Chandigarh's Neha Singh bags two TT titles

Ludhiana, December 28

Neha Singh from Chandigarh won two titles during the 4th Manna Singh Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament that concluded at Shastri Hall, near Guru Nanak Stadium on Monday night.

Neha stamped her superiority when she came out triumphant in the girls’ singles category (U-17) and then fetched the title in the women’s section.

In the girls’ U-17 final, Neha, after some hiccups, managed to overpower her city mate, Pelf 3-1 (11-9, 11-13, 11-5 and 11-7), and in the women’s final, she beat her namesake, Neha from Jalandhar, in similar fashion 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 8-11 and 11-6).

In the men’s category, Gurmeet from Kangra (HP) sweat it out against Roopam of Jalandhar whom he edged out 3-2 (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 9-11 and 11-9) to lift the winners’ trophy.

Balkar Singh Sandhu, Mayor, gave away prizes to position holders. Manmeet Singh, organising secretary, congratulated the winners.

Other results (final)

Boys U-17: Sagar (Mohali) bt Parardh Puri (Jalandhar) 3-0; Girls U-19: Pelf (Chandigarh) bt Neha Singh (Chandigarh) 3-1; Boys U-19: Pritish Sood (Chandigarh) bt Harkirat (Chandigarh) 3-1; Women (39 plus): Anu bt Promila 3-0; Men (39 plus): Manav (Delhi) bt Hira Goswami (Delhi) 3-2; Men (49 plus): Hira Goswami (Delhi) bt Vinay Chopra (Delhi) 3-1; Men (59 plus): Vinay Chopra (Delhi) bt Rajminder Singh (Amritsar) 3-2. — OC