Civil Services carrom: Four Bihar players move up

Patna, November 25, 2008
Four Bihar Secretariat players Vinod Singh Gunjial, Khushi Gopal kamath, Sujit Kumar Sinha and Alok Kumar moved into the next round of the men’s singles event of the All-India Civil services carrom championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Monday.

Sujit Kumar Sinha took two sets to down Sandeep Bhatnagar of RSB, Faridabad 21-11, 25-10 while Vinod Kumar Singh Gujial beat Md Shamim of Jharkhand Secretariat 14-12, 25-11.

The day’s highlights were two grand slam scored by Dinesh Babu (RSB Hyderabad) and Shashidharan (RSB Chennai) during the play.

In the women’s doubles, two pairs of Central Secretariat, Delhi and one pair each from Tripura Secretariat and RSB Kanpur entered the semi-finals.

In the men’s doubles, two combinations of RSB Hyderabad and one each from RSB Indore and RSB Chennai earned their semi-final berths.

Results
Women's doubles quarter-finals:
Radhika and Venkatraman (Central Secretariat, Delhi) beat Rama Devi and Sarita (Andhra Pradesh Secretariat) 25-4, 25-0.
Gita and Rajlakshmi (Central Secretariat, Delhi) beat Sobha and G Mahapatra (RSB Hyderabad) 25-0, 25-5.
Jaya and Duli (Tripura Secretariat) beat B Dev Verma and Ila (RSB Imphal) 25-4, 2-18, 20-19.
Rinik Ranjan and Kavita Rani (RSB Kanpur) beat Madhavi and Hemlata (AP Secretariat) 24-0, 23-9.

Men's doubles' quarter-finals:
Dinesh Babu and Ravindra Gaur (RSB Hyderabad) beat Ajit and Kirit (Central Secretariat Delhi) 25-5, 25-8.
Anil and MV Prasad (RSB Hyderabad) beat Virendra and Jaipal (Central Secretariat Delhi) 14-12, 25-11.
Rajnish and Sunil (RSB Indore) beat Hasnat and K Paul (RSB Kolkata) 25-5, 25-8.
Shashi and Raja (RSB Chennai) beat Rajendra and Jaiprakash (Central Secretariat Delhi) 25-5, 25-11.

Women's singles second round:
Gita Shankar (Central Secretariat Delhi) beat Jaya (Tripura Secretariat) 23-10, 25-11
Basavi (RSB Imphal) beat Priti (UP Secretariat) 25-0, 25-0.
Parvati (Karnataka Secretariat) beat Madhavi (AP Secretariat) 16-0, 25-0.
Kavita (RSB Kanpur) beat S Ulka (MP Secretariat) 25-0, 25-0.
Asha (NCT Delhi) beat K Shankar (UP Secretariat) 6-9, 16-14, 13-9.
K Venkateshan (Central Secretarai, Delhi) beat Shyamali (Kolkata Secretariat) 25-0, 19-6.
Asha (RSB Chennai) beat Shanti (RSB Kanpur) 18-0, 9-0.
G Mohapatra (Bhuvaneswar) beat V Gopal (Central Secretariat Delhi) 25-4, 25-0.
Duli (Tripura Secretariat) beat Kala RC (RSB Chennai) 25-0, 19-3