Shreya Maharaj of Carenage Blasters and Bago Slammers Benoni Daniel captured their respective women and men B titles when the when the T&T Table Tennis Association (TTTTA) Classified Open Championship served at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Auditorium (CRISA), Chaguanas, yesterday.
In the women's B decider, Maharaj came from behind to defeat Bago Slammers' Ackayla Lucas 8�11, 11�9, 11�6, 11-8.
Earlier in the semifinals, Maharaj stopped club-mate Chelsea Fong 11�6, 11�5, 15�13 and Lucas ousted another Blasters' entrant, and top-ranked Anjana Valsalan 12�10, 5�11, 13�11, 11�8.
In an all-Slammers men's B final, Daniel got the better of Shaquille Mitchell 11�4, 8�11, 11�6, 11�7.
Daniel reached the final via his 11�6, 11�1, 11�13, 5�11, 13�11 semis win over Petrotrin's Clinton Cardinal and Mitchell defeated Blasters' Jesse Dookie 11�7, 11�7, 11�3.
In the C division, Priyanka Khellawan of Petrotrin and her clubmate, Vinoo Maharaj took top honours.
Khellawan proved too much for Blasters' Brittany Lee in their final and won 11�6, 11�9, 11�7.
This after she overcame Naomi Garraway 11�8, 5�11, 11�8, 11�6 in the final four while Lee beat Hawks' Rayann Boodhan 8�11, 11�8, 11�4, 11�8
And in the Men's C series, Maharaj battled past Alex Walcott of Blasters 11�8, 5�11, 11�7, 11�9.
Maharaj earned his finals' spot by beating Hillview College student Nicholas Persad 12�10, 12�10, 7�11, 3�11, 11�7 and Walcott outlasted UTT's David Gilkes 11�7, 9�11, 11�6, 15�17, 11�9.
Today, top-ranked local duo, Curtis Humphreys of WASA Table Tennis Club (formerly Guaya Dream Team) and University of T&T's Aleena Edwards, an 11-time national singles champion, will defend their titles in the men's A-1 and Women's A categories from 12.30 pm. But before they get going, the A2 Open will take centrestage from 9.30 am.