Sports Correspondent
Ludhiana, November 22
Jasmeen, a trainee of the Aspire Academy, clinched the title in the cadet girls’ section in the Open Ludhiana District Table Tennis Tournament for cadet and sub-junior boys and girls being held at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here today.
In the final, Jasmeen faced a little challenge from Yashvi Sharma whom she outperformed in straight sets (11-6, 11-8 and 11-9) to lift the title. Around 50 participants are competing in the two-day tournament.
Earlier, in the semi-finals, Jasmeen outplayed Reet 3-0 (11-6, 11-4 and 11-3) while Yashvi defeated Bhavneet Kaur 3-0 (11-6, 11-9 and 11-7) to settle for the title clash.
In the cadet boys’ category, Aarav Dadu outclassed Jaspreet Singh 11-5, 11-7 and 11-8 whereas Raghav Bhanot got the better of Satvik Jindal (11-8, 11-7, 7-11 and 11-6) to set up the summit clash.
In the sub-junior girls’ semi-finals, Sehajpreet Kaur overcame stiff resistence from Yati whom she overpowered (11-8, 9-11, 11-9 and 12-10) to secure a berth in the final where she would face Yana, who beat Palak (11-4, 11-3 and 11-7).
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