Nidhi, Hassan bag carrom gold

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 15 

Nidhi Gupta and Mohd. Hassan won the women’s and men’s title, respectively, on the concluding day of the 28th Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45. 

In the women’s final, Nidhi proved her mettle against Tuba 25-1 23-25 22-19. In the semifinals, Tuba defeated Maryam 25-0 16-15 and Nidhi defeated Farhin 20-25 23-17 23-12.

Hassan won the title by defeating Mohd. Talib 25-8 16-17 25-9. In semifinals, Hasan defeated Md. Sarhan 25-0 25-4 and Talib beat Gagandeep Singh 25-10 25-17. In the boys’ junior final, Sahil Thakur defaeted Gopal Kakkar 7-9 21-1 21-4. Chirag claimed the thrid position by defeating Mayank Gupta 21-9 21-13

Results 

Men (2nd Round): Sudhir Sidhu bt Sahil Thakur 13-20 25-05 25-06, Md Sarham bt Piyush Soni 21-00 21-00 Himanshu Sekhar bt Dhruva Joyti Sharma 18-01 12-1717-11, Sanjay Negi bt Mazhar Khan 24-09 20-07, Gagandeep bt Umeed Ali 21-09 25-10, Talib bt Ajay Parkash 21-00 21-00 ; (Quarterfinal): Hassan bt Paras 25-01 25-00, Sarham bt Sudhir 18-15  22-20