Puneeth P and Anjali Dinak won the Sub-junior boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the Karnataka State-ranking table tennis tournament at the Belgaum Club badminton hall here on Monday.
Neither of them was really tested in their respective title clashes. While top seed Puneeth outclassed sixth seed Yashas RL 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, the fourth-seeded Anjali Dinak too was equally convincing in her 11-3, 13-11, 11-6 victory over sixth-seeded Aishwarya R Bidri.
Anjali had put out the top-seeded Bhavana V Murthy in a hard-fought semifinal, eventually coming through 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-.7
Premchander G won the non-medallists’ singles crown, defeating Vedant M Urs in a keenly contested final 11-8, 17-15, 11-8.
While Vedant had won his semifinal against Sanjana Dinak in straight games, Premchander was taken the distance by Bhavana.
Results:
Sub-junior boys, final: Puneeth P bt Yashas RL 13-11, 11-8, 11-8. (Semifinals): Puneeth bt Harshith R 16-14, 12-14, 11-7, 11-7; Yashas w/o Charan VP.
(Quarterfinals): Puneeth bt Premchander G 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Harshith bt Shreyas M 11-9, 13-11, 2-11, 11-7; Yashas bt Premsagar 11-7, 11-8, 11-8; Charan bt Vedant M Urs 13-11, 5-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-9.
Sub-junior girls, final: Anjali Dinak bt Aishwarya R Bidri 11-3, 13-11, 11-6. (Semifinals): Anjali bt Bhavana V Murthy 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7; Aishwarya bt Subhashree C 11-8, 11-4, 11-8.
(Quarterfinals): Bhavana bt Suhali L 11-3, 5-11, 11-0, 11-4; Anjali bt Madhurya M 11-9, 11-7, 11-7; Aishwarya bt Vijisha V Kumar 11-4, 11-9, 11-6; Subhashree bt Arpitha BS 11-9, 11-9, 14-16, 11-8.
Non-medallists’ singles, final: Premchander G bt Vedant M Urs 11-8, 17-15, 11-8. (Semifinals): Vedant bt Sanjana Dinak 11-9, 14-12, 11-9; Premchander bt Bhavana V Murthy 7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5.
(Quarterfinals): Sanjana bt Sunand Vasan 11-9, 11-8, 11-4; Vedant bt Ashish 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6; Premchander bt Anjali Dinak 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 11-2; Bhavana bt Chandan 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3.