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Soumyadeep Roy and Madhurika Patkar brought matters to an end in the table tennis events at the South Asia Games in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka on Tuesday 9th February 2010.
They captured the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles in all Indian finals.
Madhurikha Patkar, 22 years old, beat colleague Shamini Kumaresan in six games to clinch the Women’s Singles crown; whilst by a similar margin, 25 year old Soumyajit Roy defeated Amalraj Anthony.
Full House
The win recorded by Madhurikha Patkar meant that she completed a clean sweep of titles.
Earlier in proceeding she had been a member of the successful Indian outfit in the Women’s Team event, whilst with Shamini Kumaresan, she had clinched Women’s Doubles gold and with Amalraj Anthony, the top prize in the Men’s Doubles competition.
One Short
A complete set for Madhurika Patkar but for Amalraj Anthony he fell just one short.
In addition to his Mixed Doubles win, he had been a member of the gold medal winning Indian Men’s Team and had partnered Sanil Shetty to Men’s Doubles gold.
Silver in the Men’s Singles event but, with three gold medals and one silver, it was his best ever performance in an international tournament.
First Major Singles Title
Meanwhile for Soumyadeep Roy and Madhurika Patkar it was their first international singles title of note.
In 2004 at the Commonwealth Championships in Kuala Lumpur, he had finished in runners up spot in the Men’s Singles event, having earlier clinched gold in the Men’s Team competition whilst two years later in the table tennis events at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia’s sport city, he was a member of the successful Indian gold medal outfit in the Men’s Team event.
Rapid Progress
However, for Madhurika Patkar, the success in Dhaka was her first gold in any international competition of note but arguably she is India’s most rapidly improving female player.
In 2005, she reached the semi-final stage of the Girls’ Singles event at the ITTF Junior Circuit tournament in Canada; two years later she fell just one place short of a quarter-final appearance in the Women’s Singles event at the ITTF Pro Tour tournament in India but in 2009, went two steps higher, to reach the penultimate round.
One year later in Dhaka, it was the top prize.
Source: www.ittf.com
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