Khelo India 2019: Chinmaya Somaya and Anusha Kutumble bag the honours in Table Tennis U-17

Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh clinched gold in the singles boys and girls U 17 category respectively in Table Tennis at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019 at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex held at Pune.

In the boys U 17 singles finale, Chinmay Somaya (Mah) dominated over Yashansh (Del) leading by 3-0, but Yashansh fought back brilliantly in the fourth game. Trailing from a score of 2-6, Yashansh changed the gears and went to win the fourth game by 11-9. With two straight victories in next games, the scores were tied on 3-3 with the match entering in the decider game. Yashansh lost his sting in the crucial decider game and could not recover from 0-6 points. Chinmay also was not in a mood to spare any chances and finished the game 11-3. Yashansh was beaten 5-11, 3-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, 3-11 in the final. The bronze medal was given to Dev Shroff (Mah) and Om Chetri Aadarsh (Del)

Anusha Kutumble (MP), gold medal winner in Table Tennis U17 Girls Singles at Khelo India Youth Games

Anusha Kutumbale (MP) won the gold beating Diya Chitale (Mah) in U 17 girls singles category quite comfortably. In this one sided game, Anusha played seamlessly winning all the games on the trot. It was only in the second game where she faced some resistance from Diya but otherwise it was Anusha all the way. Anusha went on to win 4-0 lead prevailing 11-3, 11-6, 11-1, 11-3. Diya Chitale settled for silver while Swastika Ghosh (Mah) and Anjali Rohilla (Hrn) won the bronze.

The U 21 boys and girls singles quarter finals and semifinals also were held today. In girls first semifinal Kaushani Nath (WB) best the number one seed Srushti Helengadi (Mah), while the second semifinal was won by Surbhi Patwari beating Prapti Sen both from West Bengal. The final faceoff is going to be between the two paddlers from West Bengal to be on Sunday.

Gujrat’s Manush Shah will face Anirban Ghosh (WB) on the other side of the table in the boy’s U 21 singles final. Manush the number one seeded player beat Ronit Bhanuja (WB) in semifinal one, while Anirban ousted Parth Virmani (Del) in semifinal two. The finals will be played on Sunday.

U 17 GIRLS: SINGLES:

Quarterfinals:

Anusha Kutumbale (MP) bt. Nikita Sarkar (WB) 11-4, 11-9,11-5, 11-4

Swastika Ghosh (Mah) bt. Poymantee Baishya (WB) 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8

Diya Chitale (Mah) bt. Suhana Saini (Hrn) 11-13, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9

Anjali Rohila (Hrn) bt. Tejal Kamble (Mah) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7

Semifinal:

Anusha Kutumbale (MP) bt. Swastika Ghosh (Mah) 2-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5

Diya Chitale (Mah) bt. Anjali Rohila (Hrn) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7

Final:

Anusha Kutumbale (MP) bt. Diya Chitale (Mah) 11-3, 11-6, 11-1, 11-3

U 17 BOYS: SINGLES:

Quarterfinals:

Chinmay Somaya (Mah) bt. Arush Dutt (Del) 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 12-10

Dev Shroff (Mah) bt. Sarkar Soumyadeep (WB) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7

Yashansh (Del) bt. Deen Dayal Sharma (TN) 13-11, 8-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9

Om Chetri Aadarsh (Del) bt. Payas Jain (Del) 11-9, 5-11, 16-14, 11-8, 11-6

Semifinal:

Chinmay Somaya (Mah) bt. Dev Shroff (Mah) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3

Yashansh Malik (Del) bt. Om Chetri Aadarsh (Del) 11-5,11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 11-5

Final:

Chinmay Somaya (Mah) bt. Yashansh Malik (Del) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 5-11, 9-11, 11-3

 

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Source: Matchday Frolics
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