The performance of our Sub Junior and Juniors at the recently concluded Nationals at Daly College, Indore was nothing short of spectacular. They did us proud in each and every age category displaying the depth of upcoming talent in the city. The older players were joined by new and upcoming aspirants to draw a very promising picture for our sport in the city.
Let us start with some statistics:
1 NATIONAL CHAMPION, 1 RUNNER-UP, 1 SEMI-FINALIST, 5 5TH POSITIONS,1 6TH POSITION, 2 7TH POSITIONS(8 QUARTER FINALISTS IN ALL) and look who is right behind-12 PRE-QUARTER-FINALISTS and 6 3RD Round performances this year at Nationals at the Daly College, Indore. And to top it all, the Most Promising Girl Player award of the Nationals, second year in a row.
Delhi has never had it so good and the statistics show the depth of talent and competition growing in the City by the day. Of the 41 children from Delhi participating in the Nationals, 23 made it to the Pre-quarter stage and above. The No. of 5th/6th positions and close Pre-quarter matches showed how many them just missed it by a whisker.
The Delhi Teams in The Girls and Boys reflected the same trend. A summary of this performance will be shortly uploaded.
HARSHIT KAUR- The new National Champion Girls Under-13 in an all Delhi Final at the Daly College Indore. She also bagged the Most Promising Girl Player award for the Nationals this year.
ADYA ADVANI- Runner-up in the Girls Under-13 losing 3-1 to Harshit Kaur in the finals.
PANKHURI MALHOTRA- 3RD position in Girls Under-15. Unfortunate not to make the finals, going down fighting 3-2 to R. Lakshya of TN after leading 2-0 in the semi-finals.
SACHIKA INGALE- 5TH position in Girls Under-17 beating Shria Khatri of Maharashtra for the 5/6 position.
YASH BHARGAVA- 5TH position in Boys Under-11. Unfortunate to go down fighting to Runner Up R. Cheraiyaselvan of TN 3-2 in the Quarters.
JUNAID – 5TH positon in Boys Under-13. His 5 Setter with top seed Sandeep Ramachandran in the quarters was the highlight of the tournament.
DIVIJ KADAN- 5TH position in Boys Under-15 beating Vijay Kumar of Rajasthan for the 5/6 position.
KARM KUMAR-5th position in Boys Under-19 beating Sami Johnson of Maharashtra for the 5/6 position.
TULIKA LAL- 6TH position in Girls Under-19.
SUBAH SEHGAL-7TH Position in Girls Under-11 beating Shriya Ladiwala of Maharashtra for the 7/8 position.
DIYA KUMAR- 7TH position in Girls Under-17 beating Shruti Dugar of TN for the 7/8 position.
A special mention is well deserved by our dozen who were right behind and some who simply succumbed to the luck of the draw.
SANIKA- 9-16TH position in Girls Under-11. A newcomer to the circuit, has already started showing promise.
JANET VIDHI- 9-16TH position IN Girls Under-15, went down to Varsha Pndey in the pre-quarters.
VISHRUTYI SAHNI- 9-16TH position in Girls Under-17, constantly improving but unfortunate to meet top seed Anaka Alankamony on TN in the pre-quarters.
ARUSHI AGARWAL-9-16TH position. A regular player who plays all Delhi tournaments religiously. Constantly improving.
ROBIN MANN- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-13. Unfortunate to meet team mate Junaid in the pre-quarters, went down fighting in a thrilling 5 setter.
ABHISHEKH KUMAR- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-15, lost to Raghav Mehrotra of Maharashtra in the pre-quarters.
ADITYA ADVANI-9-16TH position in Boys Under-17, took 4th seed Vrishab Kotiyan of TN to 5 sets but went down fighting 3-2 after leading 2-1 in the pre-quarters.
ABHIJEET MALIK- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-17, went down 3-1 to Tushar Kothari of Rajasthan in the pre-quarters.
SAJID HUSSAIN- 9-16TH position in the Boys Under-17, lost to top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in the pre-quarters.
ASHAYA JAIN- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-19, lost to Sami Johnson in 3 close games.
SHAKIR HUSSAIN- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-19, lost to 4th seed Karan Malik in the pre-quarters.
AKASH MOITA- 9-16TH position in Boys Under-19, returning after a gap of almost two years, lost to 2nd seed Ravi Dixit in the pre-quarters.
The other performers for Delhi were:
BOYS UNDER-11 ANURAG JAIN 2ND ROUND
BOYS UNDER-13 MUDIT PANT 3RD ROUND....lost a close 1-3 to Vedant Baheti (MP)
BOYS UNDER-15 RAJAT SHARMA 3RD ROUND.....lost 1-3 to the fancied Suyash Sharma (RAJ) after a close fight
ASHRAF HUSSAIN 3RD ROUND......lost 0-3 to the in-form Manik Dutta (MP)
ASIF AHMED 2ND ROUND
SAHEB HUSSAIN 2ND ROUND
NEEL P. PATEL 1ST ROUND
BOYS UNDER-17 HEMANT DAULTA 3RD ROUND....lost 0-3 to fancied Aakash Borwankar (Maha) after a tight first game which Hemant took to deuce
SACHIT JOLLY 3RD ROUND....lost 0-3 to fancied Dhananjay Singh (MP)
KARTHIKEYA RASTOGI 3RD ROUND...lost 0-3 to the fancied Shashi Pandey (Maha)
MD. RAZI 2ND ROUND
MD. QURBAN 2ND ROUND
MAYANK SHARMA 2ND ROUND
CHITRATH CHAND 1ST ROUND
BOYS UNDER-19 KUNAL MEHRA 2ND ROUND
HARMAN SINGH 2ND ROUND
RAHUL KOTHARI 1ST ROUND
SIDDHANT KUMAR 1ST ROUND
