PSPB Academy's Manav Thakkar, justifying his top billing, routed No. 3 Jeet Chandra from West Bengal 4-0 to win the junior boys singles title in the National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal Stadium here today.
The junior girls crown went to Payal Bohra of Maharashtra B. She defeated topseed Archana Kamath 4-2. The cadet boys and girls trophies went to Payas Jain from Delhi and Munmun Kundu of West Bengal. Payas, winning his maiden title, downed Telangana's Varun Shanker Balusuri 3-2 and Munmun too scored a similar win over Swastika.
Results: Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Jeet Chandra (WB) 4-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-2, 11-3); Semifinals: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Anukram Jain (PSPBA) 4-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4), Jeet Chandra (WB) bt Ashwin Subramanian (Mah-B) 4-1 (11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7).
Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Payal Bohra (Mah-B) bt Archana Kamath (PSPB) 4-2 (11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9); Semifinals: Archana Kamath (PSPB) bt Kushi Viswanath (KNT) 4-1 (5-11, 11-5, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6), Payal Bohra (Mah-B) bt Priyanka Pareek (Raj) 3-2 (7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5). Cadet Boys: Final: Payas Jain (Del) bt Varun Shankar (Telg) 3-2 (4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6); Semifinals:Varun Shankar (Telg) bt Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta (PSPBA) 4-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4), Payas Jain (Del) bt Alberto Lrruata (PSPBA) 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8).
Cadet Girls: Final: Munmun Kundu (WB) bt Swastika Ghosh (Mah-B) 3-2 (13-15, 11-8, 11-7, 1-11, 11-3); Semifinals: Swastika Ghosh (Mah-B) bt Diya Chitale (Mah-B) 3-1 (6-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5), Munmun Kundu (WB) Vanshika Bhargava (Del) 3-1 (11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9).
