his nerves to outwit the West Bengal boy in the final analysis. Prapti, on the other hand, was a hard nut for Punjab’s Yashi to crack as she must have found out during the Cadet girls’ final.

The results:

Sub-Junior Boys (Final): Anirben Ghosh (WB) bt  Arjun Ghosh(WB) 11-8, 11-3, 14-12, 11-7;Semi Finals: Anirben Ghosh (WB) bt Lalrinpunia (PSPB A)         15-13, 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, Arjun Ghosh(WB) bt Lalhunhlua(PSPB A) 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9.

Doubles Final: Lalhunhlua & Manav Thakkar(PSPB A) bt Arjun Ghosh & Ronit Bhanja (WB)  11-5, 11-2, 17-15.

Sub-Junior Girls (Final): Sagarika Mukerjee (NB) bt Harsha Vardhani CR (TN)11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10,; Semi Finals: Sagaoika Mukerjee (NB) bt Sreeja A (AP) 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, Harsha Vardhani CR (TN) bt Moumita Dutta (WB)            11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 10-12, 11-5.

Doubles Final: Koushani Nath & Moumita Dutta(WB) bt Ashlesha Trehan & Manasi Chhajed(MHR A) 11-3, 11-9, 11-6.

Cadet Boys Singles (Final): Ashwin Subramanian (MHR A) bt Udit Bhattacharya (WB) 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2; Semi Finals: Udit Bhattacharya(WB) bt Raegan Albuquerque (MHR A) 13-11, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 11-8, Ashwin Subramanian (MHR A) bt Anukram Jain (PSPB A) 11-9, 11-5, 15-13, 13-15, 11-9.

Cadet Girls (Final): Prapti Sen (WB) bt Yashi(PNJ) 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 13-11; Semi Finals: Prapti Sen (WB) bt Swetha Stephi (TN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6, 11-2, Yashi(PNJ) bt Sasya V(AP)     11-8, 11-4, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8.

A TTFI Press release