State Veteran's TT Tourney: City's Krishnamurthy triumphs

Mysuru's veteran Table Tennis player K.V. Krishnamurthy, taking part in the 9th Veterans State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament conducted by Hebbal Table Tennis Academy recently, won the Men's 75 plus Singles title. In the final, K.V. Krishnamurthy beat Mysuru's Dr. Sainath Iyer 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 to clinch the title. RESULTS Men 40+ Finals: K.N. Sandeep bt M.K. Shivakumar 11-9,12-10,11-9. Semi-finals: K.N. Sandeep bt Ashwin Venugopal 11-2,11-6, 20-18; M.K. Shivakumar bt M.G. Deepak 8-11,16-14,11-13,11-8,11-4. Men 50+ Finals: Manideep Sen bt K. Harishkar 11-9,12-10,12-10. Semi-finals: K. Harishkar bt S.S. Sundeep 14-12,11-9,11-6; Manideep Sen bt K.L. Shridhar 11-8,11-9,11-2. Men 60+ Finals: Vishu Botta bt R. Prasad 13-11,11-7,11-8. Semi-finals: Vishu Botta bt Murugesh Kubsud 9-11,11-6,11-7,11-6; R. Prasad bt M.N. Raghavendra 7-11,11-7,11-6,11-4. Men 65+ Finals: Gururaj bt G. Manoharan 7-11,11-5,11-7,11-6. Semi-finals: G. Manoharan bt Udayshankar Rao 11-9,11-9,4-11,11-8; Gururaj bt Sanjiv C 8-11,11-8.11-9,11-6. Men 70+ Finals: V.R. Vaidya bt K.A. Udayshankar 12-10,11-7,11-13,11-9,11-7. Semi-finals: K.A. Udayshankar bt G.Y. Prabhakhar 11-5,11-6,11-5; V.R. Vaidya bt N.K. Kabra 11-2,11-2,8-11,11-7. Men 75 Finals: K.V. Krishnamurthy bt Dr. Sainath Iyer 11-7,11-6,11-6. Semi-finals: K.V. Krishnamurthy bt K. Sathyanarayana 11-9,12-10,8-11,5-11,19-17; Dr. Sainath Iyer bt S. Gopalan 11-8,11-8,11-9. Women 40+ Finals: Radhika Dorle bt Anjana P. Rao11-5,11-5,8-11,11-9. Semi-finals: Radhika Dorle bt R. Samina 9-11,5-11,11-9,11-3,11-8; Anjana P. Rao bt Soumya Sandeep 11-6,11-7,13-11. Women 50+ Finals: Premee bt Gayathri Adiga 11-3,11-9,11-7. Semi-finals: Premee bt S. Anitha 11-8,11-6, 8-11, 12-10; Gayathri Adiga bt K. Pradnya 11-7,11-9,8-11,11-3.