Senior boys and girls make it a Rajasthan affair; Maharashtra, N.Bengal share junior titles

Mayur boys beat Maharashtra’s Jamnabai School 3-0 while St Xavier’s girls beat Siliguri Girls School 3-1 to make it an all Rajasthan affair in the senior sections. But the Jamnabai’s Junior Boys made amends while another North Bengal team, Jermels Academy made up for the Siliguri School girls by annexing the Junior titles.

 

With Manav Thakkar and Anukram in such a form it was always going to be difficult for any opponent and it was never a surprise that they had the upper hand all through the championships, including in the final against Jamanbai boys. Similarly, Priyanka Pareek’s fantastic outings in national ranking championships and the nationals stood her in good stead as she contributed hugely to St Xavier’s title triumph.

 

Maharashtra’s Jamnabai School blanked out North Bengal’s Margaret SN English School 3-0 in the final to claim the Junior Boys title. Dev Shroff and Maanav Mehta not only won their singles against Rauna Tiwari and Jayabrata Bhattacharjee but the Maharashtra school’s duo combined well to win the doubles to pull the shutters down on the Margaret boys.

 

Anargya Manjunath’s good work went down the drain as Jermels Academy from North Bengal won the Junior Girls crown after struggling past 3-2 in the final. The Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalaya’s spearhead whose good form and work—she won both her singles but failed to win crucial doubles—was not good enough as fortunes fluctuated from one extreme to another in the doubles. However, this loss will haunt the school for a long time as their weak link Yogeshwari Thyagraj failed to win one of her singles.

 

As for other losing semifinalists—Navcharna and ML Kakadia Schools from Gujarat, Loyola High School from Goa, Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya from Telangana, MAPS from Rajasthan, Jamnabai  School from Maharashtra and Scholars Rosary School from Harayana—in the four sections, their best was not enough to remain in contest. 

 

Results:

Senior Boys: Final: Mayur School (RAJ) bt Jamanabai School (MAH) 3-0 (Anukram Jain bt Shaurya Pednekar 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-9, Manav Thakkar bt Varun Seth 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, Anukram/Manav bt Shaurya/Yajat Thanawala 11-7, 11-7, 12-10); Semifinals: Mayur School Ajmer (RAJ) bt Navcharna School (GUJ) 3-1  (Manush Shah bt Anukram Jain 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, Manav Thakkar bt Samarth Bharadwaj 11-4, 11-6, 11-5, Manav/Anukram bt Manush/Samarth 11-4, 11-7, 11-6,  Manav Thakkar bt Manush Shah 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8); Jamanabai School (MAH) bt Loyola High School, (Goa) 3-1  (Wesley Rosario bt Varun Seth 11-8, 11-9 , 9-11, 11-4, Shaurya Pednekar bt Jeadal Gomes 11-3, 11-6, 11-8,  Shaurya/Rajat bt Wesley/Jeadal 11-8, 11-5 , 11-7, Shaurya Pednekar bt Wesley Rosario 11-5, 11-1 , 11-8).

Senior Girls: Final: St Xavier’s SS School (RAJ) bt Siliguri Girls High School (NB) Priyanka Pareek bt Diksha Biswas 11-8, 11-8, 11-1, Chhavi Singh lost to Nikita Sarkar 9-11, 10-12, 8-11, Priyanka/Chhavi bt Diksha/Nikita 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 14-12, Priyanka Pareek bt Nikita Sarkar 11-7, 11-8, 12-10); Semifinals: Siliguri Girls High School bt ML  Kakadia Natationl School (GUJ) 3-0 (Nikita Sarkar bt Parmar Prarthna 11-3, 11-4, 11-0, Diksha Biswas bt Fagun Bhatt 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, Diksha/Nikita bt Prathna/Fagun 12-10, 11-7, 11-9); St. Xaviers Senior Secondary School bt Bhavan’s Sri Ramkrishna Vidyalaya 3-1 (Priyanka Pareek bt V Lassya Subramanian 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8, V. Sassya Subramanina bt Chhavi Singh 11-7, 13-11, 11-4; Priyanka/Chhavi bt Sassya/Lassya 8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, Priyanka Pareek bt V. Sassya Subramanian 11-5, 11-9, 11-5).

Junior Boys: Final: Jamnabai School (MHR) bt Margaret English School (NB) 3-0 (Dev Shroff bt Raunak Tiwari 13-11, 11-3, 11-8, Maanav Mehta bt Jayabrata Bhattacharjee 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, Dev/Maanav bt Raunak/Jayabrata 11-4, 11-7, 11-9); Semifinals: Margaret SN English School (NB) bt SBOA, Chennai (TN) 3-1 (Jayabrata Bahttacharjee bt CM Mitershwar 11-4, 11-4, 11-5, G Varun bt Raunak Tiwari 11-9, 11-9, 118, Jayabrata/Raunak bt Varun/Mitershwar 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, Jayabrata Bhattacharjee bt G. Varun 11-9, 11-4, 11-6); Jamnabai  School (MAH) bt MAPS Ajmer (RAJ) 3-0 (Dev Shroff bt Aradhya Sharma 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, Maanav Mehta bt Khilanderjit 11-8, 11-8 , 10-12, 13-11, Manav/Dev bt Aradhya/Khilanderjit 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7).

Junior Girls: Final: Jermels Academy (NB) bt Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalay (KNT) 3-2 (Ritisha Nandi lost to Anargya Manjunath 3-11, 3-11, 6-11, Sataparni De bt Yogeshwari T 12-10 11-4, 11-4, Satapartni/Ritisha bt Anargya/Yogeshwari 11-5 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 14-12, Sataparni De lost to Anargya Manjunath 9-11,6-11, 4-11, Ritisha Nandi bt Yogeshwari T 11-4, 11-4, 11-9); Semifinals: Jyothy Kendriya Vidyalay (KNT) bt Jamnabai  School (MHR) 3-1 (Mihika Rohira bt Yogeshwari T 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, Anargya Manjunath bt Vidhi Shah 11-5, 11-8, 11-7,  Yogeshwari/Anargya M bt Mihika/Vidhi 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, Anargya Manjunath bt Mihika Rohira 11-6, 11-6, 11-3); Jeremels Academy (NB) bt Scholars Rosary School Rohtak (HRN) 3-1 (Suhana Saini bt Ritisha Nandi 11-7, 11-3, 11-2, Sataprni De bt Bishu Gulati 11-3, 11-3, 11-2, Sataparni De/Rishita Nandi bt Suhana/Bishu 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10, Sataparni De bt Suhana Saini 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9).