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Indian girls settle for silver at Cadet Open championships

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The boys, however, failed to make a mark as they did not progress beyond the quarter-finals.

India A team, comprising Manika Batra, Reeth Tennison and Karnam Spoorthy, did exceedingly well in earlier rounds until they lost 0-3 to Japan in the finals.

While Manika, who led the way throughout, lost to Shiho Matsudaira 15-17 7-11 5-11 in a hard-fought battle, Reeth lost to Yuki Shoji 3-11, 2-11, 7-11.

Manika and Reeth then lost 7-11, 7-11, 6-11 in the doubles to the Japanese pair of Miki Fujihara and Yuri Araki.

Earlier, the Indian girls beat Russia's A team in the quarterfinals and their 'B' team in the semifinals to setup a title clash with Japan.

 

The Indian B team, comprising Narasimha Priya, Mallika Bhandarkar, could not cross the quarterfinal stage and lost 1-3 to Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, the boys' A team with Abhishek Yadav and Sudanshu Grover went down 0-3 to Brazil A in the quarters.

The B team of Birdie Boro, Utkarsh Gupa and Lalrin Paul bowed out in third round to Israel A. The latter won 3-0.

  

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First Published: May 11 2012 | 6:55 PM IST

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