Adult National Team Trials: Nandan Naresh and Amy Wang Top Field

April 9, 2023

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld)

On the Men’s side, Jishan Liang was the only competitor to beat Nandan Naresh (a 4-1 score in the final match-up for both players). By the time these two top seeds met, the top position was already decided. Nandan Naresh was 6-0 with the other competitors, though his 4-3 win over Dan Liu and 4-3 win over Mishel Levinski were tight. First place clearly belonged to Nandan Naresh.

For Jishan, he had been on the wrong side of a 3-4 match with Sid Naresh, and he had also fell short against Darryl Tsao 4-2. But he was still playing strong at the end, with the win over Nandan – and his 5-2 record was sufficient to secure the second position. Third position went to Sid Naresh (who finished 4-3), and fourth position went to Darryl Tsao (who finished 4-3 but who narrowly lost in the head-to-head match-up against Sid).

On the Women’s side, it was Amy Wang who dominated. She was 7-0 in this stage, only pushed to 7 games one time (against Sarah Jalli). Second went to Rachel Sung who finished 6-1. Third went to Sally Moyland who finished 5-2. Fourth position went to Sarah Jalli who finished 3-4.