Gandhidham, October 14: PSPB Academy’s Manav Thakkar yet again beat Jeet Chandra of West Bengal 4-0 to add one more singles title to his name in the Junior Boys section of National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the KDTTA indoor stadium here today.

Archana Kamath regained the Junior Girls singles crown beating Srushti Haleangadi of Maharashtra 4-0 in yet another one-sided final. Manav won Rs. 12,000 in cash while Archana took home Rs. 10,000.

The Cadet Boys title went to Alberto Lrruata (PSPBA) who downed Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta, also of PSPBA, 4-1 and, in Cadet Girls category, it was Swastika Ghosh from Maharashtra who won the thrilling final against Delhi’s Vanshika Bhargava 4-3.The Cadet boys winner received Rs. 8,400 and the girl titlist got Rs. 7,000 for their fine efforts.

Except for the Cadet Girls final, all the other events proved to be a completely one-sided issue. In a final where the pendulum swung from one extreme to another, Swastika had to bring out her best in the decider to outwit the Delhi girl.

As for Manav, it was a cakewalk and knowing Chandra’s game too well, the PSPBA boy had a clinical approach to the game and won hands down. But for Archana, who failed to win at Indore, it was a good comeback win here.

Earlier, Gujarat’s Manush Shah beat Telangana’s Snehit Suravajjula in the Sub-Junior Boys quarterfinals. Shah defeated Snehit 11-9, 11-2, 11-7 in what turned out to be a one-sided affair.

Shah was on a firm footing when he took against Snehit in the first game that saw some very good rallies and crucial points going the Shah way. But the win had upped the confidence of the local boy who simply rode over his Telangana opponent in the second without allowing him any leeway. Hitting a nice rhythm and making fewer mistakes than his rival, Shah completed the task rather easily in the third to move into the semifinals.

As for Thakkar, he began sluggishly and lost the first game meekly. But he came back wonderfully to demolish his opponent even as he stamped his authority in the next three to wrap it up quickly.

In Sub-Junior Girls, Karnataka’s Archana Kamal won over her state mate Kushi Viswanath 11-2, 12-10, 11-2 in the quarterfinals and she was joined in the semifinals by Rajasthan’s Priyanka Pareek, who beat Surbhi Patwari (WB) 3-0, Maharashtra’s Payal Bohra, who downed Karnataka’s Ramesh Medhini 11-5, 11-2, 11-3, and Shrushti Halengadi of Mahrashtra. The Maharashtrain accounted for Tanishi Kirtani of Goan in a tough battle which lasted for nearly 35 minutes. Shrushti won 11-3, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9.

In Cadet Boys, Central Zone title winner Payas Jain from Delhi bowed out in the quarterfinals, losing to Jayabrata Bhattacharjee of North Bengal 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8. In other quarterfinals Alberto Lrruata of PSPB beat Dev Shroff (Mah) 3-0, Satyamgiri Gupta (UP) had it easy against Varun Shankar of Telangana 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 and Jeho H. of PSPB also defeated Sourajit Halder of West Bengal 11-3, 11-8, 11-2.

In Cadet Girls quarterfinals, Maharashtra’s Swatika beat Tamil Nadu’s Sharmitha Srinivasan 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, West Bengal’s Munmun Kundu won against Delhi’s Tamanna Gulshan 13-11, 11-7, 12-10, Maharashtra’s Diya Chitale beat TN’s Nithyashree Mani 11-8, 16-14, 11-4 and Delhi’s Vanshika Bhargava downed Harayana’s Suhana Saini 11-3, 11-9, 11-8.

Meanwhile, the Junior Boys and Junior Girls qualifiers began and their main draw events will begin tomorrow.

The Results:

Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Jeet Chandra (WB) 4-3 (8-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3); Semifinals: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Manush Shah (Guj) 4-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2), Jeet Chandra (WB) bt Anukram Jain (PSPBA) 4-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3).

Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Archana Kamath (KNT) bt Srushti Halengadi (Mah) 4-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-8,11-4); Semifinals: Archana Kamath (KNT) bt Priyanka Pareek (Raj) 4-1 (11-5, 11-9, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8), Shrushti Halengadi (Mah) bt Payal Bohra (Mah) 4-3 (8-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-6, 11-3).

Cadet Boys: Final: Alberto Lrruata (PSPBA) bt Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta (PSPBA) 4-1 (12-10, 11-4, 13-11, 10-13, 11-8); Semifinals: Alberto Lrruata (PSPBA) bt Jayabrata Bhattacharjee (NB) 3-2 (12-10, 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7), Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta (PSPBA) bt Satyamgiri Gupta (UP) 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-6).

Cadet Girls: Final: Swatika Ghosh (Mah) bt Vanshika Bhargava (Del) 4-3 (6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 4-``, 11-9, 9-11, 11-1); Semifinals: Swatika Ghosh (mah) bt Mummun Kundu (WB) 3-2 (12-14, 11-2, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8), Vanishika Bhargava (Del) bt Diya Chitale (Mah) 3-2 (5-11, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5).