UTT national-ranking event

Manush Shah who received the lads’s title.

Diya Chitale who clinched the ladies’s singles crown.

Manush Shah of RBI denied Ankur Bhattacharjee a double as he received his maiden senior title within the UTT Nationwide-ranking desk tennis event on the Jimmy George indoor stadium right here on Thursday.

Manush overcame a spirited problem from Ankur 11-2, 4-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11 within the males’s remaining. He clattered his forehands to all corners of the desk to take the primary set fairly simply at 11-2.

However Ankur didn’t permit Manush any leeway within the second and nailed factors with backhand jabs to win it 11-4. Nevertheless, Manush overcame the transient hunch in type to dominate the third set.

Ankur known as the pictures within the fourth set, which he received 11-8. However Manush fought again and profited from Ankur’s unforced errors to win the fifth set 11-8. The sixth was carefully fought with Ankur coming again to equalise at seven. He saved three match factors earlier than Manush regained his composure to win the match.

RBI’s Diya Chitale got here again from behind to down Swastika Ghosh (AAI) 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 within the girls’s remaining.

Swastika led in all of the units however didn’t seize her possibilities and dedicated errors at essential junctures. Diya’s combating spirit was greatest exemplified within the fourth set by which she trailed from begin. However as soon as she equalised the scores at 8-8, there was little Swastika may do.

Swastika’s problem wilted away and her errors elevated within the fifth set which Diya received 11-7 to pocket the match.

Ankur and Syndrela Das (Bengal) received the titles within the under-19 girls and boys’ sections respectively.

The outcomes: Males: Closing: Manush Shah (RBI) bt Ankur Bhattacharjee (PSPB) 11-2, 4-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11; Semifinals: Ankur bt Akash Pal (RSPB) 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8; Manush bt Manav Thakkar (PSPB) 10-12, 11-7, 13-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Ladies: Closing: Diya Chitale (RBI) bt Swastika Ghosh (AAI) 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Semifinals: Diya Chitale (RBI) bt Sutirtha Mukherjee (RSPB) 12-10, 3-11, 6-11, 11-4, 8-11, 14-12, 12-10.

U-19: Boys: Closing: Ankur bt Kushal Chopda (Mah) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Semifinals: Ankur bt Punit Biswas (Ben) 11-6, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7; Kushal bt Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Asm) 5-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6.

Women: Closing: Syndrela Das (Ben) bt Ananya Chande (Mah) 11-8, 13-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11th of September, 11-4; Semifinals: Syndrela bt Pritha Vartikar (Mah) 10-12, 11-1, 11-7, 12-10; Ananya bt Ananya Muralidharan (TN) 14-12, 11-5, 14-12.