Syndrela Das capped a standout outing at the first leg of the Junior and Youth National Table Tennis Championships in Dehradun on April 18, beating Divyanshi Bhowmick 4-1 to win the U-19 girls’ singles and bring the girls’ team events to a close. With that victory, the West Bengal paddler completed a rare double at the tournament, having already claimed the Under-17 singles title earlier in the meet.
Das’s win underlined her rapid rise through the national ranks; she had also taken silver at the Senior National Championships in Indore prior to this event, signalling growing consistency across age groups. In the U-19 singles final she controlled key rallies and converted chances at the net to secure the four-game win over Bhowmick.
The U-19 doubles crown went to Karnataka’s pair Tanishka Kalbhairav and Himanshi Chowdhary, who edged Maharashtra’s Hardee Patel and Divyanshi Bhowmick 3-2 in a five-game thriller. After Patel and Bhowmick forced a decider with a resilient fourth-game fightback, Kalbhairav and Chowdhary raised their intensity in the final game, using precise placement and timely attacking strokes to close out the match.
West Bengal also took the U-17 doubles title when Ankolika Chakraborty and Ahona Ray rallied past Maharashtra’s Naisha Rewaskar and Divyanshi Bhowmick in five games, winning 11-1, 5-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9. The results left several players — notably Bhowmick — prominent across multiple finals, highlighting the depth of competition at the Dehradun leg. (PTI)
Original Source: https://theshillongtimes.com/2026/04/19/syndrela-wins-u-19-title-completes-rare-double-at-nationals/
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Publish Date: 2026-04-19 06:20:00
