Soham, Syndrela romp home victorious in TT

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 28

Soham Mukherjee and Syndrela Das of West Bengal lifted the Youth U-13 boys’ and girls’ titles, respectively, in the UTT National Ranking North Zone Table Tennis Championship at the Sports Complex in Sector 78 here today.

Soham defeated Pratiyush Bauva (4-0), while Syndrela struggled to beat Kavya Bhatt, also from Maharashtra (4-3). If the boys’ final was a damp squib, the girls’ final reached the crescendo with the Bengal girl clinching it in the decider. Soham brooked no challenge from the Maharashtra boy. But Kavya’s resistance was too much to bear for Syndrela, particularly after the Maharashtra girl levelled the score on extended points. Nevertheless, the Bengal girl held her nerves to romp home victorious.

Mukherjee outclassed Bauva (11-6, 12-10, 11-9 and 11-8). Earlier in the semis, Mukherjee defeated Debraj Bhattacharjee (10-12, 11-5, 9-11, 11-0, 11-9 and 11-8) and Bauva outplayed Rupam Sardar (12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 and 11-7).

In the girls’ U-13 final, Syndrela defeated Kavya (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 10-12 and 11-9). In the semis, Kavya outplayed Nandini Reena Balaji (11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12 and 11-9) and Syndrela defeated Ananya Muralidharan (11-9, 11-9, 11-9 and 11-7).

Results

Quarterfinals (Boys’ U-13): Soham Mukherjee bt Arya Sarthak (11-6, 11-8 and 11-6); Debraj Bhattacahrjee bt Sounav Barman (11-8, 13-11, 6-11 and 11-6); Rupam Sardar bt Shrestho Chakraborty (11-9, 10-12, 11-6 and 11-9); Pratiyush Bauva bt Pprantik (11-3, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11 and 11-8).

Quarterfinals (Girls’ U-13): Kavya Bhatt bt Divyanshi Bowmick (11-7, 11-7 and 11-7); Nandini Reena bt Ikshika Umate (14-12, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-5); Syndrela Das bt Raina Bhoota (6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-13 and 11-9); Ananya Muralidharan bt Ayushi Singhal (11-5, 14-12 and 11-9).