Hyderabad paddlers shine at Telangana State-ranking TT tournament

Rithish Kumar defeated Ramesh Kumar in the men's singles second round of the Samreddy Sudershan Reddy Memorial Telangana State-ranking Table Tennis Tournament. Meanwhile, Yashvasin, K Tarun, Jatin Dev and B Harshith Reddy advanced to the boys' Under-19 semifinals

Hyderabad: Rithish Kumar of the Hyderabad District Table Tennis Association defeated Ramesh Kumar of Postal 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 in the men’s singles second round of the Samreddy Sudershan Reddy Memorial Telangana State-ranking Table Tennis Tournament here on Friday.

The results:

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Men: Second round: Rithish Kumar (HDTTA) bt Ramesh Kumar (POSTAL) 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8; M Trishul (AWA) bt Krishna K Ajay (ADTTC) 11-9, 11-4, 14-12; Ali Mohammed (HDTTA) bt Mahasvin (SGUTTA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Zubair (ZTTA) bt RVN Raju (HVS) 10-12, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; B Vathsin (GTTA) bt M Virat (AWA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7; P Arjun (SGUTTA) bt Adnaan (TTA) 12-10, 11-6, 11-9; Jatin Dev (SGUTTA) bt V Siddarth (TTA) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7; K Sai Kiran (LFHSA) bt Ramakrishna (Postal) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4.

Boys:

Under-19:

Quarterfinals: Yashvasin (AWA) bt Arush Reddy (SGUTTA) 6-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 13-11; K Tarun (GSM) bt Hriaan (LFHSA) 11-13, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9; Jatin Dev (SGUTTA) bt Tanay Kumar (SPARS) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; B Harshith Reddy (SGUTTA) bt Pramaan (LFA) 9-11, 11-4, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8.