UTT Junior Nationals: Telangana’s Varun storms into semis

Earlier in the pre-quarterfinals, Shankar defeated Jash Modi.

Indore: Telangana’s Varun Shankar outplayed Riswav Dey of Bengal 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 in the junior boys quarterfinals of the UTT 82nd Junior and Youth National Table Tennis Championships, at the Abhay Prashal on Wednesday.

Earlier in the pre-quarterfinals, Shankar defeated Jash Modi (Maharashtra) 11-2, 11-9, 11-8.
However, there was a big setback for another Telangana boy SFR Snehit, the senior nationals bronze medallist, who lost to Payas Jain (Del). Payas won 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9 in the quarterfinals.

Results:

Youth boys: Quarterfinals: Jeet Chandra (Har) bt Chinmaya Somaiya (Mah) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 7-11, 11-8, Raegan Albuquerque (Mah) bt Manush Shah (Guj) 5-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-5, Anukram Jain (RSPB) bt Wesley Do Rosario (Har) 13-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, Payas Jain (Del) bt SFR Snehit (Telg) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9.

Junior Boys: Quarterfinals: Varun Shankar (Telg) bt Riswav Dey (Ben) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7, Payas Jain (Del) bt Soumyadeep Sarkar (Ben) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7, Deepit Patil (Mah) H.Jeho (Miz) 11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 15-13, Yashansh Malik (Del) bt Agniv Bhaskar Gohain (Asm) 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10.

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