EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Dheeraj and Chandpreet Kour today retained the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the 34th State Table Tennis Championship held under the banner of J&K Table Tennis Association at Indoor Complex, here. In the final, Dheeraj defeated Sandeep 3-1 (06-11, 11-09, 11-01, 11-06) while Chandpreet outplayed Szhar 3-1 (14-12, 07-11, 11-09, 11-04) to retain the women's trophy.Similarly, in Youth Boys title clash, promising Jayesh Singh lost to Shorya in a well contested game. The final lasted for full five sets with Shorya making it a 3-2 win. Shourya fought from behind after losing the opening two frames. The Result: 03-11, 04-11, 11-08, 11-09, 14-12. The junior boys trophy went to Sanpreet, who beat Divyam Pandoh 3-1 (11-04, 11-09, 09-11, 11-08 while Shreya outplayed Jahnavi Pandoh in straight easy sets (11-01, 11-05, 11-00) to claim the girls title.
In sub-junior girls title clash, Jahnavi Pandoh beat Shreya 3-2 (11-08, 11-07, 07-11, 07-11, 11-09) and Divyam Pandoh trounced Asad Sharma again 3-2 (11-07, 07-11, 11-07, 07-11, 11-06) to win boys' trophy. Abhay Koul won the cadet boys singles trophy beating Ninnad 11-05, 09-11, 11-03, 11-09 while Yatiksha beat Bhabya Rakwal in straight equal sets 11-09, 11-09, 11-09. In the men's final and prize distribution function, senior vice-president of J&K Table Tennis Association and senior IAS officer, Sudhanshu Pandey was chief guest, who along with guest of honour, IGP Jammu, Dilbag Singh gave away the prizes. Among others present were Joint Secretary, State Sports Council, Siddharth Sharma, Chief Sports Officer, MS Baba, Manager Indoor Sports Complex, Satish Gupta, general secretary of the Association, Ajay Sharma, |
