Manipur teams kick off Sr Sepaktakraw National C'ships campaign on winning notes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 01 2023:
Both the men's and women's team kicked off the 33rd Senior National Sepaktakraw Championships with two team event group stage victories respectively.
The championships are being hosted at DSO Indoor Stadium, Nagpur under the aegis of the Sepaktakraw Federation of India.
Manipur men's team clubbed alongside SSB, Delhi and Assam started their Group A campaign with a 3-0 win over Delhi before registering a similar win over Assam.
In the opening match, Manipur sealed the first regu 21-13, 21-13; second regu 21-19, 21-18 and third regu 14-21, 24-21, 21-11 to post a 3-0 win against Delhi.
In the second match, the State team posted 21-14, 21-10 win in first regu, 21-18, 19-21, 21-12 in the second regu and 21-15, 21-13 in the third regu against Assam.
Meanwhile in the women's team competition, Manipur kicked off their campaign (Group A) with a 3-0 win over Uttar Pradesh and eased to a similar 3-0 win over Bihar in the second match.
In the first match, Manipur won 21-8, 21-7 in the first regu, 21-10, 21-10 in the second regu and 21-15, 21-13 in the third regu to secure the 3-0 win over Uttar Pradesh.
In the second match against Bihar, they won 21-15, 21-11 in the first regu, 21-7, 21-7 in the second regu and 21-5, 21-4 in the third regu.