Shikha pips Neha for title

NEW DELHI, August 29: Shikha Sharma of Convent of Rani Jhansi bagged the title by defeating Neha Agarwal of Manav Sthali 21-18, 21-17 in ...

NEW DELHI, August 29: Shikha Sharma of Convent of Rani Jhansi bagged the title by defeating Neha Agarwal of Manav Sthali 21-18, 21-17 in the kids singles of the 12th Jaspal Kaur Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament here today.

Neha Aggarwal upset second seed Apna Bhalla 21-14, 21-15 in the sub-junior girls quarter-final. Shikha Sharma, Esha Bhambri and V. Malini too made it to the semi-finals.

In the sub-Junior boys quarter-final, Harshit Chand of UP defeated Ayush Jiwarajka 22-20, 22-20 while Manish of Bhatnagar International SChool defeated Nishank Bajaj 17-21, 22-20, 21-19.

Results
Kids Singles Quarter-Finals: Shikha Sharma w/o Neha Aggarwal 21-18, 21-17; Semi-Finals: Shikha Sharma bt. Ramit Bhatnagar 22-20, 21-10, Neha Aggarwal bt. Sahil Guleria 21-15, 21-10.
Cadet Girls 2nd Round: Deepshikha Verma bt. Ayushi Bhardwaj 21-8, 21-9, Shikha Sharma bt. Tanvi Grover 21-9, 21-9, Joshikta Bhushan bt. Mahima Khera 21-4, 21-10, Mrinalini Mondal bt. Ashima Katyal 21-4, 21-6.
Sub-Junior Girls Quarter-Finals: Shikha Sharma bt. Joshita 21-15, 21-11, Esha Bhambri bt. Mahima Khera 21-4, 21-9, Neha Aggarwal 21-14, 21-15, V. Malini bt. Deepshikha Verma 13-21, 21-12, 21-19, Esha Bhambri bt. Sonal Sharma 21-5, 21-7.
Sub-Junior Boys Quarter-Finals: Harshit Chand bt. Ayush Jiwarajka 22-20, 22-20, Manish bt. Nishank Bajaj 17-21, 22-20, 21-19, Aditya Puri bt. Varun Jindal 21-10, 21-15, Shantanu Agarwal bt. Damanjit Singh 21-7, 21-18.
Girls Singles Quarter-Finals: Esha Bhambri bt. V. Malini 21-14, 21-16, 21-14, Anshu Sharma bt. Ritu Rana 21-15, 21-17, 21-15, Pratima Sayal bt. Ravinder Kaur 25-23, 25-23, 21-12, Apna Bhalla bt. Divya Jayaram 22-20, 21-17, 21-19.
Boys Singles Quarter-Finals: Nitin Mahajan bt. Rajat Chopra 21-19, 21-15, 21-18, Amit Jain bt. Abhishek Puri 21-10, 16-21, 21-8, 21-19, Mrinal Mondal bt. Ankit Anand 21-12, 21-14, 24-22, Ansh Adlakha bt. Ayush Jiwarajka 21-9, 21-7, 21-16.
Women8217;s Singles pre-Quarter Finals: Solochana bt. Bondana Bora 15-21, 21-16, 21-10, Ravinder Kaur bt. Shewta Hry 21-19, 2022, 21-19, Ravjit Kaur bt. Shikha Mahajan 21-6, 21-14, Ishani Barua bt. Divya Jayram 21-18, 21-15, Pratima Sayal bt. Esha Bhambri 21-11, 21-14.
Men8217;s singles: Jagmohan Bisht bt. Ansh Adlakha 22-20, 19-21, 21-18, Ajay Jha bt. Amit Sharma 19-21, 21-8, 21-14, Rajiv Ghai bt. Lalit Juneja 21-12, 21-6, Himansh P. Kala bt. Rajat Chopra 21-13, 21-13, Karan Sachdeva bt. Amit Jain 21-7, 21-12, Ganesh Ahuja bt B. Sidharth 23-21, 21-18, Mrinal Mondal bt Harshdeep Singh Kohli 11-21, 21-19, 21-19.