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Calcutta: It was double delight for Krittwika Sinha Roy on Wednesday. The 16-year old clinched the youth girls’ and women’s title at the Toss West Bengal State Table Tennis Championship at Narikeldanga Sadharan Samity.
“I feel great,” a beaming Krittwika said after outsmarting Kajol Das 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3 in the women’s title clash.
Incidentally, Kajol lost to Krittwika in the youth girls’ final earlier. 11-6, 5-11, 12-14, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11 was how the scoreboard read after that encounter.
However, Krittwika failed to make it a hattrick of titles after she lost in the junior girls’ final to Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-11, 4-11, 4-11, 7-11.
“I am always nervous while playing finals... Even today (Wednesday) I was nervous and that is why I lost the junior girls’ final. I feel today’s performance will help me in the upcoming zonal tournaments from October,” added Bengal women’s No.1.
Playing since she was two years old, along with brother Anirban Sinha Roy, who however lost in a second round match on Wednesday, Krittwika is focused on joining the likes of Poulami Ghatak and Mauma Das.
“I have always dreamt of making it big, like Mouma and Poulami… I know it won’t be easy but I am confident,” she said.
“My strength is spin. I have always relied on that. But I lack power. I know if I want to achieve my dream I have to work on that,” the diminutive girl said while talking about her future plans.
OTHER WINNERS
Nursery girls: Monidipa Khanra; Nursery Boys: Jit Chanda
Cadet girls: Priyodarshini Das
Cadet boys: Anirban Ghosh
Sub-junior boys: Snehomoy Mallik
Junior boys: Satwata Pal
Youth boys: Sougata Sarkar; Men’s: Aniket Koparkar
