NEW DELHI, August 23: With an unexpected 3-1 victory over Manav Sthali, South Extension, consisting of Nishank Bajaj, Udit Vashist and Abimanyu Arora, Jaspal Kaur Public School, Shalimar Bagh (Kunal Puri, Sunal Jain and Chirag Verma) claimed the cadet boys title in the 13th Campa Cola inter-school table tennis championships at Talkatora Indoor Stadium here today.The architect of Jaspal Kaur's victory was Sunal Jain who won his two matches and Kunal Jain won a crucial match against Nishank Bajaj to sal the fate of their opponents.
In the senior girls semifinals, a tried Anshu Sharma, who single-handedly carried Bhatnagar International on her shoulders so far, waged another heroic battle but missed by a narrow margin, for lack of adequate support from her colleagues to carry her school into the finals. Her school lost to Hans Raj Model School 2-3.Hans Raj Model School will meet Vidya Niketan (Faridabad) who outplayed Convent of Jesus and Mary 3-0 in the other semifinal.
Results:
Cadet boys (final): Jaspal Kaur Public School b Manav Sthali S.Ext. 3-1 (Kunal Puri b Nishank Bajaj 21-16, 12-21, 21-16; Sunal Jain b Udit Vashist 21-18, 21-11; Chirag Verma lost to Abhimanya Arora 15-21, 11-21; Sunal Jain b Nishank Bajaj 18-21, 21-17, 21-13).
Senior girls (semifinals): Hans Raj Model School b Bhatnagar International 3-2 (Ritu Rana b Ridhima Bhatia 21-14, 21-13; Apna Bhalla lost to Anshu Sharma 17-21, 15-21; Ankita Babbar b Pooja Rastogi 17-21, 21-19, 21-17; Ritu Rana lost to Anshu Sharma 17-21, 15-21; Ankita Babbar b Pooja Rastogi 17-21, 21-19, 21-17; Ritu Rana lost to Anshu Sharma 17-21, 22-20, 18-21; Apna Bhalla b Ridhima Bhatia 21-17, 22-24, 21-12).
Vidya Niketan b Convent of Jesus & Mary 3-0 (Taruna Wadhwa b Mahira Ahmed 21-7, 21-10; Leena Kalra b Anushka Kakkar 21-6, 21-8; Geeta Grover b Aditi Gupta 21-19, 21-17).
Senior boys (semifinals): Manav Sthali (Rajinder Nagar) bt Hans Raj Model School 3-1 (Anshu Adlakha b Rajat Chopra 15-21, 21-13, 21-14; Amit Jain lost to Abhishak Puri 13-21, 16-21; Aditya Pur b Simranjit Singh Nanda 21-18, 21-9; Anshu Adlakha b Abhishekh Puri 21-18, 21-19). Modern School (Barakhamba Road) b Vidya Niketan (FRB) 3-2 (Ishwak Singh bt Kashmir Singh 20-22, 21-11; Ankit Anand b Devinder Kumar 21-12, 21-18; Jitin Tandon lost to Vikas Setia 21-18, 22-24, 18-21; Ishwak Singh lost to Devinder Kumar 14-21, 16-21; Ankit Anand b Kashmir Singh 21-13, 22-20).