Date:03/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/03/stories/2008050353842000.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Manika wins title

NEW DELHI: Manika Batra of Hansraj Model School (Punjabi Bagh) won the sub-junior girls title, beating Pragya Babbar 11-4, 11-6, 16-14 in the final of the 16th St. Columba’s Open table tennis tournament at the school premises on Friday.

The results: Youth girls (quarterfinals): Esha Monga bt Pooja Kalra 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Aashita Jain bt Vidushi Vats 12-14, 13-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8; Manika Batra bt Tina Khurana 11-8, 10-12, 11-3, 11-5, 12-10; Nikita Rautela bt Raveena Mutreja 11-3, 11-6, 11-9, 11-13, 14-12.

Sub-junior boys (pre-quarterfinals): Utkarsh Gupta bt Shivan Banga 11-2, 11-8, 11-8; Dev Khandelwal bt Rajat Kharbanda 12-10, 11-2, 11-5; Harshit Joon bt Keshav Sachdeva 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-1; Abhishek Jaggi bt Raghav Pangasa 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-13, 11-6; Arnav Sachdeva bt Himanshu Jindal 11-7, 13-15, 11-5, 5-11, 11-8; Sabhay Virmani bt Rishab Sachdeva 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5; Mochak Soni bt Piyush Prasad 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4; Prakhar Bhatt bt Rahul Sabharwal 11-4, 11-4, 11-6.

Sub-junior girls (final): Manika Batra bt Pragya Babbar 11-4, 11-6, 16-14.

Semifinals: Manika bt Riti Sarkar 11-5, 11-7, 11-7; Pragya bt Jagriti Virmani 12-10, 11-8, 11-8. — Special Correspondent