State women emerge winners as men reach final at Sepaktakraw nationals
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 17 2022:
Manipur defeated SSB to win the women's title at the 32nd Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship 2022, while the state men's team beat Delhi to reach the final.
The women's team fought back from a set down to get the better of SSB 2 1 in their summit clash at Kolkata on Monday.
They lost the first set 25-23, 16-21, 16-21 but fought back valiantly levelling the score with a 21-16, 14-21, 22-20 win in the second set before cruising past their opponents 21-15, 21-5 in the third set to ultimately emerged as the champions.
Earlier in their semifinal, the state eves downed Assam 2-0.On the other hand, the men's team are now just a win away from winning the men's crown after they defeated Delhi.
In the men's semifinal, Manipur outplayed Delhi by a 2-0 margin capturing the first set 21-15, 21-11 and the second set 21-11, 21-9.Earlier in the day, Manipur swept aside hosts West Bengal 3-0 .
The state men's team started off with a 21-15, 21-16 success in the first set and then continued their dominance with a 21-16, 21-9 triumph in the second set before they dished out a commanding 21-12, 21-2 performance in the third set to close out the contest.
The team, however, lost 0-3 to SSB in their second match of the day's fixtures, but that defeat did not prevent Manipur from qualifying to the semifinals where prevailed against Delhi.