India's Under-19 girls extended their unbeaten run with a series of commanding performances in the regional qualifiers for the ITTF-ATTU Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships at the Indira Gandhi Rajya Khel Parisar.
With today's results after the completion of team events, India claimed three of the four team titles—Under-19 Girls, Under-15 Boys, and Under-15 Girls—underlining the country's strength and depth at the junior level. The only title to elude the hosts came in the Under-19 Boys category, where Bangladesh finished on top in a closely fought contest. India did not field a team in this section, having already secured qualification during last year's Asian Championships in Tashkent.
The hosts registered clinical 3-0 victories over Nepal, Maldives, and Bangladesh today, finishing comfortably at the top of the round-robin standings. Yesterday, the hosts beat Sri Lanka by a similar margin.
With four wins from as many ties, India not only retained the gold medal in the category but also qualified as the top-ranked team for the continental championships. Sri Lanka, finishing second, claimed the other qualification spot from the region.
In the Under-19 Boys section, Bangladesh emerged as the top team following a tightly contested league phase. Although India had already secured qualification earlier, the battle for the top position went down to the final round. Though Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal logged identical records of two wins and one loss each, Bangladesh clinched the gold medal on a superior average, leaving Sri Lanka with the silver and Nepal and the Maldives with the bronze.
India's dominance was most evident in the Under-15 categories, where both the boys' and girls' teams delivered authoritative performances to secure top honours. The boys remained unbeaten with emphatic 3-0 wins over Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, while the girls mirrored that feat with identical score lines against the same opponents. Across both sections, the Indian paddlers were in complete control, rarely dropping games and consistently dictating the tempo of play.
The singles and doublesevents across the sections begin tomorrow.
Results Team:
Under 19 Boys: Round 3:Bangladesh bt Sri Lanka 3-0; Nepal bt Maldives 3-0.
Under 15 Boys: Round 3, 4& 5: India bt Nepal 3-0 (Aditya Das bt Reevar Bajracharya 11-4, 11-5, 11-8,Rishaan Chattopadhyay bt Nischal Thapa 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Akash Rajavelu bt Siddhartha Gyawali 11-4, 11-5, 11-8); Sri Lanka bt Maldives 3-0; India bt SriLanka 3-0 (Akshay Kirikara 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8, Aditya bt Yenul Abeywickrama11-4, 11-8, 11-6, Rishaan bt Pitiyage Silva 11-5, 11-1, 11-6); Bangladesh bt Maldives 3-0; India bt Bangladesh 3-0 (Akshay bt Shahin Mohammed 11-8, 11-2,11-6, Aditya bt Midul Mohammed 11-4, 13-11, 11-4, Akash bt Tamjid Porosh 11-9,8-11, 11-3, 11-4); Sri Lanka bt Nepal 3-1.
Under 19 Girls: Round 3, 4& 5: India bt Nepal 3-0 (Jennifer Varghese bt Binaca Rai 11-8, 11-3, 11-8,Ananya Muralidharan bt Evana Thapa 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, Ditsa Roy bt Yonggi Poudel 11-4, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4); Sri Lanka bt Maldives 3-0; India bt Maldives 3-0(Ananya bt Mishka Ibrahim 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, Jennifer bt Fathimath Ali 11-8,11-3, 16-14, Prisha Goel bt Aishaath Nafiz 11-5, 11-4, 11-5); Sri Lanka bt Bangladesh 3-1; India bt Bangladesh 3-0 (Ditsa Roy bt Khoy Saia 11-4, 11-1,11-4, Prisha bt Resmi Tanchangya 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, Ananya bt Nusrat Ananna11-7, 11-4, 11-7).
Under 15 Girls: Round 3, 4& 5: India bt Nepal 3-0 (Sreejani Chakraborty bt Suramya Shakya 11-3, 11-4,11-7, Ankolika Chakraborty Arsana Maharjan 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, Ahona Ray bt Shyra Shakya 11-9, 11-3, 11-1); Maldives bt Sri Lanka 3-2; India bt Sri Lanka 3-0(Tanishka Kalbhairav bt Chanu Kariyawasam 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, Ankolika bt Muthuli Welathanthrige 11-1, 11-3, 11-6, Sreejani bt Sithma Hikkaduwa 11-4, 11-9,11-8); Maldives bt Bangladesh 3-1; India bt Bangladesh 3-0 (Tanishka bt Rafia Chowdhury 11-2, 11-2, 11-4, Ankolika bt Roza Islam 11-6, 11-5, 11-1, Ahona bt Sabiha Papiya 11-3, 11-6, 11-5).
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