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Yakshap Jindal clinches title

NEW DELHI: Yakshap Jindal defeated Harshit Chand 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 2-11, 11-5, 13-11 in the final of the under-20 boys' section in all-India JBL Open table tennis tournament at the NDMC Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.

The results: Men (semifinals): Rajiv Ghai bt Ketan Jain 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Nitin Mahajan bt Anil Sen 8-11, 7-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9. Women (semifinals): Neha Aggarwal bt Nikita Rautela 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Sanya Sehgal bt Esha Monga 11-6, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6. Under-20 boys (final): Yakshap Jindal bt Harshit Chand 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 2-11, 11-5, 13-11. Under-20 girls (semifinals): Sanya Sehgal bt Manika Batra 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7; Esha Monga bt Aashita Jain 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7. Boys (semifinals): Ramit Bhatnagar bt Hitesh Dogra 12-10, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9; Pranshu Gupta bt Sarthak Gandhi 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5. Girls (semifinals): Esha Monga bt Aashita Jain 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7; Sanya Sehgal bt Manika Batra 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7. Sub-junior boys (quarterfinals): Sarthak Gandhi bt Abhishek Jaggi 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4; Kartik Dogra bt Tarun Gupta 13-11, 11-9, 11-5; Sajal Khandelwal bt Harshit Joon 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; Sudhanshu Grover bt Akshit Dhall 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8. Sub-junior girls (semifinals): Aashita Jain bt Tanushree Sethi 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; Manika Batra bt Tina Khurana 11-6, 11-5, 11-13, 11-2. Cadet boys (semifinals): Sudhanshu Grover bt Akash Bhalotia 11-6, 11-5, 11-4; Arnav Sachdeva bt Dev Khandelwal 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5. Cadet girls (final): Manika Batra bt Pragya Babbar 11-6, 11-4, 11-3. Kids (final): Akash Bhalotia bt Himanshu Jindal 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.