Bengaluru :

City’s upcoming paddler M.V. Spoorthi taking part in the R.S. Shakuntala Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at KGS Club, Bengaluru hogged the limelight by bagging a triple crown on Sunday.

Spoorthi won the women’s singles, youth girls singles and junior girls singles titles. In the women’s singles final, Spoorthi beat Swetha Kumaravel 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6.

In the Youth girls singles final, Spoorthi beat V. Kushi 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.

Earlier, Spoorthi had won the junior girls singles title and thus completed a fine treble.

In the men’s singles event, Anirban Tarafdar beat city’s Akshay Mahanta 10-12, 14-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-3 in the quarter-finals while Rakshith beat city’s Vedanth M. Urs 13-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 in another quarter-final.

In the Youth boys singles quarter-final, Nikhil beat Vedanth M. Urs 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 to progress further.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / June 21st, 2016