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Abhinav, Anju triumph

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 16. Abhinav Ranjit (Kozhikode) and Anju K. Thomas (KNMTTC) won the junior boy's and girl's singles titles respectively in the first Krishnan Nair memorial all-Kerala table tennis tournament at the Jawahar Bala Bhavan here on Saturday.

Abhinav Ranjit overcame Sham Narayan (Alappuzha) 11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, while Anju K. Thomas beat Anjana Gopal (NKMTTC) 13-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 3-11, 9-11, 13-11 to win titles.

The results: Boys: Juniors (final): Abhinav Ranjit (Koz) bt Sham Narayan (Alp) 11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8. Semifinals: Abhinav Ranjit (Koz) bt Tariq (NKMTTC) 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-2, 11-6; Sham Narayan (Alp) bt Naveen Kurien (Wyd) 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9. Sub-juniors (final): Naveen Kurien (Wyd) bt Angelo Porathor (Tsr) 11-7, 13-11, 13-11. Semifinals: Angelo Porathor (Tsr) bt M. D. Manu (Wyd) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Naveen Kurien (Wyd) bt Vishnu Narayan (Alp) 11-13, 13-11, 12-10, 11-8.

Cadet (final): Vishnu Narayan (Alp) bt Sarath V. Joy (Alp) 11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7, 11-2. Semifinal: Sarath V. Joy (Alp) bt S. Sudeer (Alp) 10-12, 11-7, 11-6; Vishnu Narayan (Alp) bt S. Arjun (Tvm) 11-9, 11-6.

Mini Cadet (final): M. Unnikrishnan (KNMTTC) bt Govind (KNMTTC) 11-13, 11-6, 11-6. Semifinal: Unnikrishnan (KNMTTC) bt Nikhil (KNMTTC) 11-3, 11-5; P.G. Govind (KNMTTC) bt Harikrishnan (NKMTTC) 11-8, 11-6.

Girls: Juniors (final): Anju K. Thomas (KNMTTC) bt Anjana Gopal (NKMTTC) 13-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 13-11. Semifinal: Anju K. Thomas (KNMTTC) bt Jaya Prabha (Koz) 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6.

Sub-juniors (final): Lakshmi Prabha (Koz) bt Chris Winne James (HRC) 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-3. Semifinal: Chris Winne James (HRC) bt Anjali Vasudev (Koz) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Lakshmi Prabha (Koz) bt Atheena K.Latheef (HRC) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8.

Cadet (final): Anjali S. Nair (NKMTTC) bt Karthika Gopal (NKMTTC) 13-11, 11-8, 11-2. Semifinal: Karthika Gopal (NKMTTC) bt Maria Roni (Alp) 11-8, 11-3; Anjali S. Nair (NKMTTC) bt Reshma Susan (RSC) 11-4, 11-5.

Mini Cadet (finals): Reshma Susan (RSC) bt Maria Roni (Alp) 11-7, 11-4. Semifinal: Reshma Susan (RSC) bt Zyna Zacharia (HRC) 11-6, 11-5; Maria Roni (Alp) bt Radhika Babu (RSC) 11-3, 11-9. — Our Sports Reporter

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