Telangana ride on Nikhat, Sreeja heroics at TT Nationals in Hyderabad.
Telangana paddlers team pose with chief guest and Member of Parliament K. Kavitha at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Hyderabad: Telangana women marched into the pre-quarterfinals while the men’s side found themselves in a do-or-die situation in the team event of the senior national and inter-state table tennis championships being played at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The women’s team — comprising Nikhat Banu, Varuni Jaiswal and Akula Sreeja — defeated Uttar Pradesh 3-0 and then, eased past Gujarat 3-1 to book their last-16 spot.
Meanwhile, the men’s team lost to West Bengal 0-3 and must defeat Uttarakhand to qualify for the pre-quarters. In the women’s section, against Gujarat, Varuni lost the opening singles match to Frenaz Chipia 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 5-11. Nikhat righted Telangana’s course with a come-from-behind 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9 win over Gohil Divyaba.
Sreeja then beat Nirja Trivedi 13-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-8 and made it 2-1 before Nikhat, playing her reverse singles, took Telangana through with a straight-game 11-7, 11-9, 11-3 victory against Frenaz.
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