Date:16/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111661981800.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Sathiyan triumphs

Tirupur: Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist G. Sathiyan of Chennai posted a 11-4, 11-3, 15-13, 11-6 win over citymate Ajay Bharadwaj to clinch the junior boys’ title in the State table tennis championship here on Saturday.

The junior boys’ final had to be rescheduled a day in advance, on request, as Sathiyan had to take the morning flight to Iran to compete in the Iran international cultural sports tournament next week.

The results (quarterfinals): Boys: Sub-juniors: D. Sameera Kumar (NLC) bt K.R. Rohit (YMCA-K) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6; Sachin Viswanath (Ransa) bt Shashank S. Yogesh (Ransa) 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8; M. Kalaivannan (SDAT-AKG) bt S. Siddarth (LTTA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8; R. Anandraj (SDAT-AKG) bt M. Jagadeesh (SDAT-AKG) 11-6, 12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 11-4.

Juniors: Final: G. Sathiyan (SDAT-MDX) bt Ajay Bharadwaj (MVM) 11-4, 11-3, 15-13, 11-6.

Semifinals: Sathiyan bt R. Anandraj 11-6, 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 11-8; Ajay (MVM) bt V.K. Vivek Prasad (Santhome) 11-2, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3.

Quarterfinals: Ajay bt V. Ramanujam (CTTF) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4; Sathiyan bt M. Kalaivanan 11-7, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9. Vivek bt Venkatraman (LTTA) 11-13, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 2-11, 11-13.

Girls: (Quarterfinals) Cadets: Abhinaya Ramesh (Erd) bt V.S. Kokila (RTTA) 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; V. Deepika (Ransa) bt G. Aishwarya Ravi (PSBB) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5; Sr. Krithika Rajan (GGI) bt Mahima Jain (KTTC) 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10; Harshavardhini (PNVM) bt P. Pavithra (AKG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.

Sub-juniors: S. Narasimha Priya (PSBB) bt J.P. Roshini (SDAT-AKG) 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Priyanka Rajendran (RTTA) bt P. Divya (MVM) 11-2, 15-13, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7; Amrutha Pushpak (SDAT-AKG) bt S. Shanmathi (MVM) 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 17-15, 13-11; Reeth Rishya bt R.K.E. Yukthi Roshini (Ransa) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6.

Juniors: T. Reeth Rishya bt K.K. Narmadha (IB) 5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 3-11, 11-9; Sumana R. Krishnan (Ransa) bt S. Narasimha Priya 11-9, 13-15, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9; S. Vidya (SDAT-AKG) bt Divya Rajaram 11-1, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; V. Sneha (Ransa) bt S. Krithika (Ransa) 11-9, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7. — Sports Reporter