India’s Under-19 girls extended their unbeaten run with a series of commanding performances in the regional qualifiers for the ITTF-ATTU Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships at the Indira Gandhi Rajya Khel Parisar in Shimla on Thursday.
India claimed three of the four team titles, Under-19 Girls, Under-15 Boys, and Under-15 Girls, underlining the country’s strength and depth at the junior level. The only title to elude the hosts came in the Under-19 Boys category, where Bangladesh finished on top in a closely fought contest. India did not field a team in this section, having already secured qualification during last year’s Asian Championships in Tashkent.
The hosts registered clinical 3-0 victories over Nepal, Maldives, and Bangladesh on Thursday, finishing comfortably at the top of the round-robin standings. Yesterday, the hosts beat Sri Lanka by a similar margin.
Indian Under-19 girls and Under-15 boys begin campaign with a bang at Asian Youth TT
With four wins from as many ties, India not only retained the gold medal in the category but also qualified as the top-ranked team for the continental championships. Sri Lanka, finishing second, claimed the other qualification spot from the region.
In the Under-19 Boys section, Bangladesh emerged as the top team following a tightly contested league phase. Although India had already secured qualification earlier, the battle for the top position went down to the final round. Though Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal logged identical records of two wins and one loss each, Bangladesh clinched the gold medal on a superior average, leaving Sri Lanka with the silver and Nepal and the Maldives with the bronze.
India’s dominance was most evident in the Under-15 categories, where both the boys’ and girls’ teams delivered authoritative performances to secure top honours. The boys remained unbeaten with emphatic 3-0 wins over Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, while the girls mirrored that feat with identical scorelines against the same opponents. Across both sections, the Indian paddlers were in complete control, rarely dropping games and consistently dictating the tempo of play.
The singles and doubles events across the sections begin on Friday.
Results (Team events): Under 19 Boys: Round 3: Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 3-0; Nepal beat Maldives 3-0.
Under 15 Boys: Round 3, 4 & 5: India beat Nepal 3-0 (Aditya Das beat Reevar Bajracharya 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, Rishaan Chattopadhyay beat Nischal Thapa 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Akash Rajavelu beat Siddhartha Gyawali 11-4, 11-5, 11-8); Sri Lanka beat Maldives 3-0; India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (Akshay Kirikara 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8, Aditya beat Yenul Abeywickrama 11-4, 11-8, 11-6, Rishaan beat Pitiyage Silva 11-5, 11-1, 11-6); Bangladesh beat Maldives 3-0; India beat Bangladesh 3-0 (Akshay beat Shahin Mohammed 11-8, 11-2, 11-6, Aditya beat Midul Mohammed 11-4, 13-11, 11-4, Akash beat Tamjid Porosh 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4); Sri Lanka beat Nepal 3-1.
Under 19 Girls: Round 3, 4 & 5: India beat Nepal 3-0 (Jennifer Varghese beat Binaca Rai 11-8, 11-3, 11-8, Ananya Muralidharan beat Evana Thapa 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, Ditsa Roy beat Yonggi Poudel 11-4, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4); Sri Lanka beat Maldives 3-0; India beat Maldives 3-0 (Ananya beat Mishka Ibrahim 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, Jennifer beat Fathimath Ali 11-8, 11-3, 16-14, Prisha Goel beat Aishaath Nafiz 11-5, 11-4, 11-5); Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh 3-1; India beat Bangladesh 3-0 (Ditsa Roy beat Khoy Saia 11-4, 11-1, 11-4, Prisha beat Resmi Tanchangya 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, Ananya beat Nusrat Ananna 11-7, 11-4, 11-7).
Under 15 Girls: Round 3, 4 & 5: India beat Nepal 3-0 (Sreejani Chakraborty beat Suramya Shakya 11-3, 11-4, 11-7, Ankolika Chakraborty Arsana Maharjan 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, Ahona Ray beat Shyra Shakya 11-9, 11-3, 11-1); Maldives beat Sri Lanka 3-2; India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (Tanishka Kalbhairav beat Chanu Kariyawasam 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, Ankolika beat Muthuli Welathanthrige 11-1, 11-3, 11-6, Sreejani beat Sithma Hikkaduwa 11-4, 11-9, 11-8); Maldives beat Bangladesh 3-1; India beat Bangladesh 3-0 (Tanishka beat Rafia Chowdhury 11-2, 11-2, 11-4, Ankolika beat Roza Islam 11-6, 11-5, 11-1, Ahona beat Sabiha Papiya 11-3, 11-6, 11-5).
