Ritvik, Nitya lift Cadet boys & girls titles; Ragini wins Sub Jr girls

Players in action during a Table Tennis match at Jammu on Thursday.
Players in action during a Table Tennis match at Jammu on Thursday.

44th Stag J&K UT & Inter-District TT C’ships

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Ritvik Gupta and Nitya emerged winners of Cadet’s boys and girls and lifted titles by defeating Gurasees and Tuheen by 3-0 each, while Ragini also lifted Sub-junior girls title by beating Mishti by 3-1 in the ongoing 44th Stag J&K UT and Inter-District Table Tennis Championships, here today.
In Men’s 2nd round, Ritvik beat Arya by 3-0, Rajan defeated Pranav Khajuria by 3-0, Maanay trounced Sandeep Luthra by 3-0, Saksham got better of Basit Bir by 3-0, Jishnu beat Abid Asad by 3-0, Jayesh trounced Qazi by 3-0, Faisal defeated Nitin by 3-1, Sandeep got better of Mohd Saqib by 3-1, Mehboob Elahi beat Rohan by 3-1 and Manan beat Akshit by 3-0.
In Men’s Pre quarter finals, Ritvik got better of Rajan by 3-1, Maanay beat Saksham by 3-0, Jayesh trounced Jishnu by 3-1, Manan defeated Mehboob Elahi by 3-0 and Akhilesh got better of Anuj by 3-2.
In Junior boys under-17 1st round, Akhilesh beat Madhav by 3-0, Archit trounced Mir Naveed by 3-0, Rudraksh beat Pratham Suri by 3-1, Ayush got better of Akshit by 3-2, Sarthak drubbed Shoaib by 3-0, Pranav defeated Aditya by 3-2, Lakshay trounced Hiteshwar by 3-0 and Amit beat Madhav by 3-1.
In Junior boys under-19 1st round, Zaffar drubbed Pranav Chadha by 3-0, Sarthak beat Mohd Sakib by 3-0, Rohan trounced Varun by 3-1, Prince beat Akshit by 3-2, Ritvik got better of Rakshan by 3-1, Maanay defeated Madhav by 3-0, Hanumat beat Qadri by 3-0 and Raagdeep beat Jashn.
Prominent persons including Satbir Singh, Sanjay Wahi, Rajan Sharma, I.P Singh, Satish Gupta, Ajay Sharma, Er Saleem Bandey (Secretary Poonch district TT Association), Ashok Singh (Sports Officer Jammu Province), Vikas Gupta (Joint secretary, Judo Federation of India), Gurvinder Singh Sasan, Vasu Dewan, Sandeep Khadotra, Narinder Singh, Sheetal Gandotra & Sanjeev Gupta were present during the event.