G. Sathiyan of PSPB and Suthirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal were crowned men’s women’s champions respectively in the 11Even Sports National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships, which is being played at Abhay Prashad Indoor Stadium, here, on Thursday.
G.Sathiyan
In the men’s final the wily Sathiyan stamped his superiority with a clinical performance to quash the aspirations of West Bengal’s talented paddler Arjun Ghosh by recording an authoritative 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2) victory without much ado.
Earlier, the women’s summit clash also witnessed a one-sided contest as the consistent and hard-working Suthirtha was in complete control against a determined Sreeja Akula from Telengana. The West Bengal paddler played solidly from the start and emerged a comfortable 4-1 winner with the game scores reading at 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 12-10. Sreeja had earlier beaten National Champion Madhurika Patkar with a narrow 4-3 win in semi finals.
Suthirtha Mukherjee
Meanwhile, Ronit Bhanjan from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu’s Selenadeepthi Selvakumar claimed the Youth Boys and Girls Singles crowns respectively.
Ronit with some clever and calculated play put it across fancied Manav Thakkar of PSPB by posting a deserving 4-2 (11-4, 7-11, 13-11, 11-4, 12-14, 14-12) victory in the final.
In the Youth Girls final, Selenadeepthi was engaged in a grim battle for supremacy with favourite and top seed Archana Kamath of PSPB and the match went to the wire. However, the Tamil Nadu girl stayed focused and held her composure and managed to come through in seven tough games winning at 4-3 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-4) to emerge champion.
Results : Youth Girls Singles – Final: Selenadeepthi Selvakumar (TN) bt Archana Kamath (PSPB) 4-3 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-4); Semi-finals: Archana Kamath bt Priyadarshini Das 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8); Selenadeepthi Selvakumar bt Moumita Dutta 4-3 (11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6).
Youth Boys Singles – Final: Ronit Bhanja (WB) bt Manav Thakkar (PSPB) 4-2 (11-4, 7-11, 13-11, 11-4, 12-14, 14-12); Semi-finals: Manav Thakkar bt Ravindra Kotiyan 4-3 (11-6, 10-12, 11-4, 5-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8); Ronit Bhanja bt Sanish Ambekar 4-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 13-11).
Women Singles – Final: Suthirtha Mukherjee (WB) bt Sreeja Akula (TELG) 4-1 (11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 12-10); Semi-finals: Sreeja Akula bt Madhurika Patkar 4-3 (11-2, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 1-11, 9-11, 11-9); Suthirtha Mukherjee bt Takeme Sarkar (PSPB) 4-3 (8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-14, 11-6, 11-3).
Men Singles – Final: G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Arjun Ghosh (WB) 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2); Semi-finals: G. Sathiyan bt Harmeet Desai 4-2 (11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6); Arjun Ghosh bt Raj Mondal 4-1 (11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9).