Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), Oct 13 (PTI) India's youngpaddler Selena Selvakumar put up an impressive show in theJunior Girls' Team event to annex the 2017 Egypt Junior andCadet Table-Tennis Open title here.
The 17-year-old Chennai girl teamed up with local duo ofRiman Hesham and Waad Ibrahim to upset the top seeded Egypt Ateam 3-2.
She beat Sarah Abousetta 3-1 (11-8, 13-11, 11-13, 11-7)in the opening encounter and Marwa Alhodaby 3-1 (12-10, 4-11,11-8, 11-9) in the fourth match to set up the victory.
Her wins were particularly impressive as Egypt's WaadIbrahim and Riman Hesham had lost to the highly rated MarwaAlhodaby and Mariam Alhodaby to hand over the initiative totheir opponents.
Selena, however, didn't lose her cool and won the firstgame 12-10 against Marwa. That was enough to shift themomentum and she rode on it for a comfortable win.
Waad Ibrahim post a victory, beating Sarah Abousetta 3-1(3-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6).
Selena was equally impressive in the semifinals againstthe Egypt-Tunisia team. She overcame Egypt's Eman Taha 3-1(11-8, 11-3, 6-11, 11-7) in the second match and Tunisia'sAbir Haj Salah 3-1 (11-5, 12-14, 11-9, 11-6) in what proved tobe the decider. PTI SS CMCM.
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