Chandigarh, Amritsar players win titles in TT

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 27

Players from Chandigarh and Amritsar hogged limelight, winning titles in the boys and girls U-11 and U-13 categories on the penultimate day of the 4th Manna Singh Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament being held at Shastri Hall, near Guru Nanak Stadium, here, on Monday.

In the U-11 section, Sherall from Chandigarh and Lakshin of Amritsar emerged winners in the girls and boys groups, respectively. Sherall defeated Aarohi Thakur of Amritsar 3-0 to clinch the title whereas Lakshin prevailed over Athrav of Jalandhar 3-1 to lay his hands on winners’ trophy.

Similarly, in the U-13 category, Vani Sharma of Chandigarh and Advik Puri from Amritsar romped home victorious in the girls and boys sections, respectively.

Vani Sharma survived a scare from her city mate Bhavya whom she edged out 3-2 in the girls section while in the boys’ category Arvik Puri outnumbered Raghav Bhanot of Ludhiana 3-1 to annex the titles.

Other results of the day

Girls U-15 (semifinals): Manya (Jalandhar) beat Cherish (Chandigarh) and Vani Sharma (Chandigarh) beat Rishita (Jalandhar).

Boys U-15 (semifinals) Tanish (Jalandhar) beat Aryan Sachdeva (Ludhiana) and Pritish Sood (Mohali) beat Vihaan (Ludhiana).

Girls U-17 (semifinals) Pelf (Mohali) beat Vani Sharma (Chandigarh) and Neha Singh (Chandigarh) beat Manya (Jalandhar).

Boys U-17 (semifinals) Sagar (Mohali) beat Advik Puri (Amritsar) and Paradh Puri (Jalandhar) beat Tanish (Jalandhar).