Shimla, April 9 India's Under-19 girls extended their unbeaten run with a series of dominant performances in the regional qualifiers for the ITTF-ATTU Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday.
Following Thursday's results after the completion of team events, India claimed three of the four team titles – Under-19 Girls, Under-15 Boys, and Under-15 Girls – highlighting 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 contested match.
India did not field a team in this category, 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, comfortably finishing at the top of the round-robin standings. On Wednesday, the hosts beat Sri Lanka by a similar margin.
With four wins from as many matches, 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.
The singles and doubles events across the categories will begin on Friday.
Results:
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).