Kashyap wins gold, hoists 40+ singles trophy

Jalandhar, April 30: Anil Kashyap of Assam ascended the top of the podium to claim the gold medal and hoist the winner's trophy after beating Sudhir Kesarwani of RBI in the final of the 40+ category singles for men in the UTT 29th National Masters Table Tennis Championships at the PAP Indoor Stadium today.

In contrast to the two higher-category finals that went down to the wire, Kashyap disposed of his rival in less than 10 minutes as Kesarwani failed to overcome his op

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Pankaj keeps his date with destiny, enters the medal round

Jalandhar, April 29: Pankaj Sharma of Punjab kept his date with destiny to enter the medal round in the 60+ category singles for men after he beat Prafulla S Wagh of Maharashtra 3-0 in the UTT 29th National Masters Table Tennis Championships at the PAP Indoor Stadium today.

Thus, he ensured the first individual medal for the hosts as Punjab had garnered a team silver on the third day of the championships.

Pankaj did not have to break a sweat tackl

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Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra pairs in final

Jalandhar, April 28: Chandrani Dey Ganguly and Koushidev Sarkar from West Bengal will cross swords with Soumya Narendrapra and Sandeep Kannambadi of Karnataka for the title in the 40+ mixed doubles final of UTT 29th National Masters Table Tennis Championships at the PAP Indoor Stadium tomorrow.

The Bengal pair defeated Anjana P. Rao and CR Satyajit of Karnataka 3-1. But the other Karnataka pair, Soumya and Sandeep, faced stiff resistance from Vinita J. Shukla and Onkar

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Punjab’s Neeraj and Munish flatter to deceive

Jalandhar, April 27: Neeraj Taneja of Punjab managed to take his first-round match in the singles of the 40+ category for men but lost out to a determined Anu Singh Pruthi of Delhi 2-3 in the UTT 29th National Masters Table Tennis Championships at the PAP Indoor Stadium today.

Munish Sharma, also from Punjab, played brilliantly but may not go beyond and secure a spot in the main draw when he went down 2-3 to Manuraj Jain of Delhi. 

Neeraj had

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Audit men make it count, win 40+ team title

Jalandhar, April 26: Indian Audit A defeated Punjab A to win title in the final of the men’s 40+ category of the UTT 29th National Masters Table Tennis Championships at the PAP Indoor Stadium here today.

However, the win for IA&AD was simple and straightforward despite their star performer Abu Rizwan getting stretched by Punjab’s Vikas Mahajan. Kasturi Srivastava Chakravarthy also lost a game but made amends soon to score a 3-1 triumph over Vikram Aditya

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