In the process, in all-Delhi Boys final, Payas beat Yashansh
Malik 4-1 while Diya stopped Anusha Kutumble from Madhya Pradesh 4-2 from
winning the third consecutive Girls’ crown.
Payas and Yashansh, good friends off the table, know each
other well and have beaten each other in Delhi State
Indeed, Payas was the better paddler on view today,
executing his shots to perfection. In fact, he hit a nice rhythm straightaway
and looked like wrapping it up 4-0 but for his folly of hurrying with the shots
in the third. Yashansh won the game on extended points. Payas quickly realized
his mistgake and became more clinical in the next two to take home the cash and
the glittering trophy.
On the other hand, Diya was picture perfect in the first two
games and it unnerved Anusha to the extent that she made a lot of unforced
errors. But Diya executed her shots with finesse and employed more of her
backhand. Her forehand blistering shots and clever use of angles with good
anticipation, too, helped her score more winners than her MP rival. However
Anusha tried to make a comeback, Diya was at it to force her on the back foot.
TAMIL NADU’S CADET SWEEP
In what was an all-Tamil Nadu and left-handers final in
Cadet Boys, Preyesh completed a hat-trick of titles this season beating Tarun
Shanmugam 4-0. Preyesh, who showed consistency in the North and Central Zone
events earlier, continued his winning ways with an easy win over his state
mate, Tarun.
But Kavyashree Baskar, also from Tamil Nadu, upstaged
Haryana’s Suhana Saini to deny her a hat-trick of crowns in Cadet Girls with a
4-0 triumph. Suhana had won the titles at Chandigarh
and Indore this
season. Kavyashree, who has had a very good season last year, came back nicely
to wrest the initiative from the Haryana girl.
After a comfortable 3-0 lead, Kavyashree lost two match
points in the fourth when Suhana, with a brilliant fight back, won her first
13-11. Again, in the next, the Haryana youngster saved a match point to put
pressure on the TN girl. But it was the sixth, which saw some long rallies,
that Suhana showed her real colours—she was down 1-7—but went 10-9 up. However,
a bad return cost her dear as Kavyashree deuced and on her first match point in
the game, she clinched the title.
It was, indeed, a heartbreak for Suhana but credit to her
that she made the final worth a while to watch.
The Sub-Junior Boys final will see yet another clash of two Delhi boys, Payas Jain
and Yashansh Malik, both thick friends outside the court. Payas accounted for
Shreyans Goel, also of Delhi , 4-1 while Yashansh
defeated Hrishikesh Malhotra from Maharashtra
by the same margin.
But it was the Girls semifinals that pushed the spectators
to the edge of the seat, thanks to the never-say-die attitude of Tanisi Kirtani
of Goa and Swastika Ghosh of Maharashtra.
Anusha, gunning for her third successive title, did not have
any respite once Tanisi levelled 3-3 after winning the sixth game 12-10. But
then Anusha’s experience held her in good stead as she closed out quickly on
her Goa opponent in the decider. More or less
a similar script was enacted by Swastika but Diya proved a hard nut to crack in
the decider.
PROMISING NITYASHREE
Earlier, a notable performance from Tamil Nadu’s Nithyashree
Mani grabbed the attention of the audience. The little girl from Chennai
Achievers Club, currently training under Subin Kumar, made her maiden
quarterfinal appearance, slaying along the way some promising paddlers in the
Sub-Junior section. Unfortunately, she ran into Maharashtra ’s
Swastika who beat the TN girl 12-10, 11-5, 11-5, before being packed off by
Diya in the semifinals.
Earlier, Preyesh Suresh Raj and Suhan Saini were on way to
adding another title in Cadet Boys and Girls categories when they beat in the
semifinals Sujan Bharadwaj and Nehal Suriyanarayanan in straight games. They
will take on in the final Tamil Nadu’s Tarun Shanmugam and Kavyashree Baskar
who accounted for Navaneet Kutty, also of Tamil Nadu, and Prithoki Chakraborti
of West Bengal.
Results:
Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Payas Jain (Del) bt Yashansh
Malik (Del) 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 11-5; Semifinals: Payas Jain bt
Shreyans Goel (Del) 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 12-10, Yashansh Malik bt
Hrishikesh Malhotra (Mah) 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-3.
Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Diya Chitale (Mah) bt Anusha
Kutumbale (MP) 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9; Semifinals: Anusha
Kutumbale bt Tanisi Kirtani (Goa) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7,
Diya Chitale bt Swastika Ghosh (Mah) 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6.
Cadet Boys: Final: Preyesh Suresh Raj (TN) bt Tarun
Shanmugam (TN) 11-8, 11-3,11-7, 11-9; Semifinals: Preyesh Suresh Raj bt
Sujan Bharadwaj (KNT) 11-9, 13-11, 11-7, Tarun Shanmugam bt Navaneet Kutty (TN)
11-7, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4.
Cadet Girls: Final: Kavyashree Baskar (TN) bt Suhana
Saini (Har) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, 11-13, 10-12, 12-10; Semifinals: Suhana
Saini bt Nehal Suriyanarayanan (TN) 11-5, 11-4, 12-10, Kavyashree Baskar bt
Prithoki Chakraborti (WB) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6.
TTFI release
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