Zubair, Shoba win titles in 2nd Telangana State Veterans Table Tennis Ranking Tournament held in Hyderabad

In the finals, Zubair triumphed over G Tirthadip of GSM 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 to emerge as the champion, while in the hard-fought women’s final, Shoba edged past I Vinuta of HDTTA 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9.

Hyderabad: Mohd Zubair Farooqui of AWA and V Shoba Rani of GTTA clinched the men’s and women’s 39+ category titles, respectively, in the 2nd Telangana State Veterans Table Tennis Ranking Tournament in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

In the finals, Zubair triumphed over G Tirthadip of GSM 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 to emerge as the champion, while in the hard-fought women’s final, Shoba edged past I Vinuta of HDTTA 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9.

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Results: Finals: Singles: Men’s: 39+ Category: Mohd. Zubair Farooqui (AWA) bt G Tirthadip (GSM) (3-1) (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9); Women’s: 39+:V Shoba Rani (GSM) bt I Vinuta (HDTTA) (3-2) (11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9); Men’s: 49+: B Manohar Kumar (GTTA) bt Rajesh Reddy (LFHSA) (3-0) (11-6, 11-7, 11-3); Women’s: 49+:NR Aparna (GSM) bt Madhu Vyas (LFHSA) (3-0) (11-6, 11-5, 11-2); Men’s: 59+:P Suresh (HDTTA) bt P Suresh (HDTTA) (3-0) (11-8, 11-3, 11-6); Women’s: 59+:I Sukanya (HDTTA) bt G Mahalakshmi (HDTTA) (3-0) (11-5, 11-3, 11-5); Men’s: 64+:YD Upender Nath (HDTTA) bt ERS Prabhakar (GSM) (3-0) (11-7, 11-8, 11-8); Women’s: 69+:S Ramesh (GSM) bt M Nagaraju (HDTTA) (3-0) (11-2, 11-4, 11-3); Doubles: 59+: Men’s: Hitesh Dolwani/Deepak bt B Manohar Kumar (3-2) (11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9); Women’s: Shobha Rani/Vinutha bt NR Aparna/Parvathi (3-0) (11-5, 11-7, 11-6); Mixed Doubles 59+: B Manohar Kumar/Shobha Rani bt Hitesh/Parvathi (3-0) (11-6, 11-9, 11-8).