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Selena Selvakumar wins triple gold at Egypt Junior Table Tennis Championship

Young paddler Selena Selvakumar won triple gold medal at the Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Championship.The 17-year-old Chennai girl won singles and doubles gold medal apart from the team championship gold.Top seeded Selena first overcame eighth-seeded Mariam Alhodaby 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5 in the semi-final.In the final, she beat second seeded Marwa Alhodaby 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-4.Selena paired up with Nigeria's Esther Oribamise in the doubles and beat Egypt-Greek duo of Farida Badawy and Malamatenia Papadimitriou 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9 in the final to clinch the gold.In the semi-finals, the duo beat Egypt's Sarah Abousetta and Tunisia's Abir Haj Sarah 11-7, 4-11, 13-11, 9-11, 12-10.

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