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Indian paddlers sweep SAF Junior TT Championship

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Press Trust of India Shillong

By virtue of their performances here, the Indian junior boys and girls paddlers also booked their tickets for the Asian Junior Championships scheduled to be held at Jiangyin, China from July 11 to 16.

In the boys final, India's Abhiskeh Yadav defeated his Nepalese rival Bilash Shrestha to put India ahead with a 11-5 12-10 11-3 win.

Sudhanshu Grover then defeated Mani Lama 11-2 11- 6 11-6 before Vivek Bhargav completed the assault with a 11-6 11-4 11-9 win over Anish Shrestha to pocket the gold medal.

In other categories, which are played on single-group league formats, the Indians not only kept a clean slate against their opponents but also saw to it that they didn't lose a single game.

 

Results (team):

Boys': Junior

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First Published: Jun 18 2012 | 7:35 PM IST

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