Archana Kamath and Selena Selvakumar topped their groups to advance in the cadet section of the Thailand Open junior and sub-junior table tennis tournament here on Friday.
Archana beat Natkamon Kamkorn of Thailand and Wong Xin Ru of Singapore while Selena posted wins over Papatchaya Hoarakkat of Thailand and Thaushi Rodrigo of Sri Lanka.
The results (qualifying round): Junior boys: Seth Sarthak bt Napat Panicharoen (Tha) 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 13-11; Huang Chien Tu (Tha) bt Utkarsh Gupta 11-3, 11-9, 11-2; Passara Pattaratorn (Tha) bt Sanish Ambekar 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Lalrin Puia bt Deva Prasetia (Ina) 11-3, 11-7, 11-2.
Cadet boys: Jeong Tachin (Kor) bt Jain Payas 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; Purit Verakultawan (Tha) bt Jain Payas 11-8, 11-13, 1-11, 11-6, 11-8.
Junior girls: Sreeja Akula bt Octaviani Chese (Ina) 11-0, 11-8, 11-1; Tanaka Ayaka (Jap) bt Archana Kamath 11-7, 11-7, 11-4.
Cadet girls: Archana Kamath bt Natkama Kamkom (Tha) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Archana Kamath bt Wong Xin Ru (Sin) 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6; Selena Selvakumar bt Papatchaya Hoarakkat (Tha) 3-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-2; Selena Selvakumar bt Thaushi Rodrigo (SL) 11-3, 11-9, 8-11, 12-14, 11-5; Srushti Halengadi bt Pakawa Karnthong (Tha) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5; Wan Ka Leung (HK) bt Srushti Halengadi 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.
Cadet girls team semifinals: Hong Kong bt India 3-2 (Lee ka Yee bt Varuni Jaiswal 11-1, 9-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-3; Wong Chin You lost to Archana Kamath 4-11, 7-11, 7-11; Ng Ka Man lost to Srushti Halengadi 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11; Lee Ka Yee bt Archna Kamath 9-11, 13-11, 12-14, 13-11, 11-6; Wong Chin Yau bt Varuni Jaiswal 12-10, 11-2, 11-9).
