Sarthak, Riana are Under-13 champions

Pondicherry, December 26: Sarthak Arya of Delhi claimed his maiden Youth Boys Under-13 title after downing M. Nikkhil Menon of Tamil Nadu 4-0 in the UTT National Ranking Championships (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here today.

Nikkhil, known for his fighting qualities, could not come up with answers to the counters of the Delhi boy. Using the flanks well and attacking relentlessly, Sarthak outplayed his Chennai rival. In fact, Nikkhil could not get

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Balamurugan bags back-to-back title, Hardee earns her first

Pondicherry, December 25:Balamurugan Muthu of Tamil Nadu defeated Priyanuj Bhattacharyya of Assam 4-1 to claim his back-to-back title in the Youth Boys Under-15 in the UTT National Ranking Championships (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

The Youth Girls Under-15 crown went to Hardee Patil of Maharashtra when she downed Sharvani Nagam 4-1, denying the Tamil Nadu girl a joint celebration with Balamurugan.

Balamurugan,

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Divyansh and Kavyashree lift Youth U-17 trophies

Pondicherry, December 24: Divyansh Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh got it right in a long time despite his potential to make it big. Today was his day, and cashing in on Jash Modi’s impatience, Divyansh defeated him 4-3 to win the Youth Boys Under-17 title in the UTT National Ranking Championships (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here.

Kavyashree Baskar of Tamil Nadu denied Suhana Saini the crown in the Youth Girls Under-17, beatin

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Finally, Harmeet and Sreeja emerge champions

Pondicherry, December 23: Harmeet Desai gave himself a wedding present when he defeated Manush Shah 4-1 to win the men’s singles title in the UTT National Ranking Championships (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here today.

Earlier, in a show of character, determination and anticipation Sreeja Akula scored a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Swastika Ghosh to win the crown after Sonepat and Thane in 2019.

Harmeet, who got m

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Shubh takes a big leap, top two seeds fail to sprout

Pondicherry, December 22: Shubh Goel could not have asked for a better outing than the one in the UTT National Ranking Championships (South Zone) at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here today, entering the medal round of the men’s singles for the first time in his career.

En route, he felled 15th seed Arjun Ghosh who had earlier sent No. 2 seed Manav Thakkar packing in the pre-quarterfinals. The 21-year-old Delhi lad had no baggage and reflected in the free-f

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