Adhikari, Mallika win titles

Kochi, Sep 7 (UNI) Fourth seed Arnab Adhikari (NB) and top seed Mallika B (MAH) clinched the Sub-Junior Boys and Girls singles titles respectively at the OSEL National Ranking Table Tennis Championship (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.

In the finals, Adhikari defeated Devdatta Fadanovi (MAH) 12-10, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.

In the Sub-Junior Girls' singles finals, Mallika defeated second seed Charvi R Kawle (MAH) in straight games 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6.

In the Men's singles, top seed and national champion Sharath Kamal (PSPB) defeated Jubin Kumar ( PSPBA) 11-15, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8 to enter the semi-finals.

Second seed Subhajit Saha (RSPB) also entered the semis by triumphing over Syanpaul Roy (RSPB) 11-7, 13-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-9.

The women's singles pre-quarter saw a major upset when third seed Mantu Ghosh (PSPB) was defeated by 14th seed Divya Deshpande (MAH) 2-11, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 15-13, 13-15.

In the other pre-quarter matches, top seed Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) defeated Anandita Chakraborty (RSPB) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 16-14, 11-8.

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