By: Farrukh Kamal
12 gold medals on offer – the Indian boys and girls wrapped up their outing with 11 of them in the South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships that concluded in Male on Wednesday.
RESULTS: CADET GIRLS TEAM FINALS India bt Nepal 3-0 (Jennifer bt Evana 11-1,11-5, 11-4, Hansini bt Bianca 11-3, 11-6, 11-6,
Jennifer/Sandika bt Evana/Bianca 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8). CADET BOYS TEAM FINALS India bt Pakistan 3-0 (P Abhinand bt Ahmad 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5, R Balamurugan bt Abbas Amjad 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, Priyanuj Bhattacharya/P Abhinand bt
Ahmad/Abbas Amjad 11-4, 11-9, 11-5.
JUNIOR GIRLS TEAM FINAL India bt Sri Lanka 3-1 (Suhana Saini bt Bimandee 11-7, 11-6, 11-5, Nithyasree Mani lost to Ayla
Chitty 11-2, 4-11, 8-11, 6-11, Yashswini Ghorpade bt Maneesha 11-3, 11-4, 11-7, Nithyasree Mani bt Bimandee 11-8, 11-6, 12-10. CADET BOYS’ DOUBLE FINALS R Balamurugan/P Abhinand (Ind) bt Ahmed Muhammad/Abbas Amjad (Pak) 11-2, 11-5,
12-10.
CADET GIRLS DOUBLES FINALS Jennifer Varghese/Sandika Bhattacharjee (Ind) bt Hoor Fawad/Haiqa Hassan (Pak) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.
JUNIOR BOYS’ DOUBLES FINALS
Ankur Bhattacharjee/Patil Deepit Rajesh (Ind) bt Kulappuwawadu Dulsen/ Dhanushka Wijesinghe (SRI) 11-8, 11-4, 11-9.
JUNIOR GIRLS DOUBLES FINALS
Suhana Saini/Yashaswini Ghorpade bt S Bimandee/Ayla Sharik Chitty (SL) 11-3, 11-5,
11-9.
CADET BOYS SINGLES FINAL P Abhinand (IND) bt R Balamurugan (Ind) 11-4. 11-5, 11-7.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES FINAL Suhana Saini (IND) bt Yashaswini
Ghorpade (Ind) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8,11-9.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES FINAL Payas Jain(IND) bt Yashansh Malik (Ind) 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3.
CADET GIRLS SINGLES FINAL Jennifer Varghese (Ind) bt Fatimah D (MDV) 13-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6.