Shreyal, Swetha triumph

Shreyal Telang, who pocketed the title in the youth boys’ section on Sunday, continued his rich vein of form to emerge champion in the men’s category in the CVL Sastry Memorial State Table Tennis Championship on Monday.

Shreyal overcame a tough challenge from Anirban Roy Chowdhury in the final, winning 11-9, 12-10, 1-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-5.

In the women’s final, Swetha Kumarvel bagged the top honours after beating Spoorthy MV 11-9, 12-10, 1-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-5.

Results: Men: final: Shreyal Telang bt Anirban Roy Chowdhury 11-9, 12-10, 1-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-5.

Semifinals: Shreyal Telang bt Rakshith RB 7-11, 12-10, 14-12, 13-11, 11-8; Anirban Roy Chowdhury bt Sushmith RB 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-6.

Quarterfinals: Rakshith RB bt Vedant M Urs 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6; Shreyal Telang bt Anshuman Roy 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3; Anirban Roy Chowdhury bt Kiran Rama 11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4; Sushmith RB bt Nikhil Nanda 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.
Women: final: Swetha Kumarvel bt Spoorthy MV 11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8.
Semfinals: Spoorthy MV bt Kushi V 8-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10; Swetha Kumaravel bt Koumudi Patankar 11-6, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9.

Quarterfinals: Spoorthy MV bt Sushmitha Bidri 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7; Kushi V bt Gayathri Tankasali 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10; Swetha K bt Archana Kamath 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Koumudi Patankar bt Samyukta A 11-5, 13-11, 11-5, 14-12, 12-10.

Non Medallist: Singles, final: Pradeep bt Nitin Tiwari 11-3, 11-6, 11-6.
Semifinals: Pradeep bt Chandrashekar 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Nitin Tiwari bt Sanjay Kumar 12-10, 11-5, 11-9.