JOIN USAakash KJ and Anarghya Manjunath won the titles in the cadet boys’ and girls’ categories respectively in the CVL Sastry memorial State Table Tennis Championship here on Friday.
In the cadet boys’ final, Aakash fought past Marcose Gigu 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6. While Anarghya Manjunath had it easy as she beat Yahsaswini Ghorpade 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 in the girls summit clash.
Results: Cadet boys: Final: Aakash KJ (SKIES) bt Marcose Gigu (Crj) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6.
Semifinals: Aakash KJ (Skies) bt Sujan Bharadwaj (Hor) 10-12, 12-1, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8; Marcose Gigu (Crj) bt Srikanth Kasyap (SKIES) 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.
Cadet girls: Final: Anarghya Manjunath (OMTTI) bt Yahsaswini Ghorpade (SKIES) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6.
Semifinals: Yashaswini Ghorpade (SKIES) bt Ishani Harish (Torp) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5; Anarghya Manjunath (OMTTI) bt Saathwicka (Torp) 11-5, 11-7, 11-4.