Yashaswini claims triple crown

Yashaswini Ghorpade completed a superb triple crown as Karnataka savoured a successful run in the 80th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday.

Yashaswini claimed the sub-junior singles title with a 4-1 win over Kavyashree Bhaskar of Tamil Nadu. She also won the doubles partnering Anargya Manjunath. Having played a crucial role in Karnataka’s triumph in the sub-junior team event, it completed a fine tournament for Yashaswini.

In the singles final, Yashaswini overcame a fighting Kavyashree to prevail 11-3, 15-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9.

Kavyashree had earlier beaten Anargya 9-11, 11-5, 14-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7 in the semifinals while Yashaswini beat Suhana Saini of Haryana 3-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7.

In the doubles final, Yashaswini and Anargya defeated Lakshita Narang and Tamanna Gulshan of Delhi 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4.

Karnataka also won a bronze in the sub-junior boys doubles category through Samyak Kashyap and Shreekant Kashyap. The duo lost to Payas Jain and Aadarsh Chetri of Delhi. 7-11, 5-11, 8-11.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu’s Vishwa Deenadayalan won the sub-junior boys crown beating North Bengal’s Soumyadeep Sarkar 4-0.

In the cadet boys’ final, West Bengal’s Oishik Ghosh defeated teammate and No 1 ranked Emon Adhikary while in the cadet girls’ final, West Bengal’s Sayani Panda defeated Maharashtra’s Radhika Sakpal 4-2.

Results: Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Vishwa Deenadayalan (TN) bt Soumyadeep Sarkar (NB) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2; Semifinals: Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Payas Jain (Del) 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, Soumyadeep Sarkar (NB) bt Aadarsh Om Chetri (Del) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8.

Doubles: Payas Jain/ Aadarsh Om Chetri (Del) bt Vishwa Deenadayalan/ Preyesh Raj Suresh (TN) 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7.

Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Yashaswini Ghorpade (Kar) bt Kavyashree Baskar (TN) 11-3, 15-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9.

Semifinals: Kavyashree Baskar bt Anargya Manjunath (Kar) 9-11, 11-5, 14-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, Yashaswini Ghorpade bt Suhana Saini (Har) 3-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Doubles: Anargya Manjunath/Yashaswini Ghorpade (Kar) bt Lakshita Narang/ Tamanna Gulshan (Del) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4.

Cadet Boys: Final: Oishik Ghosh (WB) bt Emon Adhikary (WB) 11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-4, 13-11; Semifinals: Emon Adhikary bt Suhaan Gulati (Pun) 11-8, 11-8, 13-11; Oishik Ghosh bt P B Abhinandh (TN) 8-11, 11-1, 11-7, 15-13.

Cadet Girls: Final: Sayani Panda (WB) bt Radhika Sakpal (Mah) 11-5, 11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6; Semifinals: Sayani Panda bt Sandika Bhattacharjee (WB) 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-8, Radikha Sakpal bt Nandini Sakpal (WB) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4.