Titles for Mandeep and Nadia

CHANDIGARH, July 23: Mandeep Singh and Nadia Saini clinched titles in the sub-junior category in the boys and girls section, respectively...

CHANDIGARH, July 23: Mandeep Singh and Nadia Saini clinched titles in the sub-junior category in the boys and girls section, respectively, on the opening day of the Bhavan Hawks fifth Chandigarh State Ranking table tennis tournament which began at the Sector 23 Indoor Hall, here today. Mandeep beat Sajal Kaushal 21-17, 21-18 while Nadia got the better of Gagandeep Kaur 19-21, 21-14, 21-19.

Nadia also scored a 21-12, 21-19 victory over Gagandeep to win the cadet girls title. The boys cadet title went to Amit Kumar, who outplayed Sumit Kinger 23-21, 21-13.

Results
Boys: Cadet: Singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Sameer Singla bt Varun Mittal 21-13, 21-15; Nitish Rana bt Milan Bhatia 21-14, 21-15; Pankaj Goyal bt Sukhdeep Singh 23-25, 21-11, 21-15; Vaibhav bt Ramandeep Singh 21-14, 21-10; Divya Saini bt Chander Mohan 22-24, 21-11, 21-14; Tarun Kapoor bt Mohit 21-13, 21-15; Sumit KInger bt Sumit Jain 21-12, 21-15.
Quarterfinals: Amit Kumar bt Sameer Singla 21-18, 21-17; Pankaj Goyal bt Nitish Rana 21-19, 21-15; Vaibhav bt Divay Saini 21-14, 21-14; Sumit Kinger bt Tarun Kapoor 21-18, 21-19.
Semifinal: Amit Kumar bt Pankaj Goyal 21-10, 21-15; Sumit Kinger bt Vaibhav 21-15, 15-21, 21-9.
Final: Amit Kumar bt Sumit Kinger 23-21, 21-13.
Third place: Vaibhav bt Pankaj Goyal 21-19, 21-19.

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Girls: Quarterfinals: Nadia Saini bt Anchal 21-18, 21-18; Sandhya Sharma bt Jyanti Aggarwal 21-10, 21-10; Gagandeep bt Saloni Sumbria 21-12, 21-17.
Semifinal: Naidia Saini bt Preeti Jain 21-16, 21-11; Gagandeep Kaur bt Sandhya Sharma 21-19, 21-19.
Final: Nadia Saini bt Gagandeep Kaur 21-12, 21-19.
Third place: Sandhya Sharma bt Preet Jain 21-12, 21-15.

Sub-junior: Boys: Singles (first round): Sumit Kinger bt Chander Mohan 21-10, 21-17; Amit Kumar bt Sukhdeep Singh 21-10, 21-19; Ramandeep Singh bt Varun Mittal 22-20, 20-22, 21-16; Pankaj Goyal bt Divay Saini 16-21, 21-19.
Pre-quarterfinals: Sajal kaushal bt Sumit Kinger 21-16, 21-16; Ravi Sharma bt Amit Kumar 21-19, 21-15; Jatinder Kapoor bt Ramandeep Singh 21-13, 21-12; Rachit Goyal bt Pankaj 21-12, 21-12; Aditya Puri bt Tarun Kapoor 21-16, 21-8; Vaibhav bt Mohit Sharma 21-17, 21-18; Amit Kukerja bt Milan Bhatia 21-16, 21-11; Mandeep Singh bt Nitish Rana 21-16, 21-19.
Quarterfinals: Sajal Kaushal bt Ravi Sharma 22-20, 21-19; Jitender Kapoor bt Rachit Goyal 21-18, 21-19; Aditya Puri bt Vaibhav 21-12, 18-21, 21-16; Mandeep Singh bt Amit Kukerja 21-17, 21-11.
Semifinals: Sajal Kaushal bt Jitender Kapoor 21-6, 23-21; Aditya Puri lost to Mandeep Singh 17-21, 10-21.
Final: Mandeep Singh bt Sajal Kaushal 21-17, 21-8.
Third place: Aditya Puri bt Jitender Kapoor 21-19, 21-19.

Girls: Pre-quarterfinals: Sandya bt Anchal 21-18, 21-19; Arshdeep Kaur bt Preeti Jain 21-11, 21-12; Tarunpreet Kaur bt Shilpa 21-14, 21-14; Gagandeep Kaur bt Priyanka Verma 21-10, 21-10; Saloni bt Meghna 21-14, 21-10.
Quarterfinals: Nadia Saini bt Sarmishtha 21-10, 21-16; Arshdeep bt Sandhya 22-20, 21-10; Gagandeep bt Tarunpreet 21-16; 28-26; Ramanpreet bt Saloni 21-13; 21-13.
Semifinals: Nadia Saini bt Arshdeep Kaur 21-11, 21-17; Gagandeep Kaur bt Ramanpreet Kaur 15-21, 21-12; 21-16.
Final: Nadia Saini bt Gagandeep Kaur 19-21, 21-14, 21-19. Third place: Ramanpreet Kaur bt Arshdeep Kaur 21-14, 21-15.

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