L Sumila clinches women's title
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2018:
L Sumila of Accountant General clinched the women's singles title in the ongoing 1st State Open Ranking Table Tennis Championship (Cash Prize) 2018 organised by Kakching District Table Tennis Association (KDTTA) at Kakching Chumnang Leikai Indoor Stadium, Kakching.
L Sumila got the better of Thoubal's H Senerita by 11-8, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 sets in the final match staged today to win the women's title.
H Liya Chanu of Thoubal was able to secured the cadet girls title by beating her district mate Kh Loyalembi by 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 sets in the final while junior girls title went to Thoubal's H Senerita who defeated Y Lakshmipyari of IE 11-5, 11-10, 11-8, 13-11 in the final.
M Deepa of Thoubal will be facing Y Lakshmipyari of IE for the sub-junior girls title tomorrow.
M Deepa defeated H Yaiphabi of Thoubal by 4-3 sets (5-11, 11-7,7-11, 11-8, 11-7,7-11, 18-16 ) in a very competitive semi-final while Y Lakshmipyari sealed a 3-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4 to book the final berth.
P Lokendro and M Surjit will lock horns with Biren and Opendro in the veteran men's doubles final.
P Lokendro and M Surjit defeated S Elen and Dr AK Rajkumar 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9 in the first semi-final while Biren and Opendro overcame RK Radhakrishna and M Vinod 11-7, 7-11, 14-12, 11-8 to move into the final.
In the quarter final clashes of the junior boys competition, H Samu of IE beat M Manju of Thoubal by 4-2 sets; IW's Thomas beat Thoubal's L Bidyananda by 4-1 sets; IE's A Bairel saw off IE's Minacruz TH by 4-0 sets to move into semi-finals.
The semi-final line up of the youth boys singles competition also completed today.
IE's Kh Bantakumar overcame L Manju of Thoubal 1-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 to book the semifinal berth while IW's Rohit beat IE's H Samson by 4-2 sets to move into the last 4 round.
The third quarter final match of the competition saw, W Lanthoiba of Thoubal beat IE's Bairel 4-0 sets to seal the semi-final berth.