3rd title for Arnav; Paavan clinches trophy

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29

Arnav Aggarwal won his third title of the 33rd Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championships for Sardar Gurmeet Singh Grewal Memorial Trophy at Sports Complex in Sector 50 here today. He beat Pawan 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9 in the youth boys singles (U- 21) final.

Earlier, he had won the subjunior boys (U-15) singles title and junior boys singles (U-18) title.

Paavan became the youth girls (U-21) champion by beating her younger sister Pelf 10-12, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 in the final.

Youth boys’ singles (U-21)

Quarterfinals: Arnav (Gurukul Global School) beat Krish Gupta (St. Johns School) (11-8, 11-7, 11-8) (3-0); Pawan (PGGC-11) beat Ishan Kapoor (DAV Public School) (11-8, 11-8, 11-6) (3-0); Jashan Antal (Gurukul Global School) beat Samarth Sharma (Gurukul Global School) (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7) (3-1); and Sachit Saini (DAV Public School) beat Sahil Sharma (SD College) (11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) (3-1)

Semifinals: Pawan (PGGC-11) beat Sachit (Warriors Academy) (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8) (3-2); and Arnav (Gurukul Global School) beat Jashan (Gurukul Global School) (11-8, 11-7, 11-7) (3-0)

Final: Arnav (Gurukul Global School) beat Pawan (PGGC-11) (11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9) (3-1)

Youth girls’ singles (U-21)

Quarterfinals: Paavan (Panjab University) beat Mansi (Warriors Academy) (11-8, 11-7, 11-8) (3-0); Neha (Warriors Academy) beat Vani Sharma (Sec 50 Sports Complex) (11-8, 11-7, 11-8) (3-0); Pelf (Learning Path School) beat Hasratjit Kaur (Warriors Academy) (11-8, 11-8, 11-7) (3-0); and Deevanshi (Warriors Academy) beat Priyanshi (St. Annes) (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9) (3-1)

Semifinals: Paavan (PU) beat Neha (Warriors Academy) (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8) (3-2); and Pelf (Learning Path School) beat Deevanshi (Warriors Academy) (11-9, 11-6, 11-6) (3-0)

Final: Paavan (University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University) beat Pelf (Learning Path School) (10-12, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9) (3-1)