Mohd Talib and Nidhi Guota won the men's and women's singles titles in the 24th St. Stephen’s Carrom Ranking Tournament concluded here  at St. Stephen’s School-45, Chandigarh.

In the men’s singles final Mohd. Talib outclassed Gagandeep in straight two games by 19-16, 25-07 while Nidhi Gupta defeated fancied Tuba Sehar by 20-09, 22-18 in the women’s singles final.

Mr Louis Lopez Principal, St. Stephen’s School and President of Chandigarh Carrom Association distributed the prizes to the winners.

Results:

Men's singles (s-finals): Mohd. Talib bt Paras Arora 13-08, 21-07, Gagandeep Singh bt Himanshu Shekhar 21-13, 18-11, Final: Mohd. Talib bt Gagandeep Singh 20-09, 22-18,

Women's singles (s-finals): Nidhi Gupta bt Vaidhavi Mamgain 25-00, 21-00, Tuba Sehar bt Sanya Chadha 24-07, 25-07. Final: Nidhi Gupta bt Tuba Sehar 20-09, 22-18.

Boys sub-junior (final): Abhinav Sharma bt Arnav Bahuguna 6-05, 04-03.

Junior boys (s-finals): Gopal Kakkar bt Abhinav Sharma 21-00, 21-00, Pratyush Verma bt Arnav Bahuguna 05-11, 21-00, 18-03. Final: Gopal Kakkar bt Pratyush Verma 16-04, 05-15, 22-00.