Sushmith Sriram and Reeth Rishya table toppers in state-ranking table tennis tournament
CHENNAI: Sushmith Sriram of MVM won the men’s title after beating Nithin Thiruvengadam of Jawahar Club 4-1 in the final of the state-ranking table tennis tournament, held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
T Reeth Rishya of IOC won the women’s crown by routing Seraha Jacob of CTTF 4-0. The winner received Rs10,000, while runner-up took home Rs 7,500. S Ramakrishnan IRS, Additional Director General, Income Tax, gave away the prizes. For the first time all the winners’ coaches were awarded Rs 3,000.
Results: (All finals): Men: Singles: Sushmit Sriram (MVM) bt Nithin Thiruvengadam (Jawahar) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 15-13. Boys: Youth: D Ananth (Ransa) bt Nithin Narayanan (CTTF) 11-4, 13-15, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7. Junior: S Karthikeyan (RTTA) bt Sriram Kannan (Ch. Achrs) 8-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4.
Sub-juniors: D Vishwa (KTTC) bt AP Roopan Santhosh (MVM) 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7. Cadet: MR Balamurugan (Vin Win) bt PB Abhinand 11-6, 11-2, 11-2.
Mini-cadet: Siddharath (Vin Win) bt Guru Sanjith (MST) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5. Women: T Reeth Rishya (IOC) bt Seraha Jacob (CTTF) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8.
Girls: Youth: Abhinaya Ramesh (GVG Udumalapet) bt Sharmitha (MVM) 11-9, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.
Juniors: Sharmitha (MVM) bt M Nithyashree (Ch. Achrs) 11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3.
Sub-juniors: Hrithika (LTTA) bt B Kavyashree (ENTTA) 11-3, 11-4, 4-11, 11-2, 15-17, 11-8.
Cadet: Shriya Anand (Jawahar) bt Sharwani (LTTA) 14-12, 13-11, 11-7.
Mini-cadet: Hansini (MST) bt BR Nandhini (Mt VLR) 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5. Veterans Singles: Srivatsa Chakravarthy bt J Jaikumar 11-8, 11-4, 11-3.
Venkatesh comes to fore
Venkatesh’s 4/20 paved the way for Prahlad CC A to thrash Guru Nanak College A by nine wickets in the 49th All India YSCA Trophy.
Brief scores: Guru Nanak College A 63/9 in 16.5 ovs (Shankar 41; Venkatesh 4/20) lost to Prahlad CC A 64/1 in16.5 ovs (Sureshkumar 38). SPIC RC 213/6 in 30 ovs (Saravanan 42, Madhavan 26, Harikrishnan 34, Surendar 49 n.o, Surya 41; Vasu 3/41) bt Sri Lokadayaksha Builders 176 in 29.3 ovs (Chiranjeevi 69, Mithun 46; Selvakumaran 4/42).Guru Nanak College B 153 in 29 ovs (Hariharan 59, Dilip 42; Kumar 4/21) lost to Brindavan CC 154/6 in 27.2 ovs (Kumar 39, Sai Kishore 29; Sashang 3/29).
Double podium for Chennai
Chennai youngster KY Ahamed (TVS Racing) and Anish Damodar Shetty (Honda Ten10 Racing) from Hubballi, Karnataka, scored a double apiece in their respective classes on Sunday as the Rolon Round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2018 concluded in Coimbatore. Mathana Kumar from Chennai (Honda Ten10 Racing) finished third in the SuperSport Indian 165cc category.