Abhishek, Manav win maiden TT titles

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board's Abhishek Yadav emerged the youth boys singles champion beating team mate Sudhanshu Grover 4-1 in the final of the 76th Junior National and Youth Table Tennis Championships at the Radha Convention Centre here today.
In the youth girls singles, it was Manika Batra of the PSPB who retained the crown, and Manav Thakkar, of the PSPB Academy, added a rare maiden title for a hat-trick of titles for the PSPB.
The Results: Youth Boys (Singles): Final: Abhishek Yadav (PSPB) bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 4-2 (11-9, 14-12, 8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4); Semifinals: Abishek Yadav bt Lalrin Puia 4-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9), Sudhanshu Grover bt Utkarsh Gupta 4-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9). Doubles: Final: Abhishek Yadav/Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) bt Ravindra Kotiyan/Siddesh Pande (Mah) 3-2 (11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8).

Youth Girls (Singles): Final: Manika Batra (PSPB) bt Charvi Kawle (Mah) 4-1 (10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3); Semifinals: Manika Batra bt Archana Kamath 4-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9), Charvi Kawle bt Senohra D'Souza 4-3 (3-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 15-13, 22-20).
Doubles: Final: Senhora D'Souza/Reeth Rishya (PSPB) bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Charvi Kawle (Mah) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6).
Junior Boys (Singles): Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Utkarsh Gupta 4-1 (9-11, 11-6, 13-11, 13-11, 11-7); Semifinals: Manav Thakkar bt Sanish Ambekar 4-3 (2-11, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 3-11, 11-9,11-6, Utkarsh Gutpa bt Lalrin Puia 4-2 (11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9).
Doubles: Final: Manav Thakkar/Birdie Boro (PSPBA) bt Sanish Ambedkar/Ravindra Kotiyan (Mah) 3-0 (11-8, 11-1, 12-10). Junior Girls (Doubles): Final: Harshavardhini/Yashini (TN) bt Noor Badsha/Vaishali Katam (AP) 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8).