Oman Table Tennis: Arundhati Ramesh, Kiko Wiryawan win U-16 titles at ISC Open

Sports Wednesday 08/November/2017 17:07 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman Table Tennis: Arundhati Ramesh, Kiko Wiryawan win U-16 titles at ISC Open

Muscat: Arundhati Ramesh and Kiko Wiryawan cornered glory at the Villerroy & Boch +Hansgrohe Open Table Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC) when they won the girls under-16 and boys under-16 singles title respectively.
In the girls singles final, Arundhati shrugged off the loss of the first two games and fought back bravely to win the next four to register a brilliant 9-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 over Aania Adap.
In a thrilling match, Aania squandered a two-game advantage as Arundhati recomposed herself and held her nerves as Aania kept up the fight until the last point. Lady luck deserted Aania who held a slender lead in the fourth and fifth games before Arundhati took the upper hand and went on to win the title.
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Kiko Wiryawan put in a superlative display to defeat fancied Shounak Kelkar to claim the boys under-16 singles title.
In the final, Kiko recovered from a slow start and a brilliant opening game by Shounak.
The Indonesian took stock of the situation and played a brilliant all-round game to win the next four games to win the title with final scores of 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8.