Defending champion Sreeja Akula of RBI claimed a 2nd successive girls’s singles crown after beating Sutirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal 4-2 within the 84th UTT Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships on Monday. G. Sathiyan additionally claimed his 2nd males’s singles nationwide name, defeating Harmeet Desai in instantly video games on the Gymnasium Hall of Jammu University. He gained the primary crown in 2021, beating outdated foe Sharath Kamal within the Panchkula Nationals. Both Sreeja and Sathiyan had been richer through Rs. 2.75 lakh every following their victories.
Sreeja was once scratchy within the ultimate. Whenever in bother, she discovered a technique to extricate herself from intensity to do the surprising. In different phrases, Sutirtha let her opponent off the hook as she could not benefit from the most efficient eventualities within the ultimate.
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Sutirtha was once in nice shape and had her forehand going smartly, executing some incredible cross-court photographs, however Sreeja by no means relented from her attacking posture nor went right into a shell. Though Sutirtha gained the primary sport, she will have to have additionally taken a minimum of two of the following 3 video games as she held two sport issues in every. But Sreeja’s boldness and passive play helped her to ultimately document a Sep 11, 14-12, 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10 win over the West Bengal participant, a former nationwide champion.
Sathiyan, then again, was once in his zone within the ultimate, exemplifying it with a fast moving sport towards Harmeet. The former’s superiority at the day was once visual as he stroked his method with thundering forehands. His backhand, too, cooperated with him with out brooking any demanding situations from Harmeet.
Except for the primary sport that changed into too shut for his convenience, Sathiyan ruled the display and inched his method up with the win in each and every sport. So annoyed was once Harmeet that he misplaced steam and the need to push Sathiyan additional, dropping the fourth sport tamely. In the top, the scoreline learn 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 in desire of Sathiyan.
In males’s doubles, Jeet Chandra and Ankur Bhattacharjee of West Bengal defeated Mohammed Ali and Vansh Singhal of Telangana in instantly video games to raise the trophy. Sreeja Akula and Diya Chitale blended smartly to overcome the pair from Maharashtra, Swastika Ghosh and Shruti Amrute, 3-1 for the gold medal within the girls’s doubles ultimate.
In the combined doubles ultimate, Manav Thakkar and Archana Kamath defeated Ankur Bhattacharjee and Moumita Datta from West Bengal 3-0. In the sooner spherical, the West Bengal pair had accounted for the top-seeded Sathiyan and Manika Batra 3-0.
Results:
Men’s singles: Final: G. Sathiyan (PPB) bt Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5.
Semi-finals: G. Sathiyan bt Manav Thakkar (PSPB) 13-11, 11-7, Sep 11, 11-1, Sep 11, 11-5; Harmeet Desai bt Manush Shah (RBI) 11-6, 3-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, Sep 11, 11-6.
Men’s doubles: Final: Jeet Chandra/Ankur Bhattacharjee (WB) bt Mohammed Ali/Vansh Singhal (Telg) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.
Semi-finals: Jeet Chandra/Ankur Bhattacharjee bt Akash Pal/Ravindra Kotiyan (RSPB) Sep 11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Mohammed Ali/Vansh Singhal bt Aniket Choudhury/Soumyadeep Sarkar (WB) 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-2.
Women’s singles: Final: Sreeja Akula (RBI) bt Sutirtha Mukherjee (WB) Sep 11, 14-12, 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10.
Semi-finals: Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Ayhika Mukherjee (RBI) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10; Sreeja Akula bt Archana Kamath (PSPB) 11-9, 11-3, 11-6, Sep 11, 5-11, 11-7.
Women’s doubles: Final: Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale (RBI) bt Swastika Ghosh/Shruti Amrute (Mah) 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 14-12.
Semi-finals: Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale bt Prapti Sen/Poymantee Baisya (WB) 11-6, 11-5, 2-11, 11-5; Swastika Ghosh/Shruti Amrute bt Radhapriya Goel/Nithyashree Mani (AAI) 11-4, 11-2, 3-11, 15-13.
Mixed doubles: Final: Manav Thakkar/Archana Kamath (PSPB) bt Ankur Bhattacharjee/Moumita Datta (WB) 11-5, 14-12, 11-3.
Semi-finals: Ankur Bhattacahrjee/Moumita Datta bt G. Sathiyan/Manika Batra (PSPB) 11-6, 11-0, 11-0; Manav Thakkar/Archana Kamath bt Manush Shah/Sreja Akula (RBI) 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5.