NAGPUR paddler Jennifer Varghese, who is making huge waves at the international table tennis circuit, bagged a total of three medals at the recently concluded prestigious World Table Tennis Youth Contender Championships in Perth, Australia. Jennifer added U-19 girls singles bronze on Sunday to her Under-17 girls singles gold and U-19 mixed doubles silver won earlier in the meet. In the U-19 girls quarter-final, Jennifer overcame Australian Chloe Cheng (3-1). Jennifer confidently sailed through the first game 11-6, but the Aussie came back quicker in the second game to win 9-11. Jennifer then took control taking two games 11-6, 11-8.

 

The Nagpur lass went down to 19-year-old Kiwi Li Cheuk Tung 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 in straight games in the semis and had to be content with a bronze. On Thursday, Jennifer clinched the U-17 singles crown. She beat Australian Constantina Psihogios in the summit clash. Jennifer, who trains in Chennai, bagged another medal winning silver in the U-19 mixed doubles with her 17-year-old Delhi partner Sudhanshu Maini.