Hyderabad, April 8: Mohammad Zubair Farooqui led from the front to help Telangana claim the team trophy as the hosts scored an emphatic 3-0 win over Maharashtra A in the Men's 40+ event in the UTT 30th Masters National Table Tennis Championships at the Saroor Nagar Indoor Stadium today.

Zubair, who maintained a clean record in the team championships, defeated Onkar Hari Jog 3-2 to set the ball rolling. Chandrachud, taking over from his teammate, thrashed Santosh Raoji 3-0, even as Deepesh Singh completed the job, beating Deepak Kadam by the same margin.

The Telangana squad showed tenacity throughout the championships and disposed of higher-seeded teams, including top-seed and defending champions Indian Audit yesterday.

In a clash of two IA&AD teams in the 50+ category, their B team proved their superiority by overcoming the A squad 3-2 in a nail-biter.

In Women's 40+ and 50+ finals, Gujarat claimed the gold medals in both sections, pushing their rivals to settle for the silver medals. Though their 40+ women easily beat Karnataka 3-0, the 50+ women had to endure the ordeal for quite a while before subduing Madhya Pradesh paddlers 3-2.

The doubles and singles finals will be completed today.

Results: (All Finals):

Men’s Team 40+: Telangana A bt Maharashtra A 3-0 (Mohd. Zubair Farooqui bt Onkar Hari Jog 11-8, 10-12, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, V. Chandrachud bt Santosh Wakradkar 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, M. Deepesh Singh bt Deepak Kadam 11-7, 11-4, 11-4).

Men’s Team 50+: IA&AD-B bt IA&AD-A 3-2 (Basab Chaudhuri lost to Sikandar Jam 11-13, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, Gaurav Doshi lost to Joginder Bisht 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 4-11, 7-11, Santosh Khirwarkar bt Jaswant Ganga 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, Gaurav bt Sikandar 7-11, 2-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-4, Basab bt Joginder 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8).

Women’s Team (40+): Gujarat bt Karnataka 3-0 (Prasunna Parekh bt Radhika Dorie 11-5, 11-5, 11-4, Shital Shah bt Anjana P. Rao 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6, Shraddha Maheshwary bt Sowmya Shimoga 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5).

Women’s Team (50+): Gujarat bt MP 3-2 (Neha Patel lost to Neeta Vaishnav 3-11, 11-5, 5-11, 3-11, Sonal Joshi bt Sadhna Nehlani 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, Subhangi Hardikar lost to Sandhya Somani 9-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-13, Sonal bt Neeta 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, Neha bt Sadhna 5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8).