27-Jan-2021 0
Mela Eswar Rao won his maiden mens singles title, while Mayuru Chatterjee clinched a hat-trick by bagging the womens singles crown for the third year in a row at the 26th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships 2020, which concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack today.
Local favourite Eswar Rao went on to bag a double by emerging both youth boys and mens singles champion. Bhubaneswar duo Jigyanshu Sahoo and Swetapadma Dalai also a claimed a double each with the former winning cadet boys and sub-junior boys singles titles and the latter emerging sub-junior and junior girls singles champion.
The four-day championships featured competition in nine singles events. Titles in cadet girls singles and junior boys singles were captured by Urja Verma and Mohit Behuray respectively. Around 200 players from affiliated district and institutional units participated in the championships, which was organised by Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSSTA).
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