Aradhya Sahoo won the under-11 girls singles crown on the third day of the 28th Inter-District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, defeating Sweta Verma 3-0 in the all-Cuttack final at the TT Academy-cum-Indoor Hall in Angul today. The four-day championship is being conducted by Odisha State Table Tennis Association.

Meanwhile semifinalists were identified in under-15, and under-19 girls singles and under-17 boys singles events. In under-19 boys singles, Tuhin Banik, Saheel S Bhuyan, Santosh Preetam and Jigyanshu Sahoo will play group league matches to determine the champion and runner-up.

SEMIFINAL LINE-UP:
Under-15 girls singles: Urja Verma (Cuttack) vs Aafia Moushin (Cuttack) and Sukuldei Penthia (KIIT) vs Sakshi Bhagat (Cuttack).

Under-17 boys singles: Jigyanshu Sahoo (Cuttack) vs Md Jishan (Cuttack) and Anindya Anupam Das (Bhubanesawr) vs Faraz Raza (Cuttack).

Under-19 girls singles: Sweta Padma Dalai (Guru Nanak Public School, Bhubaneswar) vs Sukul Dei Penthia (KIIT) and MBB Panda (Bhubaneswar) vs Adyasha Priyadarshini (Bhubaneswar).
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PHOTO: Under-11 girls singles champion Aradhya Sahoo (Left) and runner-up Sweta Verma pose after their final match in Angul on 16 December 2022.