Sport - Tennis

Clean sweep by Madras

TIRUCHI: Madras made a clean sweep of all team titles up for grabs in inter-district table tennis tournament on Saturday.

The results (all finals): Men: Madras bt Erode 3-0 (T. Raghuram bt S. Rajasekaran 11-6, 11-3, 11-7; E. Prabhakaran bt P. Ramesh 11-4, 11-2, 11-6; N. Aditya bt Samson 11-6, 11-3, 12-10). Boys: Junior: Madras bt Salem 3-0 (Ajay S. Bharadwaj bt K. Manohar 11-9, 12-14, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6; R. Venkataramanan bt Satyaganesh 11-8, 11-6, 11-2; R. Venkataramanan & Ajay S. Bharadwaj bt K. Manohar & Satyaganesh 11-6, 11-7, 12-10). Sub-junior: Madras bt Madurai 3-0 (S. Yogesh bt B. Rajesh 11-6, 11-7, 11-3; R. Anandharaj bt Balakrishnan 11-3, 11-7, 12-14, 11-5; Kalaivanan & R. Anandharaj bt B. Rajesh & Varadarajan 11-6, 11-7, 11-8). Cadet: Madras bt Krishnagiri 3-0 (Sachin Viswanath bt V. Nikhil 11-3, 11-2, 11-9; S. Nikhil bt S. Somesh 11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 11-3; Sachin & S. Nikhil bt V. Nikhil & S. Somesh 11-9, 11-3, 11-8).

Women: Madras bt Coimbatore 3-0 (K.K. Narmadha bt Meenakshi 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; K. Aishwarya bt Amrutharaj 11-7, 11-3, 11-6; Divya bt Thapasia 11-1, 11-3, 11-2). Girls: Junior: Madras bt Tiruchi 3-0 (S. Narasimhapriya bt Jeyashri 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Sumana R. Krishnan bt Pavithra 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; Sumana & Narasimhapriya bt Jeyashri & Pavithra 11-4, 11-0, 11-5). Sub-junior: Madras bt Cuddalore 3-1 (Amrutha Pushpak bt Subarna 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4; R. Priyanka lost to V.T. Anubharathi 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 6-11; Amrutha & R.Ke Yukti Roshini bt V.T. Anubharathi & Subarna 11-6, 12-10, 11-6; Amrutha Pushpak bt V.T. Anubharathi 11-7, 11-3, 11-6). Cadet: Madras bt Krishnagiri 3-1 (V. Deepika lost to S.R. Krithika Rajan 13-11, 4-11, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11; Harshavardhini bt Manasha 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Harshavardhini & Deepika bt S.R. Krithika Rajan & Manasha 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; V. Deepika bt Manasha 11-7, 11-5, 11-9).

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