Karnataka State Ranking TT: Triple crown for Yashaswini

It was triple delight for paddler Yashaswini Ghorpade (SKIES) who won the Youth Girls on Thursday and Junior Girls and Women’s Singles titles yesterday, the second-day of the four-day Sri Ghisulal-Salubai Pitliya Memorial Cup 2019 — Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament — at the University Gymnasium Hall here.

Yashaswini won Women’s Singles title beating V. Kushi (BNM) 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 13-11, 11-9 and later in the day won her second title beating Anargya Manjunath (MSS) 11-6, 13-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 and completed a fine triple. Earlier on Thursday, Yashaswini bt V. Kushi (BNM) 6-11,11-9,6-11,11-9,11-8,3-11,11-6 to win the title in the Youth category.

Top-seed Anirban Roy Chowdhury (CTB) won the coveted Men’s Singles title beating Samarth Kurdikeri 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 in the final. P.V. Srikanth Kashyap (SKIES) won the Junior Boys title beating Sujan R. Bharadwaj (Win) 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7, 11-3 in the final.

In the Youth Boys Singles final on Thursday, Rohan S. Jamdagni scored a well-earned win over Kaustubh Milind Kulkarni (SKIES) 12-10, 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-2 to clinch the title.

RESULTS – Singles

Men’s — Final: Anirban Roy Chowdhury (CTB) bt Samarth Kurdikeri (Ban) 11-3,11-8,11-9,11-5; Semis: Anirban Roy Chowdhury (CTB) bt Kaustubh Milind Kulkarni (SKIES) 11-7,11-8,11-5,14-12; Samarth Kurdikeri (Ban) bt M. Kalaivanan (SWR) 11-8,11-6,8-11,13-11,11-8.

Junior Boys — P.V. Srikanth Kashyap (SKIES) bt Sujan R. Bharadwaj (Win) 11-13,9-11,11-9,11-1,11-7,11-3; Semis: P.V. Srikanth Kashyap (SKIES) bt K.J. Aakash (SKIES) 6-11,11-9,11-9,13-11,9-11,11-7; Sujan R. Bharadwaj (Win) bt P. Yeshwanth (Pon) 11-8,11-9,9-11,11-8,11-3.

Women’s — Final: Yashaswini Ghorpade (SKIES) bt V. Kushi (BNM) 11-9,11-4,9-11,13-11,11-9; Semis: Yashaswini Ghorpade (SKIES) bt Anargya Manjunath (MSS) 11-6,11-6,11-7,9-11,7-11,11-3; V. Kushi (BNM) bt Maria Rony (Can) 8-11,11-7,9-11,12-10,11-5,13-11.