Telangana Under 19 teams returned with two silver medals as they finished second best at the National School Games Table Tennis Championships held in New Delhi.
In the U-19 boys category final, only Hari Krishna could win a singles match, against Jash of Maharashtra but failed to find support from his teammates Saroj Siril and Md Ali, who lost their respective matches as Telangana went down 1-3.
The girls also went down to Maharashtra in the final. Telangana girl V. Sasya came back from a game down to score a 9-11, 10-12, 10-12 win over Disha from Maharashtra while G. Praneetha defeated Shruthi 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 but those were the only two matches the State girls could win as Maharashtra powered their way to a 3-2 victory with wins from Sausati and Shruti in combination matches to take the trophy.
The teams (Boys): V. S. Harikrishna, Md. Ali, Saroj Siril, Sai Tejesh, Sriram Bhargav; Girls: G. Praneetha, V. Sasya, V. Laasya, B. Raaga Niveditha and Vinoochitra.
The results
Boys finals: Maharashtra bt Telangana 3-1 (Anirudh (Maharashtra) bt Saroj Siril (Telangana) 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-7); Jash (Maharashtra) lost to Harikrishna (Telangana) 1-3 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 2-11); Shushan (Maharashtra) bt Md. Ali (Telangana) 3-2 (7-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9, 12-10); Anirudh (Maharashtra) bt Harikrishna (Telangana) 3-1 (9-11, 14-12, 11-7, 12-10).
Boys semifinals: Telangana bt New Delhi 3-0 (Saroj Siril (Telangana) bt Parth Virmani (New Delhi) 2-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-9); Harikrishna (Telangana) bt Shub Goel (New Delhi) 2-1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-8); Md. Ali (Telangana) bt Ayush Kapoor (New Delhi) 2-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-6).
Girls finals: Maharashtra bt Telangana 3-2 (Sausati (Maharashtra) bt V. Laasya (Telangana) 3-1 (11-5, 13-15, 11-7, 11-8); Shruthi (Maharashtra) bt G. Praneetha (Telangana) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-3); Disha (Maharashtra) lost to V. Sasya (Telangana) 1-3 (9-11, 10-12, 10-12); Shruthi (Maharashtra) lost to G. Praneetha (Telangana) 1-3 (11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 8-11); Sausati (Maharashtra) bt V. Laasya (Telangana) 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 14-12, 11-5).
Girls semifinals: Telangana bt West Bengal 3-2 (V. Sasya (Telangana) lost to Surabhi (West Bengal) 1-2 (11-8, 8-11,6-11); G. Pranitha (Telangana) bt Tulika (West Bengal) 2-1 (11-13, 11-5, 12-10); V. Laasya (Telangana) bt Poulami (West Bengal) 2-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-5); G. Pranitha (Telangana) lost to Surabhi (West Bengal) 0-2 (9-11, 8-11); V. Sasya (Telangana) bt Tulika (West Bengal) 2-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-9).
