Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Tulsani and Kalbhairav Win Junior National Table Tennis Titles
Prateek Tulsani and Tanishka Kalbhairav won table tennis titles at a national junior tournament.
Prateek played for Maharashtra in the under-15 boys’ competition.
He beat Rajdeep Biswas from West Bengal in three straight games.
Tanishka represented Karnataka in the under-11 girls’ event.
She came back from losing the third game and won the final 3-2.
The tournament also had many exciting matches before the finals.
Some players had to win five-game matches to reach the next round.
The results showed that young table tennis players from several Indian states are developing strongly.
Maharashtra’s Prateek Tulsani won the U-15 boys’ title in straight games.
Karnataka’s Tanishka Kalbhairav defeated West Bengal’s Saturya Banerjee 3-2 in the U-11 girls’ final.
Tulsani beat West Bengal’s Rajdeep Biswas in under 25 minutes.
Rajdeep Biswas and Tanishka Kalbhairav both advanced through challenging semifinal matches.
The tournament featured several closely contested quarterfinals and semifinals among junior players.
- Who
- Prateek Tulsani of Maharashtra and Tanishka Kalbhairav of Karnataka won their respective titles.
- What
- They won the U-15 boys’ and U-11 girls’ titles at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships.
- When
- During the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships; no date is provided.
- Where
- At the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships; the host location is not specified.
- Why
- They won by defeating their opponents in the respective finals.
- U-15 boys’ champion
- Prateek Tulsani, Maharashtra
- U-11 girls’ champion
- Tanishka Kalbhairav, Karnataka
- Boys’ final result
- Tulsani defeated Rajdeep Biswas in straight games in under 25 minutes.
- Girls’ final result
- Kalbhairav defeated Saturya Banerjee 3-2.
- Boys’ semifinal results
- Tulsani beat Rishaan Chattopadhyay 3-0, while Biswas defeated Trijal Vohra 3-2.
- Girls’ semifinal results
- Kalbhairav beat Shariqa Shahid 3-0, while Banerjee defeated B. Varnica 3-1.