Surinder claims gold in TT tourney

Surinder Sharma overpowered CM Sharma to win the men’s singles 69+ final during the 8th Chandigarh State Masters Table Tennis Championships-2024 organised by Chandigarh Veterans TT Committee and Chandigarh Table Tennis Association.

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Surinder lost the first game 9-11, but only to bounce back with a 11-9, 14-12, 12-10 win in the next. In the semifinal, CM Sharma defeated DP Datta 14-12, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 18-16, while Surinder ousted AK Gupta 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4.

In the men’s 59+ final, Harish Kakkar defeated Naresh Kumar Gupta 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 to win the title. Subhash Chander Sharma won the men’s singles 64+ gold medal by defeating Jawahar Bhandari 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8.

The pair of Naresh Kumar and Suresh Madan won the men’s doubles 59+ final by defeating Harish Kakkar and DP Nagpal 3-11, 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, whereas Subhash Chander Sharma and Jawahar Bhandari defeated P Chakravarty and Arun Modgil 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6 to win the men’s doubles 64+ final.

Meanwhile, MA Khan and Sumit Jangra won the 39+ doubles final by defeating Baljit Singh and Ajit Singh 11-8, 11-3, 11-2. In the men’s 49+ doubles title clash, the pair of Rajiv Bobby Mehta and Aperapar Singh defeated Umesh Rajpal and Paramjit Singh. Mehta won the 49+ singles final by overpowering Paramjit.

Rama Kakkar logged a comeback win over Sukhwinder Kaur to win the women’s 49+ singles final. MA Khan won the 39+ singles final.