Mysuru’s veteran Table Tennis player K.V. Krishnamurthy, representing Karnataka in the National Masters Table Tennis Tournament in Indore from Feb.12 to 17, won the 80+ Men’s Singles title.

In the 80+ Men’s Singles event, K.V. Krishnamurthy beat Karnataka’s K. Sathyanarayana 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 in the final to clinch the title.

K.V. Krishnamurthy completed a fine double by also clinching the Men’s 80+ Doubles title. In the final, Krishnamurthy, teaming up with K. Sathyanarayana, beat  A.N. Bharghava and Satish Puri (UP) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5.

In the Men’s 75+ Singles, Dr. Sainath Iyer from Mysuru lost in the final to H. Oberoi 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11 and finished runner-up.

RESULTS

Men 80+ Singles (Finals): K.V. Krishnamurthy(KNT) bt K. Sathyanarayana (KNT) 5-11,11-6,11-9,11-6; Semi-finals: K.V. Krishnamurthy (KNT) bt S. Krishnamurthy (KNT) 11-8,11-2,11-7, K. Sathyanarayana (KNT) bt V. Natarajan (TN) 11-6,11-7, 6-11,11-5.

Men 80+ Doubles (Finals): K.V. Krishnamurthy & K. Sathyanarayana (KNT) bt A.N. Bharghava & Satish Puri (UP) 11-4,11-7,11-5.

Men 75+ Singles (Finals): Dr. Sainath Iyer (KNT) lost to H. Oberoi (CG) 9-11,11-9, 7-11,8-11.