Youth Nationals Bronze for Nikhat

Hyderabad: Hyderabad table tennis player Nikhat Banu ended the 75th junior and youth national table tennis championships in Guwahati on Monday with a bronze medal.

In the semifinals, Nikhat, who played her last youth nationals, lost to her Airports Authority of India teammate Krittiwika Sinha Roy of West Bengal 1-4 (6-11, 7-11, 10-12, 11-4, 9-11).

This is Nikhat’s second bronze, having already won a bronze in the team championships along with Aakula Sreeja, Mounika and Sailoo.

Meanwhile, in the junior girls’ competition, Sreeja was knocked out by her archrival, Sagarika Mukharjee of West Bengal, 2-4 (11-3, 9-11, 11-13, 10-12, 11-5, 9-11).