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Raja, Swetha triumph

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PADDLING TO GLORY: Swetha Kumaravel and R.S. Raja, who won the women’s and men’s titles.

Tirupur: R.S. Raja of SDAT-Chandra and Swetha Kumaravel of Indian Bank kept their nerve to emerge the men’s and women’s champions in the Tamil Nadu State table tennis championship at the Seva Samithi Hall on Sunday.

The fifth-seeded Raja, who shocked top seed Rajath Kamal in the semifinals, played a cool and calculated game to beat Sivananda Seshadri of Lords Table Tennis Academy (Chennai) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-14, 11-7 for the men’s title.

It was sweet revenge for Raja as he had lost to the LTTA youngster in the youth singles semifinal earlier in the day.

In the women’s final, Swetha shocked Commonwealth bronze medallist and top seed K. Shamini of IOC 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3.

The results: Boys: Mini cadets: Final: Sachin Viswanath (SDAT-AKG) bt J. Rakkesh (RTTA) 12-10, 11-9, 11-6;

Sub-juniors: Final: S. Sudarshan (LTTA) bt D. Sameera Kumar (Cuddalore) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 14-12, 11-13, 11-7; Semifinals: Sudarshan bt J.K. Bhavabalagaan (LTTA) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; Sameera Kumar bt Sashank S. Yogesh (MVM) 11-6, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Juniors: Final: S. Prasanna (SDAT-C) bt Ajay Bharadwaj (MVM) 11-9, 11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8; Semifinals: Bhardwaj bt R. Venkataramanan (LTTA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5; Prasanna bt E. Prabhakaran (SDAT-AKG) 11-5, 13-11, 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-7.

Youth: Final: Sivananda Seshadri (LTTA) bt R. Abhishek (IB) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; Semifinals: Abhishek bt M. Subash (SRSA) 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, Sivananda Seshadri bt R.S. Raja (SDAT-C) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-5.

Men: Final: R.S. Raja bt Sivananda Seshadri 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-14, 11-7; Semifinals: R.S. Raja bt A. Rajath Kamal (FCI) 5-11, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, Sivananda Seshadri bt R. Abhishek 11-6, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7.

Girls: Mini cadets: Finals: Abhinaya bt Harsha Vardhini 11-6, 11-9, 11-8.

Cadets: Final: R.Ke. Yukti Roshni bt P. Divya 10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8.

Sub-juniors: Final: S. Krithicka bt T. Reeth Rishya 11-12, 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8.

Juniors: Final: V. Sneha bt S. Narasimha Priya 11-6, 12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-3. Semifinals: S. Narasimha Priya (SDAT-C) bt Sumana R. Krishna (Ransa) 6-11, 16-14, 11-8, 12-14, 11-7; V. Sneha (VVV) bt T. Reeth Rishya (St. Joseph’s) 11-4, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3.

Youth: Final: U.V. Agni bt Nishanthi Kumaravel 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 13-15, 11-6.

Women: Final: Swetha Kumaravel bt K. Shamini 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3. Semifinals: K. Shamini (IOC) bt N. Satyabama (SDAT-AKG) 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 14-12; Swetha Kumaravel (IB) bt U.V. Agni (SDAT-AKG) 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-7.

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