After their gold medal winning performances at the Guatemala events, the Indians traveled to the
neighbouring El Salvador to
begin their campaign against teams lime Argentina ,
Mexico , Puerto Rico and Ecuador .
Keeping their top billing intact and picking up the threads from where they had
left off at the Guatemala City, India A and India B teams in both the Cadet
Boys and Cadet Girls sections proved to be a cut above the rest in fray.
The A squad, comprising Anirban Ghosh and Birdie Boro,
defeated India B, which consisted of Arjun Ghosh and Lalrin Puia, 3-0 to claim
the title, while in the Cadet Girls section, the India A girls—Sagarika
Mukherjee and Harsha Vardhini Ravichandran—downed India B team 3-0 in the
final. India B comprised Aishwarya Pathak and Moumita Dutta.
The A and B teams fought well and in the first game where
Anirban Ghosh was taken to the wire by Arjun Ghosh before the former won 3-2
(8-11, 9-11, 7-11, 9-11, 7-11). As if on cue, Lalrin Puia put some fight
against the attacking Boro who prevailed over his rival 3-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-6,
11-7). Then the A team duo combined to win the doubles against Arjun and Puia
3-1.
Similarly, in the Cadet Girls section Sagarika Mukherjee
lost a game before subduing Ashiwarya Pathak 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8),
while Harsha Vardhini was too good against Moumita Dutta to win in straight
games of 11-7, 11-9, 11-6. With 2-0 up, India A girls wrapped up the
doubles in style with an 11-9, 14-12, 11-1 verdict.
Both the teams had for competition teams from Argentina , Peru ,
El Salvador and Venezuela .
And not once were the Indian teams in trouble against their Latin American
teams in the team championships.
A TTFI Press release
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