Das scores over Roy to clinch men's title

South Western Railways’ Jaideep Das scored a facile win over team-mate Anirban Roy to claim the men’s singles title in the 44th State-ranking table tennis tournament at the Prakash Courts in Malleswaram on Tuesday.

Das, who had ousted AR Navneeth in the semifinals, scored a 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 win over Roy. BS Arpitha bagged the women’s singles crown with a hard-fought 11-8, 2-11, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10 win over title favourite Maitreyee Bailoor.

Results: Men’s singles, final: Jaideep Das (SWR) bt Anirban Roy (SWR) 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9. Semifinals: Das bt AR Navneeth 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; Roy bt Krunal Telang 8-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6. Non-medalist, final: Aditya Arvind (JTTA) bt Supreeth Chadaga (Star) 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8. Doubles, finals: Abhijith Saralaya/ Siddhanth Prabhu (STTC) bt Sumanth Karanth/ Subham Nandan 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4.

Women’s singles, final: BS Arpitha (OMTTI) bt Maitreyee Bailoor (BTTA) 11-8, 2-11, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10. Semifinals: Maitreyee bt Akshata Malshet 15-13, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-1; Arpitha bt Soumya Urs 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.

Girls (Youth), final: Maitreyee Bailoor bt Madhurya (HTTA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8Junior, final: Raksha (JTTA) bt MV Spoorthy (HTTA) 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8.

Semifinals: Raksha bt Maitreyee Bailoor 8-11, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Spoorthy bt Haripriya 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9.