National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships: Manav, Moumita wear Youth crowns

ttAizawl: PSPB’s Manav Thakkar easily beat West Bengal’s Arjun Ghosh 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4) to win his third Youth Boys title of the season while it was Moumita Datta who blanked out Pridarshini Das 4-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6) to win the Youth Girls crown in the 11Even Sports National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the R Dengthuama Multipurpose Indoor Stadium at Mualpui here today.

In what turned out be a one-sided affair in both the singles finals Manav, after having won an intriguing semifinal against South Zone winner Birdie Boro, attacked right from the word go and Arjun, unable to contain him, wilted under pressure straightaway.

Yet, the West Bengal boy took the second game but that was all he could as Manav sewed it up rather quickly to win the next three to complete a formality here.

On the other hand, Moumita was hardly challenged by her state mate Priyadarshini. In fact, whatever