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Double for Sivanandha, Swetha

Tirupur: Sivanandha Seshadri of Lords Table Tennis Academy (Chennai) and Swetha Kumaravel (Indian Bank) clinched a double each in the State table tennis championship at the Tirupur Sewa Samiti Hall here on Sunday. The men’s final between Seshadri and S. Prasanna (PSBB), barring a few exciting rallies, lacked quality.

The former played a quiet game early on and picked up pace midway through to outwit the latter 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 for the title.

The results (all finals): Boys: Mini cadets: P. Prem Chand (NLC) bt A. Shri Krishna (Ransa) 9-11, 11-9,, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8. Cadets: Sachin Viswanath (Ransa) bt V. Abhinay (YMCA-K) 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4. Sub-juniors: R. Anandraj (SDAT-AKG) bt D. Sameera Kumar (NLC) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6. Youth: Sivanandha Seshadri (LTTA) bt R.S. Raja (SDAT-C) 15-13, 11-7, 13-11, 11-4. Men: Sivanandha Seshadri bt S. Prasanna 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.Girls: Mini cadets: Abhinaya Ramesh (Erode) bt P. Pavithra (SDAT-AKG) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8. Cadets: C.R. Harshavardhini (MVM) bt Abhinaya Ramesh (Erode) 11-13. 11-9, 11-6, 11-8. Sub-juniors: T. Reeth Rishya (SDAT-AKG) bt S. Narasimha Priya (PSBB) 12-10, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4. Juniors: Sumana R. Krishnan (Ransa) bt V. Sneha (Ransa) 13-11, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8. Youth: Swetha Kumaravel bt Sathyabama (SDAT-AKG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.