Tamil Nadu reigned supreme in the cadet section while Gujarat boys clinched their maiden sub-junior title in the 77th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships here today.
Gujarat beat PSPA 3-1 to win their first title in 77 years in the team championship final at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.
West Bengal thrashed Maharashtra A 3-0 to win their first crown after three years and 13 years after they had made a clean sweep at home.
Even as the two teams smiled ear to ear lifting the respective trophies, there was a tense but quiet festivity in the Tamil Nadu camp after sweeping the cadet team section.
Tamil Nadu girls endured a 24-game final to beat Karantaka 3-2, while their boys had to play only six games fewer to overcome a resilient Delhi by an identical margin.
Results (all finals)
Sub-Junior, Boys: Gujarat bt PSPBA 3-1 (Manush Shah bt H. Jeho 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, Soham Pandya lost to Anukram Jain 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 12-14, Manush/Soham bt Alberto Lrruata/Anukram 11-8, 11-4, 11-9, Manush Shah bt Anukram Jain 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5).
Sub-Junior, Girls: West Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-0 (Shrubabati Moitra bt Manushree Patil 11-7, 11-1, 5-11, 11-4, Prapti Sen bt Swastika Ghosh 9-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-6, Shrubabati/Prapti bt Manushree/Swstika 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2).
Cadet, Boys: Tamil Nadu bt Delhi 3-2 (Varun Ganesh lost to Payas Jain 11-3, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 5-11, Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Tejas Narang 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, Vishwa/Varun 11-5, 11-5, 11-5, Vishwa Deenadayalan lost to Payas Jain 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 9-11, Varun Ganesh bt Tejas Narang 11-6, 11-8, 11-8).
Cadet, Girls: Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-2 (Kavyasree Baskar bt Yashaswini Ghorpade 11-4, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, Shreya Shiva Kumar lost to Anargaya Manjunath 2-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-3, 3-11, Kavyasree/Shreya lost to Yashaswini/Anargaya 10-12, 12-10, 5-11, 7-11, Kavyasree Baskar bt Anargaya Manjunath 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, Shreya Shiva Kumar bt Yashaswini Ghorpade 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9.
