EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 18: Young Shzar has emerged as most successful paddler in the ongoing 30th State Table Tennis Championship after she made it into the finals of three different events, including the women’s, here today.
Eyeing for a record triple title this time, Shzar shall be playing against Lavanaya Sharma in junior and sub-junior girls finals. In the women’s singles final, she has been pitted against a senior player and top seed, Chandpreet Kour.
The finals and valedictory function of the championships shall take place tomorrow afternoon, wherein, as per the organizers, Divisional Commissioner (Jammu), Sudhanshu Pandey has consented to be the chief guest.
Meanwhile, in the men’s singles event there was hardly any upset as all the seeded players qualified for the quarterfinals today.
All the four title contenders, top seed, Dheeraj Arora, Nitin Kesar (second seed), Sandeep and Jayesh Singh are expected to reach the semi-finals playing their respective quarterfinals late this evening.
The detailed results:
Men’s singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Dheeraj Arora bt Karan Gupta 11-6, 11-4, 11-7; Madhav bt Rohit (Udhampur) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5); Sahil bt Sunmeet Jamwal 12-10, 11-7, 11-6; Vaneet bt Shorya Sharma 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Sandeep bt Apoorv Sharma 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Hitanshu Gupta bt S Mathiew 11-9, 9-11, 14-12, 11-4; Jayesh Singh bt Dig Pal Singh 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Nitin Kesar bt Tarun 11-7, 11-7, 11-4.
Junior boys: Quarterfinals: Shorya Sharma bt Apoorv Sharma 12-10, 14-16; 11-3, 11-9; Hitanshu Gupta bt Vipul 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; Abishek Arora bt Karan Gupta 11-5, 13-11, 2-11; Jayesh Singh bt Pallav Dubey 12-10, 11-6, 11-2, 11-5.
Cadet boys: Semi-finals: Asad bt Dhruvin 11-7, 8-11, 11-9; Usman bt Sunpreet Singh 11-6, 11-2. Quarterfinals: Asad bt Shariq 11-4, 11-3; Dhruvin bt Bhrigu 11-4, 11-5;Usman (Srinagar) bt Ankit Arora 11-5, 11-8; Sunpreet Singh bt Ambar 11-6, 11-2.
Cadet girls: Semi-finals: Mahima Gupta bt Varunika 11-4, 11-4; Apoorva bt Lakshmi 11-7, 11-6
Sub-junior girls: Semifinals: Shzar bt Apoorva 11-3, 11-4; Lavanya Sharma bt Tanvi Jamwal 11-8, 14-12. Quarterfinals: Shzar bt Sandeep 11-8, 11-4; Apoorva bt Akshita 10-12, 11-4 11-9; Tanvi Jamwal bt Davika 11-8, 11-6; Lavanya Sharma bt Ashwariya 11-8, 11-4. |
