C P Karthik and R Madhuri won the men’s and women’s title respectively in the MS Ramaiah Memorial open State-ranking table tennis tournament which concluded at the Canara Union here on Tuesday.

While Karthik bagged a double by clinching the youth boys title also, Madhuri made it  a treble after winning the junior girls and youth girls title.

In the men’s final the second seeded Karthik prevailed over giant-killer Samson Selvakumar 11-5, 14-12, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3. Samson, who had upset top seed Anirban Tarafdar in the semifinals couldn't do an encore as he found Karthik a tough nut to crack. Karthik took the first game rather easily with him getting most of his placings right while Samsung committed to many errors.

The second game saw a close fight with the scores going level at 6-6, 7-7 and it went to 10-10 when Karthik broke the deadlock with a stunning smash before closing out the game with a neat serve. Karthik took the third game also in a jiffy and could have finished the game in the fourth set itself after squandering a 7-3 lead. After conceding the third game, Karthik, the came back roaring in the fourth game and raced to a 4-0 lead before winning 11-3. In the women’s final, SAI’s top seed Madhuri had it easy over club-mate Subashree 11-5, 11-5, 14-12, 11-8.

Results:
Men: (finals): CP Karthik (WC) bt Samsung Selvakumar (CB) 11-5, 14-12, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3.

Semifinals: CP Karthik (WC) bt Udhay S Athreya (WC) 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7; Samson Selvakumar (CB) bt Anirban Tarafdar (CB) 11-5, 12-10, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9.

Youth boys (final): CP Karthik (WC) bt AR Navaneeth (CB) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10, 13-11

Semifinals: CP Karthik (WC) bt Vineeth V (WC) 11-2, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8; AR Navaneeth (CB) bt Akhil V (WC) 11-7, 11-8, 11-2, 3-11, 11-7

Junior boys (final): AR Navaneeth (WC) bt Akhil V (WC) 11-9, 11-13, 8-11, 4-11, 7-11.

Veterans: CS Jagadish (MA) bt Umesh HK (RBI) 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 12-10. Semifinals: Umesh HK (RBI) bt Mahesh Nayak (IC) 11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5; CS Jagadeesh (MA) bt G Manoharan (RBI) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6.
Women (finals): R Madhuri (SAI) bt Subashree (SAI) 11-5, 11-5, 14-12, 11-8.

Semifinals:
R Madhuri (SAI) bt Poojitha N 1(HOR) 1-3 (Poojitha conceded the match); Subashree (SAI) bt Nisarga (SAI) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 8-11, 11-7.

Junior girls (final): R Madhuri (SAI) bt Bhavana Murthy (HOR) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4, 4-11, 11-3.

Semifinal: Bhavana Murthy (HOR) by Poojitha (HOR) 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9; Nisarga (SAI) bt Mayuri (SAI) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 12-3, 15-13.

Youth girls: R Madhuri (SAI) bt N Poojitha (HOR) 8-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-4, 12-14, 9-11, 11-8.

Semifinals:
R Madhuri (SAI) bt Bhavana Murthy (HOR) 15-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4; N Poojitha (HOR) bt Nisarga (SAI) 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-12.