Manav wins maiden title; Archana retains sub-jr girls' crown

Manav Thakkar beat Parth Virmani 4-1 to win the sub-junior boys' title, while Archana Kamath Girish defeated Varuni Jaiswal 4-2 to retain the sub-junior girls' crown in the 76th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships here today.
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Academy, Manav, having missed a golden opportunity at Ajmer, went on a cruise mode despite his opponent matching him both in speed and agility to sew it up rather nicely.
The match saw fast-paced rallies and good strokes being played as the full-to-the-brim hall witnessed a gripping final.
Manav, who had a fantastic season -- winning all four national ranking championships -- was a notch above his opponent from Delhi. He received a cash prize of Rs. 29,000 for his effort.

Karnataka's Archana, meanwhile, added the singles gold to the doubles title that she won earlier in the day in the company of Kushi Viswanath. Three days ago she had annexed the team gold.
Today she completed the hat-trick of titles and got a cash prize of Rs. 24,000.
Earlier, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Academy's Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta defeated teammate Alberto Lrruta 4-2 for the cadet boys and Delhi's Vanshika Bhargava downed Diya Chitale of Maharashtra 4-2 in the cadet girls final for their maiden title trophies at the Cherukuri Convention Centre here.