Murugan, Jennifer triumph; Snehit storms into semis

Hyderabad: Murugan Muthu Rajasekaran of Tamil Nadu won the boys U-17 singles title in the UTT National ranking table tennis championship in Moinabad on Thursday.
In the final, Murugan defeated PB Abhinand of Tamil Nadu 11-4, 12-10, 11-13, 11-8.
Jennifer Varghese won the girls U-17 title. The Maharashtra girl downed Avani Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 in the final.
Telangana's SFR Snehit reached the men’s semifinals. The India No. 8 defeated Payas Jain of New Delhi 7-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-9) in the quarterfinals.
Results: Boys U-17 final: Murugan Muthu Rajasekaran (TN) bt PB Abhinand (TN) 11-4, 12-10, 11-13, 11-8. SFs: Murugan Muthu Rajasekaran bt Oishik Ghosh (WB) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; PB Ahinand bt Kushal Chopda (Mah) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7.Girls U-17 final: Jennifer Varghese (Mah) bt Avani Tripathi (UP) 11-7, 11-6, 12-10. SFs: Avani Tripathi bt Diya Bramhachary (Del) 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8; Jennifer Varghese bt Nandini Saha (NCOE) 10-12, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10. tnn