Sepaktakraw: State eves settle for silver, bronze for men's team
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 04 2023:
Manipur women's team settled for silver medal while the men's team took bronze in the regu competition of the 33rd Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship 2023 at Nagpur, Maharashtra on Tuesday.
In the regu women's final, Manipur lost out to SSB, who secured a 21-14, 21-15 straight sets win.
In the quarterfinals, the state women's team dominated Telangana 21-9, 21-8 before they defeated Assam 21-19,21-9 in their semifinal match.
Earlier in the league round, Manipur women made a clean sheet of their six matches, starting off with a commanding 21-6, 21-1 win over Jharkhand before they got the better of Rajasthan 21-6, 21-3, Himachal Pradesh 21-3, 21-2, Uttarakhand 21-2, 21-3, Delhi 21-6, 21-8 and Bihar 21-3, 21-7 .
Manipur men's team, on the other hand, went down fighting in their semifinal match against Delhi to be content with the bronze medal.
The men's team suffered a 21-14, 22-20 defeat in the semifinal.
Earlier, they outplayed Maharashtra 21-15, 21-18 in the quarterfinal.
The state men's team had won five of their six league matches to progress to the quarterfinals.
They started their campaign with an easy 21-4, 21-8 success against Jammu & Kashmir.
In their second match, Manipur outperformed Jharkhand 21-12, 21-9 and they went on to beat Haryana 21-9, 21-16, Karnataka 21-10, 21-7 and Andhra Pradesh 21-18, 21-6 before losing their sixth match (16-21, 21-9, 18-21) to Assam.