Ashutosh, Shambhavi win AITA titles
LUCKNOW: Young Ashutosh Tewari proved his supremacy in the under-14 boys singles category at the AITA Talent Series tournament once again on Sunday in style.
Coached by Vijay Pathak at the hard surface of the Vijayantkhand stadium, top seeded Ashutosh didn’t bother much in disposing off second seeded Vaibhav Singh Bisht 6-2, 6-3 in straight sets on the clay surface of the SDS’s Academy. Bisht had no answers to Tewari’s powerful hits and perfects drops at the net. In the under-12 final, top seeded Swapnil Sharma struggled a bit against unseeded Nishant Singh before scripting 7-5, 6-1 win. Top seeded Shambhavi Tiwari outplayed Kaavya Sahewney 6-3, 7-6 (5) to bag the girls under-14 title, whereas second seeded Poorvi Bhatt notched up a convincing 6-2, 6-3 win against Saumya Stuti to claim the under-12 title. ZABARJEET WINS Veteran Zabarjeet Singh won the men’s singles crown of the district table tennis championship, defeating Vikram Singh in straight games 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, at the UPTTA Complex here on Sunday. Moitree Chatterjee, who defeated Tulika Roy 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 walked away with women’s single title.
RESULTS
Men’s singles (final): Zaberjeet Singh bt Vikram Singh 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; Semi-finals: Vikram Singh bt Abhishek Ranjan 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, Zaberjeet Singh bt Gaurav Khanna 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.
Youth Boys (final): Aakash Yadav
bt Adarsh Srivastava 11-9, 11-8, 11-7;
Semi-finals: Aakash Yadav bt Akash Dwivedi 11-5, 11-7, 4-11, 11-8, Adarsh Srivastava bt Abhishek Ranjan 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.
Junior boys ( final): Adarsh Srivastava bt Subhankar Yadav 13-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8; Semi-finals: Adarsh Srivastava bt Akash Dwivedi 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, Shubhankar Yadav bt Divyanshu Srivastava 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9.
Sub-junior boys (final): Adarsh Srivastava bt Divyansh Srivastava 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Semi-finals: Adarsh Srivastava bt Aryan Dixit 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, Divyansh Srivastava bt Atharv Saxena 11-5, 11-8, 11-7.
Cadet boys (final): Divyansh Srivastava bt Chinmay Chakravorty 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Semi-finals: Divyansh Srivastava bt Badal 11-5, 11-7, 11-8, Chinmay Chakravorty bt Prakhar Srivastava 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.
Women’s (final): Moitree Chatterjee bt Tulika Roy 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Semi
finals: Moitree Chatter bt Diksha Dhruvansh 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, Tulika Roy bt Vineeta Singh 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.
Youth girls (final): Pratiksha Yadav bt Akriti Srivastava 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6; Semi-finals: Prateeksha Yadav bt Diksha Dhruvansh 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 Akriti Srivastava bt Chetna Dixit 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.
Junior Girls ( final): Aakriti Srivastava bt Piha Sharma 11-4, 11-7, 11-9; Semi-finals: Akriti Srivastava bt Disha 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, Piha Sharma bt Sakshi Srivastava 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.
Sub-junior girls (final): Akriti Srivastava bt Piha Sharma 11-4, 11-8, 11-9; Semi-finals: Akriti Srivastava bt Saloni Bansal 11-5, 11-7, 11-8, Piha Sharma bt Simran Nigam 11-4, 11-7, 11-9.
ELECTED Rajendra Katyayan of Rastriya Sahara was re-elected president of the Lucknow Sports Journalists Association (LSJA) for a term of two years at the association’s annual general meeting here today. Hindustan Times’ Sharad Deep and Ramendra Singh of Rastriya Sahara were elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. LSJA patron Santosh Suri presided over the AGM.
OTHER OFFICE-BEARERS Life-time president: Asheem Mukherjee (Times of India), Senior vice
president: Suffal Bhattaacharya (Dainik Hindustan); Vice-presidents: Saboor Ahmed (Times of India), Rajesh Singh (Hindi Pioneer); Joint secretaries: Syed Rabab Haider Rizvi (Dainik Aag); Mihir Srivastava (Pioneer Hindi); Organising
secretary: SM Arshad (Dainik Aaj); PRO: Syed Abbas (Voice of Movemnet).