Mysuru :

K.V. Krishna Murthy of Mysuru, representing Karnataka, annexed the men 75+ National Table Tennis Championship (Gold Medal) in the STAG 23rd Veteran National Table Tennis Championship-2015 organised by the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India and Indian Veteran Table Tennis Committee at Chandigarh from Feb. 27 to Mar. 2.

In the finals, Krishna Murthy defeated K. Satyanarayana, also of Karnataka, 3-1 [12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7]; in the semi-finals he defeated Rajagopal of Tamil Nadu 3-1 [10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-2]; in the quarter-final B.U. Krishna Murthy of Karnataka – the reigning National Champion & Top seep, 3-1 [11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4] and M.Chatterjee of West Bengal 3-0 [11-7, 11-6, 11-6] in the pre-quarter finals.

Krishna Murthy also won Silver Medal in the Team Championships and Bronze in the 70+ Doubles partnering N.S. Singh of Mysuru.

City’s women players J. Mamatha and Ansa won the women 40+Gold medal team event while Dr. T. Shantha won Bronze in 65+ Individual event.

K.V. Krishna Murthy and N.S. Singh duo also won Bronze Medal in 70+ Doubles event.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / March 15th, 2016