06-Oct-2008 485
Bhubaneswar lass Samartha Prusty Cuttack lad Asif Haque emerged as two most promising paddlers of the state with each achieving a hat-trick of titles in the All-Orissa Open Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, which concluded at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela today.
A ninth-standard student of St Xavier School (Khandagiri), Samartha won her three titles in sub-junior, junior and women`s singles events.
Asif clinched his `treble` in sub-junior singles, doubles and junior singles. Asif`s family achieved another creditable feat in the tournament with his two elder brother, Tausif and Tohid emerging champion and runner-up respectively in men`s singles.
Anuska Nayak and Pranab Sachin claimed the remaining two of the nine titles in cadet girls` and boys` singles respectively.
Results (all finals):
Cadet girls` singles:
Anuska Nayak (Khurda) bt Ankita Senapati (Bhubaneswar) 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7)
Cadet boys` singles:
Pranab Sachin (Jharsuguda) bt Ajitabh Kalta (Bhubaneswar) 3-2 (9-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7)
Sub-junior girls` singles:
Samartha Prusty bt Soumya Mishra (Bhubaneswar) 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-5)
Sub-junior boys` singles:
Asif Haque (Cuttack) bt Pranab Sachin 4-1 (11-8, 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 11-3)
Sub-jr boys` doubles:
Asif Haque-P Sachin bt Asis Agarwal-Sarthak Mishra 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5)
Junior girls` singles:
Samartha Prusty bt Sunita Si (Khurda) 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-5)
Junior boys` singles:
Asif Haque bt Samarendra Lala (Cuttack) 4-3 (7-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 13-11)
Women`s singles:
Samartha Prusty bt Sunita Si (Khurda) 4-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5, 11-6).
Men`s singles:
Tausif Haque (Cuttack) bt Tohid Haque (Cuttack) 4-2 (9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 16-14).
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