{"id":3342,"date":"2024-04-08T07:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbuddy.co.in\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2024-04-08T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:05:09","slug":"ulhas-manu-rita-claim-singles-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/?p=3342","title":{"rendered":"Ulhas, Manu , Rita claim singles gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Narendra Bhale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Hyderabad :<\/em><\/strong> Ulhas Shirke of Maharashtra defeated Suresh Kumar of Delhi 3-0 to win the Men\u2019s Singles 70+ title in the UTT 30th Masters National Table Tennis Championships at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the all-Bengal Women\u2019s Singles 60+ final, Mantu Murmu dropped a game before beating Maity Karabi 3-1. In the combined age categories of 65, 70, and 75+ Women\u2019s Singles, Rita Jain of Madhya Pradesh blanked out Suhasini Bakre of Maharashtra 3-0 to wear the crowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the one-sided men\u2019s singles, Ulhas defeated Yogesh Desai, also of Maharashtra, 3-1 in the semifinals to earn a meeting with Suresh, who beat Balkrishna Katdare of Maharashtra 3-2 in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mantu Murmu led 2-0 in her final against Maity before the latter managed to pull one back in the third game. But Manut was up to the task and finished the gold medal match in style and with minimal points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Mantu downed Manisha Kataria of Madhya Pradesh 3-0 in the semifinal, while Maity defeated Rubi Kaur, also of Madhya Pradesh, 3-2 in the second semifinal that went the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What her teammates from Madhya Pradesh could not do, Rita Jain did in the combined women\u2019s singles final when she defeated Suhasini Bakre of Maharashtra in straight games. The MP veteran paddler accounted for Rajeshwari Mhetre of Maharashtra 3-1 in the first semifinal, while Suhasini beat Ranjana S. Patki 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, seven other finals underway include 70+ Women&#8217;s Doubles, 60+ Women&#8217;s Doubles, 70+ Men&#8217;s Doubles, and 75+ Men&#8217;s Doubles.<br>Today&#8217;s schedule includes mixed doubles events in +60 and 65+ categories and a few other singles. The penultimate day of the championships will witness the conclusion of the Men&#8217;s 40+ and 50+ team events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Results (all finals):<br>Men\u2019s Singles (70+): Ulhas Shirke (Mah) bt Suresh Kumar (Del) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2.<br>Women\u2019s Singles (60+): Mantu Murmu (WB) bt Maity Karabi (WB) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9.<br>Women\u2019s Singles (65, 70, 75+): Rita Jain (MP) bt Suhasini Bakre&nbsp;(Mah)&nbsp;11-4,&nbsp;11-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Narendra Bhale Hyderabad : Ulhas Shirke of Maharashtra defeated Suresh Kumar of Delhi 3-0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-3342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-sports","tag-newstoday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-gdnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}