Anirban Ghosh won the boy's and Sreeja Akula the girl's title at the ITTF El Salvador Junior and Cadet Open table tennis championships as Indian paddlers finished with seven gold, six silver and four bronze medals.Last year's quarter-finalist, Anirban defeated teammate Birdie Boro in the final 4-2 while Sreeja won against Sagarika with an identical margin of 4-2 in the final.Indian paddlers had earlier won both the team titles in the cadet sections.The surprise finalist, Arjun finished with the silver medal after going down 1-3 to second seeded Kwan Man Ho of Hong Kong in the cadet boys final.In cadet girls' singles, Moumita emerged as the champion. In the final she accounted for Zhang Xuan, second seed 4-1.Anirban and Arjun joined forces to win the cadet boys'doubles title by beating colleagues Birdie Boro and Lalrin Puia 10-12 11-4 11-2 9-11 11-8.Moumita and Sagarika eased past Peruvian duo of Valeria Cuba and Andrea Guzman 14-12 11-8 12-10 in the girls' event.
News On AIR | August 17, 2013 8:12 PM