Amalraj, Manika win national TT champs

Anthony Amalraj emerged the men's singles winner for the second time, beating his opponent and second-time finalist G. Sathiyan 4-2 in the final of the 77th National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the Kotla Vijay Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. Just 40 minutes earlier, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board's (PSPB) Manika Batra won her maiden women's title, beating Pooja Sahasrabuddhle (PSPB) 4-3. The fortune of pendulum kept swinging with both Amalraj and Sathiyan taking alternate games.