26-Oct-2007 97
Paddlers from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack cornered glory in the three-day All-Orissa State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, which concluded at the Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela today.
Mobina Unus (Cuttack) defeated her sister Rubana to grab the women`s single title, while Tousif Haque (Cuttack) emerged champion in men`s single, beating Sujit Ray (AG Orissa). But Ray, who teamed up with KVP Rama Rao, settled scores with Tousif, outplaying him and Mohammad Azhar in the men`s double final.
In the cadet category, Upasana Das (Bhubaneswar) and Pranab Sachin (Jharsuguda) claimed the girls` and boys` title respectively. The top honours in sub-junior singles were bagged by Bhubaneswar girl Samartha Prusty and Cuttack boy Asif Haque.
Samartha and Tousif achieved a `double` each by winning the junior girls` and boys` titles respectively.
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