PANCHKULA, Sept 27: Dhruv from Karnal and Poonam from Rohtak won the kids under-10 boys and girls singles titles in the Raj Kumar Babuta Memorial Haryana State Ranking table tennis tournament at the DAV Public School, Sector 8, here.In the boys final, Dhruv defeated Rohit Verma (Sirsa) 21-19, 20-22, 25-23 and Poonam beat Sonam of Rohtak 21-19, 21-12 in the girls section.
Results
Kids boys
: Satish (Srs) b Mohit Verma (Srs), 23-21,11-21,22-20, Rohit Verma (Srs) b Rohit (Knl) 21-12, 21-15, Rohit (Knl) b Rajet (Srs) 21-11, 21-14. Semi-finals: Dhruv (Knl) b Satish (Srs) 19-21, 21-9, 21-15.
Final: Dhruv (Knl) b Rohit Verma (Srs) 21-19, 20-22, 25-23.
Kids girls: Staffi (Srs) b Suman (Srs) 21-17, 14-21, 21-19, Poonam (Rht) b Richa Khanna (Srs) 21-16, 21-11, Meenakshi (Srs) b Rishu (Srs) 21-11, 21-13. Semi-finals: Sonam (Rht) b Staffi (Srs) 21-16, 18-21, 21-16, Poonam (Rht) b Meenakshi (Srs) 21-12, 21-14.
Final: Poonam (Rht) b Sonam (Rht) 21-19, 21-12.
The following are the seedings for the open events:
Men's singles: 1 Ganesh Ahuja (Srs), 2 Janinder Jain (Fbd), 3 Neeraj Mann (Knl), 4 Neeraj Kumar (Pkl), 5 Vikas Saini (Roh), 6 R.K. Dogra (HSEB), 7 Suneel Ahuja (Srs).
Women: 1 Rekha Sehgal (Srs), 2 Monika (Srs), 3 Meenu (Srs).
Boys: 1 Sunil Ahuja (Srs), 2 Neeraj Kumar (Pkl), 3 Neeraj Mani (Knl).
Girls: 1 Monika (Srs), 2 Meenu (Srs), 3 Oreeti (Roh).
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