Nashik: Swara Karmarkar won a bronze medal in the Under-19 girls' singles category at the recently concluded international World Table Tennis (WTT) Youth Contender and Feeder competition held in Chennai. This marks her first international medal.
In the quarter-final, Swara defeated Aarushi Nandi 3-1, with game scores of 11-2, 4-11, 11-5 and 11-3, to advance to the semi-final.
Earlier, in the pre-quarter-final round, she defeated second seed Nandini Saha 3-0.
In the semi-final, Swara faced Sainika Maji, who defeated her 3-1 with game scores of 13-11, 11-8, 9-11 and 11-2. Swara thus secured the bronze medal.
Nashik District Table Tennis Association president Narendra Chhajed, vice-presidents Milind Kachole and Rajesh Bharvirkar, secretary Shekhar Bhandari, treasurer Abhishek Chhajed, Alka Kulkarni, Sanjay Vasant, Vaibhav Joshi and Suhas Agharkar congratulated Swara on her achievement.
