Rakshith, Spoorthy win

*Rakshith RB and Spoorthy MV clinched the junior boys' and girls' titles respectively in the LIC Cup State-ranking table tennis tournament here on Saturday.
Rakshith registered a hard-fought 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11 victory over Vedanth M Urs in the boys' final while Spoorthy beat Archana Kamath 11-7, 0-11, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7.*

Results: Juniors: Boys singles, final: Rakshith RB (Malleswaram) bt Vedanth M Urs (VPUC, Mysore) 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11. (Semifinals): Vedanth bt Shreyas Kulkarni (Malleswaram) 11-6, 11-1, 11-9, 11-7; Rakshith bt Harshith R (Malleswaram) 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9.

Girls, final: Spoorthy MV (PTTA, Mysore) bt Archana Kamath (Malleswaram) 11-7, 0-11, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7. (Semifinals): Spoorthy bt Samyukta A(BNM, B'LORE) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6. 7-11, 11-3; Archana bt Raksha R (JTTA) 11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.

Non-medalist singles, final: Kushi V (Malleswaram) bt Mallikarjun CP (Gul) 11-9, 12-10, 11-7. (Semifinals): Kushi bt Akshata Malshet (KTTA) 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 13-11; Mallikarjun bt Supreeth Chadage (Malleswaram) 11-1, 11-5, 11-9. Reported by Deccan Herald 7 hours ago.