Date:07/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/07/stories/2007120759852400.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Krishnan wins

HYDERABAD: S.R. Krishnan (Vidya Mandir, Chennai) and S. Prasanna (PSBB, Chennai) won the boys’ under-16 and under-19 titles respectively in the CBSE Schools National table tennis tournament here.

The results: Boys: U-19: Final: S. Prasanna (PSBB, Chennai) bt Rajesh Goyal (Bal Bharati, Pitampura) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3. Semifinals: Prasanna bt Dedbut Mukherjee (Central Model, Kolkata) 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5; Rajesh bt Abhay Joseph (IIS, Doha) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.

U-16: Semifinals: G. Sathiyan (Kola Perumal, Chennai) bt Lekh Raj (Patna Central School, Patna) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Rajat Kumar (Sachdeva, Delhi) bt Faraz (BDPS, Ghaziabad) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8.

U-14: Semifinals: Mochak Soni (Modern, Delhi) bt Bilal Ali (DDPS, Ghaziabad) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3, 11-8; J.K. Bhuvaragan (PSSS, Chennai) bt Rahul Kumar (Central School, Patna) 11-9, 13-11, 10-12, 13-11, 13-11.Girls: U-19: Semifinals: Arpitha (Central Model, Kolkata) bt Henna (Indian School, Dubai) 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Esha Monga (Dli) bt K. Aishwarya (PSBB, Chennai) 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5.

U-16: Final: Sumane R. Krishnan (Vidya Mandir, Chennai) bt Vidushti Vats (HRMS, Delhi) 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 13-11. Semifinals: Sumane bt Neha Saxena (Navarachana, Baroda) 11-5, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8; Vidushi bt Aarushi Asawa (St. Xavier’s, Jaipur) 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8.

U-14: Final: Mallika Bhandarkar (Modern, Nagpur) bt Manika Batra (Hansraj, Delhi) 9-11, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9. Semifinals: Mallika bt Harshita (Meridian, Hyd) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; Manika (Hansraj, Delhi) bt Amrutah Pushpak (Chettinad, Chennai) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, 11-0.