The Maharashtra Youth boys’ and girls’ teams and the Junior boys’ and girls’ teams made a bright positive start by comfortably winning their respective group matches in the Team Championship events on the opening day of the 11Even Sports 78th Junior and Youth National TT Championships at the SAMA Indoor Complex, in Vadodara on Friday.
In the youth boys event, last year’s runners-up Maharashtra ‘A’ team, comprising of Sanish Ambekar, Siddhesh Pande, Kotiyan Ravindra and Shubham Ambre proved too good as they blanked Andhra Pradesh 3-0in Group-B. Similarly, the state ‘B’ side of Mandar Hardikar, Yugandh Zende, Jignesh Rahatwal and Raegan Albuquerque scored an identical 3-0 win over Goa in Group-G.
The Maharashtra ‘A’ Youth girls’ squad of Srushti Haleangadi, Rutuja Khopkar, Manushree Patil and Shruti Amrute also stamped their class with an authoritative 3-0 victory against Goa in Group-F.
In the Junior girls competition, Maharashtra A and B teams defeated Chandigarh (Group-B) and J&K (Group-C) by identical 3-0 margins. In the Junior boys category, Maharashtra A overcame Andhra Pradesh 3-1 while Maharashtra B tamed Tripura 3-0.
Results – Youth Boys (Round 1): Group A: Rajasthan bt Haryana 3-0, Bihar bt J&K 3-0; Group B: Maharashtra A bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0, Punjab bt Tripura; Group C: UP bt Chandigarh 3-0, North Bengal bt Meghalaya 3-0; Group D: Tamil Nadu bt Odisha 3-0, Mizoram bt Pondicherry 3-1; Group E: West Bengal bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0, Karnataka bt Manipur 3-0; Group F: PSPB bt Chhattisgarh 3-0, Telangana bt Uttarakhand 3-0; Group G: Maharashtra B bt Goa 3-0, Gujarat bt Jharkhand 3-0; Group H: Delhi bt Assam 3-0, Kerala bt Madhya Pradesh 3-1.
Youth Girls (Round 1): Group A: North Bengal bt Punjab 3-0, Group B: West Bengal bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0; Group C: Telangana bt Chhattisgarh 3-0; Group D: Tamil Nadu bt Meghalaya 3-0, Rajasthan bt Chandigarh 3-0; Group E: AAI bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0, Haryana bt J&K 3-0, Group F: Kerala bt Delhi 3-0, Maharashtra A bt Goa 3-0; Group G: UP bt Odisha 3-1, Himachal Pradesh bt Jharkhand 3-2; Group H: Karanakta bt Uttarakhand 3-0, Gujarat bt Bihar 3-0.
Junior Girls (Round 1): Group A: Telangana bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0; Group B: Maharashtra A bt Chandigarh 3-0; Group C: Maharashtra B bt J&K 3-0; Group D: West Bengal bt Uttrakhand 3-0, Madhya Pradesh bt Bihar 3-0; Group E: Andhra Pradesh bt Pondicherry 3-0, Odisha bt Tripura 3-0; Group F: Punjab bt Jharkhand 3-0, Delhi bt Gujarat 3-0; Group G: Kerala bt Assam 3-0, Rajasthan bt Chhattisgarh 3-0; Group H: Tamil Nadu bt Goa 3-0, UP bt Meghalaya 3-0.
Junior Boys (Round 1): Group A: West Bengal bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0, Maharashtra B bt Tripura 3-0; Group B: PSPBA bt J&K 3-0, Chandigarh bt Manipur 3-1; Group C: Tamil Nadu bt Assam 3-1, Mizoram bt Goa 3-2; Group D: Delhi bt Odisha 3-0, Rajasthan bt Chhattisgarh 3-1; Group E: Karnataka bt Pondicherry 3-0, UP bt Uttarakhand 3-0; Group F: Telangana bt Bihar 3-0, Haryana bt Meghalaya 3-0; Group G: North Bengal bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0, Kerala bt Jharkhand 3-0; Group H: Gujarat bt Punjab 3-0, Maharashtra A bt Andhra Pradesh 3-1.