Manav and Ayhika grab season's first titles

Hyderabad, June 9: Third seed Manav Thakkar countered well with controlled aggression against local favourite SFR Snehit to lift the men's singles trophy in the UTT National Ranking Championships at the Firefox Sports and Resorts facilities today.

The 4-2 triumph and the tile took a long time after the PSPB paddler's recent indifferent form, compounded by Snehit's nice fight to make the final memorable. Snehit's ability to play close and away from the table and his deft

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Payas upsets Harmeet, Jennifer topples Sutirtha

Hyderabad, June 8: Payas Jain of Delhi caused the biggest upset of the tournament when he defeated top-seeded Harmeet Desai of PSPB in the men's singles to enter the quarterfinals of the UTT National Ranking Championships at the Firefox Sports and Resorts facilities today.

When it seemed that Payas had sewn up the match when he led 9-5 in the decider, Harmeet hit back and took three consecutive points to breathe down Payas' neck with the second service on. 

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Sarthak and Syndrela crowned as U-15 champs

Hyderabad, June 7: Sarthak Arya of the PSPB Academy toyed with Teshub Dinesh of Karnataka, winning the final 3-0 to lift the Youth Boys Under-15 trophy in the UTT National Ranking Championships at the Firefox Sports and Resorts facilities today.

Syndrela Das of West Bengal struggled against M. Hansini of Tamil Nadu but prevailed over the latter to snatch the Youth Girls Under-15 crown from her with a 3-0 verdict.

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Ankolika, Shanaya, Ariv emerge champions

Hyderabad, June 6: Ankolika Chakraborty proved her prowess in the Under-13 Youth Girls to lift the trophy yet again after accounting for Rajni Shah of the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE), Kolkata, in the UTT National Ranking Championships at the Firefox Sports and Resorts facilities today.

There was hardly any contest in the final, as Ankolika did what she usually does and with precision. She disposed of her NCOE opponent in less than 25 minutes to win the gold. Ra

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Steady Ashvajith stands tall to enter quarterfinals

Hyderabad, June 5: M Ashvajith stood tall among the other Tamil Nadu players as he won a tough battle 3-2 to enter the Youth Girls Under-11 singles semi-finals in the UTT National Ranking Championships at the Firefox Sports and Resorts facilities today.

In contrast, top-seeded Krish Vinodh, also of Tamil Nadu, posted a 3-0 win against Subham Adhikari to sail through. But other players from the state, M. Iniyan and K.A. Prahanav Balaji, fell by the wayside. However, Ansh

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