Nidhi, Talib emerge carrom champs

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 20

Nidhi Gupta defeated Tuba Sehar (20-09, 22-18) to win the women’s title on the concluding day of the 24th St Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament on Saturday.

In the semi-finals, Nidhi outplayed Vaidhavi Mamgain (25-00, 21-00) and Tuba defeated Sanya Chadha (24-07, 25-07).

In the men’s final, Mohammed Talib blanked Gagandeep Singh (20-09, 22-18). Earlier in the semis, Talib defeated Paras Arora (13-08. 21-07) and Singh blanked Himanshu Shekhar (21-13, 18-11). Abhinav Sharma won the boys’ junior title by defeating Arnav Bahuguna (06-05, 04-03).

Meanwhile, Gopal Kakkar overpowered a tough challenge by Pratyush Verema (16-04, 05-15, 22-00) to win the boys’ junior title. In the semis, Kakkar defeated Abhinav (21-00, 21-00) and Verma managed to log a comeback (05-11, 21-00, 18-03) win over Arnav Bahuguna.

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