Date:14/09/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/14/stories/2004091407841800.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Nikhil rallies to beat Anmol

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 13. Nikhil Jain bounced back to beat Anmol Kumar 6-11, 3-11, 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 to move into the second round of the kids section on the opening day of the Delhi State table tennis championship at the NDMC Indoor Stadium here on Monday.

The results:

Tiny tots (boys and girls, First round): Shubhi Garg bt Kavya Gaba 11-6, 11-2, 11-5; Raghav Kohli bt Deepansh Dogra 13-11, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3; Shrey Rajesh bt Shivam Ahuja 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Sarthak Mehta bt Shreya 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Jasneet bt Bhavi Jain 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Rhythm Garg bt Taranbir Singh 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Hrithik Srekha bt Shiv Om Sethi 11-4, 11-6, 11-2; Kritika Mittal bt Achit Sharma 11-9, 11-8, 11-7.

Kids (boys and girls, Second round): Arnav Sachdeva bt Pragya Babbar 10-12, 11-4, 13-11, 9-11, 11-5; Rishab Sachdeva bt Rishab Kapoor 11-7, 11-4, 11-6; Sudhanshu Grover bt Tushar Kashyap 11-1, 11-2, 11-4; Ayush Singh bt Kanishk Nanda 5-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-2; Karan Wadhwa bt Parikshit 11-8, 11-7, 11-6; Aakash Bhalothia bt Akash Deep 11-5, 11-9, 16-14; Utkarsh Gupta bt Akshay Aneja 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; Mayank Manchanda bt Varun 4-11, 13-11, 13-11, 11-9; Sahil Sachdeva bt Ojasvi Malik 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Shreyash Aggarwal bt Raghav Jain 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8; Akhil Surekha bt Tushar Jain 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6; Manika Batra bt Arjit S. Gooner 11-2, 11-3, 11-5; Nikhil Jain bt Anmol Kumar 6-11, 3-11, 11-3, 11-7, 13-11.

Cadet boys (First round): Sidharth Jindal bt Akhil Surekha 12-14, 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-7; Akash Bhalothia bt Yudhir Ahluwalia 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6; Sahil Ahuja bt Sidharth Sood 9-11,11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Rishab Kapoor bt Anmol 11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7; Nikhil Jain bt Shiv Bindra 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Raghav Jain bt Manik Chaudhary 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 16-14; Arnav Sachdeva bt Ishant Chaudhary 13-11, 11-7, 11-9; Utkarsh Gupta bt Jagjit Singh Sachdeva 11-3, 11-2, 11-5.

Sub-junior boys (First round): Ankit Kapoor bt Ayush Singh 11-8, 10-12, 13-11, 12-10; Ashpreet Singh bt Joginder Gujela 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Kunal Gaba bt Deepak Kriplani 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6; Aman Gupta bt Akash Kohli 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10; Ankit Baluja bt Abhishek Jain 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Manik Chaudhary bt Aayush Aggarwal 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9; Harsh Kapoor bt Karan Malhotra 11-7, 12-10, 11-9; Karan Singh bt Tushar Aggarwal 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Pratish Goel bt Yash Khandelwal 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2; Naman Kakkar bt Salil Gupta 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9.