Throwball probables named

Patna, January 25
Throwball Association of Bihar (TAB) on Sunday announced state team probables for the Junior National championships to be held in Mumbai from March 26 to 29.

TAB secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu said selected players would join the coaching camp at Patna Women’s College on March 5.

Probables: Micky, Sneha, Sakshi, Sarita, Komal (I), Priyanka Dayal, Komal (II), Seema, Sweta Pathak, Sumedha, Setu, Priya Bharti, Rani and Sweta Rai, Diksha, Suman, Neha, Priya Singh, Kamna, Aparna and Priyanka Kumari

Photo caption: Selection trial for Bihar junior throwball team is in progress at Patna Women's College in Patna on Sunday.

Patna clinch Moinul Haq Trophy

Patna, January 24
Patna clinched the 60th Bihar State inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy defeating East Central Railway, Samastipur division 5-4 via tie-breaker in Gaya on Saturday. With this win Patna stamped their authority on the trophy for 23rd time.

Babloo Thapa’s final kick found the target while Patna goalkeeper Surendra Guru made a full length dive towards right post to stop the kick taken by Samstipur’s Pankaj Kumar.
The match ended in a goalless draw after the end of regulation and extra time. It was a match full of thrill and excitement with strikers of both sides struggling hard to find the target despite their all out efforts.

Surendra Guru of Patna and Anup Kumar of Samastipur were declared best 11, while Md. Afzal was adjudged best 22 for the final match. Md. Shahbaz of Patna and Santosh Kumar of Gaya were declared best players of the tournament.

Magadh division commissioner, Dr KP Ramaiah, gave away the prizes. Magadh range DIG Praveen Vashishtha, Gaya DM, Sanjay Kumar Singh, SP, R Malar Vizhi, BMP-3 Commandant Ravindran Shankaran, Indian Sports Medicine national president Dr Farasat Hussain, AM Karimi and Khateeb Ahmad Khan were among others present in the final match.

Earlier, Patna set up title clash with East Central Railway, Samstipur defeating hosts Gaya 5-3 via tiebreaker. Debashish Roy put Patna into the lead in the 10th minute through his lone effort. Santosh Kumar equalized the lead in the 40th minute. At the breather, both the teams were locked 1-1.

The second half also failed to produce the result despite attacking soccer adopted by both the teams. The extra time also ended in 1-1. In the tiebreaker, Patna struck four goals while Gaya netted two.

Earlier on Tuesday (January 20), East Central Railway (ECR), Samastipur entered the final defeating Siwan 2-0 through tie-breaker in the first semi-final.

Cricket fever grips Patna mediamen

Art, Culture and Youth Affairs secretary, Vivek Singh trying his hands in bowling during the inaugration of the 4th Airtel Media Cup cricket tournament in Patna on Saturday. Bottom: Guests releasing the balloons on the occasion.

4th Airtel Media Cup begins

Patna, January 24

The annual cricket festival for Patna media men popularly known as Airtel Media Cup cricket tournament rolled into its fourth edition at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday with much fanfare and an exhibition Twnety20 cricket match between organizers Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) and Airtel XI.

Sixteen media teams have been participating in the tournament. They are Hindustan Times Media Limited, Hindustan, Dainik Jagran, Aj, Prabhat Khabar, Rashtriya Sahara, Times of India, All India Radio (Patna), DDK (Patna), Agency XI, Channel XI, PTN-Sanmarg, Quami Tanzeem, ETV, Radio Mirchi and Photo Journalists XI.

An energetic and youthful Airtel XI had no difficulty to beat Sports SJAB XI by seven wickets in the slow and turning track. Airtel spinner Vijyanand Jha did the trick with his spinning deliveries claiming four wickets for nine runs only.

SJAB skipper Abhijit Biswas won a good toss and decided to bat first. But SJAB batted poorly and could muster only 115 for nine wickets off 20 overs. Alok Chturvedi top scored with 34 runs. He hit four boundaries in his knock. Mr Extra was the second best scorer and contributed 25 runs. Skipper Biswas (17) and Ramesh Kumar (11) remained unbeaten. For Airtel XI Keshav Mishra also took four wickets 20 runs.

In reply, Airtel XI reached the target off 18.3 overs losing three wickets. Dashing opening bat Kanahiya scored 41 runs. His knock was studded with three fours and one six. Sarvada (34 not out, 3x4) and Siddhartha (16) were other notable contributors. Dilip Mishra claimed two wickets for 25 runs. Nitosh took one wicket.
Earlier in gala opening function, Vivek Kumar Singh, secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs inaugurated the championship releasing balloons and playing a few shots against the bowling of Airtel (Bihar and Jharkhand), CEO Shishir Kumar. Vivek Singh also bowled a few deliveries.
Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, Bihar Players Association and former India under-19 cricket team skipper Amikar Dayal were present at opening function as special guests.
The function began with Pradeep Modak, secretary, SJAB, welcoming the guests. Deepak Pandey, president, SJAB presided over the function. Vivek Singh, Shishir Kumar, Mritunjay Tiwari and Amikar Dayal lauded the joint efforts of Airtel and SJAB for providing an interactive platform for media men of Bihar.

At the end of the match Shishir Kumar distributed the prizes. Several sports administrators and officials of Airtel were present at opening function. Adhikari MM Prasad, vice-president, SJAB, Shailendra Kumar (office secretary, SJAB), Ajay Narayan Sharma, secretary, Bihar Cricket Association, Rakesh Ranjan of All Bihar Chess Association, Mohan Verma, Siddhartha Verma, Devashish Satpaty, Anind Fouzdar (all senior officers of Airtel), Niraj Kumar Pappu (Throwball Association of Bihar), Dr Sunil Kumar Singh, Vijay Narain Chunnu (CEO, VP Sinha Foundation) and former secretary of All Bihar Chess Association, AR Khan graced the inaugural function. Arun Kumar, a senior journalist of Hindustan Times and Shishir Kumar, Airtel CEO, delighted the crowd with lovely running commentary.
Meanwhile, Radio Mirchi would take on DDK (Patna) in the first match of the fourth Airtel Media Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament to be played at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on January 27, said Pradeep Modak, secretary, Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB).

In the second match on the same day, Rashtriya Sahara will take on All India Radio (AIR), Patna. The first match will start from 8:30 am while the second match will begin from 12 noon. The matches will be played on ICC Twenty20 format.

Other fixtures: January 28: Sanmarg vs News Agencies XI, Times of India vs Dainik Jagran. January 29: Quami Tanzeem vs Prabhat Khabar, Photo Journalists XI vs Hindustan Times. January 30: Channels XI vs ETV, Bihar, Hindustan vs Aj. January 31: Rashtriya Sahara vs Radio Mirchi, AIR, Patna vs DD, Patna. February 1: Sanmarg vs Times of India, News Agencies XI vs Dainik Jagran. February 2: Quami Tanzeem vs Photo Journalists XI, Prabhat Khabar vs Hindustan Times. February 3: Channels XI vs Hindustan, ETV, Bihar vs Aj. February 4: Rashtriya Sahara vs DD, Patna, Radio Mirchi vs AIR, Patna. February 5: Sanmarg vs Dainik Jagran, Times of India vs News Agencies XI. February 6: Quami Tanzeem vs Hindustan Times, Photo Journalists XI vs Prabhat Khabar. February 7: Channels XI vs Aj, Hindustan vs ETV, Bihar.

Photo caption: Airtel XI and SJAB XI pose for a group photograph with Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Department (Government of Bihar) seceretary, Vivek Singh, Airtel CEO (Bihar and Jharkhand) Shishir Kumar, Bihar Players Association president, Mritunjay Tiwari and former Indian youth team captain Amikar Dayal during opening function of the 4th Airtel Media Cup cricket in Patna on Saturday.

Jr National TT: Going for a kill

From top: Soumyajit Ghosh, Shreya Ghosh, Harmeet Desai and Raj Mondal and G Sathiyan in action during their respective of the 70th junior National table tennis matches in Surat.

Photo: TTFI

Jr National TT: Ankita, Sathiyan emerge champs

Surat, January 21
Ankita Das of North Bengal), Commonwealth youth champion G Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu won the girls and boys singles titles of the 70th junior National and Youth table tennis championships at Pandit Deendayal Indoor Hall here.
Ankita Das beat Mallika Bhandarkar (Maharashtra-A) in a six-game pulsating encounter 4-2 (11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11) to win the crown. Hot favourite G Sathiyan blanked Soumyajit Ghosh (North Bengal) 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8) to clinch the junior boys title.
Divya Deshpande and Aniket Koparkar both (Maharashtra-A) annexed the youth girls and youth boys title defeating Prajakta Tipale (Railways) and G Sathhiyan (TN) in exciting finals.

Results:
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT G SATHIYAN [TN] (4-3) 11-6, 9-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT K SHAMINI [TN] (4-0) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1, 11-4.
YOUTH BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7. G SATHIYAN [TN] BT AMAN BALGU [MHRA] (4-3) 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 5-4, 11-11, 9-11, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS: G SATHIYAN [TN] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-0) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9.SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] (4-1) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-1) 8-11, 21-19, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] (4-2) 11-8, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6.
Junior Boys Doubles QF:

G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Pranshu Gupta/Utkarsh Gupta [DLI]3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9)

Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ] bt Rohit Chakraborty/Avik Das [NB]3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8)

V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] bt R Venkitaramanan/Ajay Bharadhwaj [TN] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8)

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sanmay Paranjape/Aakash Damle[MHR-B] 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-7)

SF G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ]3-2 (9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4)

SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN]3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10)
Junior Girls Doubles QF

Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Nikhat Banu/K Bhavana [AP] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)

Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Nirja Trivedi/Neha Saxena [GUJ] 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra [DLI] 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7)

Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHR-A] bt K K Narmadha/Sumana R Krishnan [TN] 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10)

SF Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-6)

SF Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHRA] 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-2, 13-11)

FINAL: Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-2 (11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8)
Youth Boys Doubles QF:

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Tousif Haque/Md. Azhar [ORS] 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7)

Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] bt M Subash/Subham Kundu [RSPB] 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10)Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Aman Balgu/Noel Pinto [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 11-6,
SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sougata Sarkar/Sumit Kundu [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)SF Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-1)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-8)
Youth Girls Doubles QF:

Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Ashlesha Bodas/Divya Deshpande [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4)

U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] bt Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi [RSPB] 3-2 (8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5)

K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shruti Talnikar[MHR-A] 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10)

Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Ankita Das/Sukanya Bose [NB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7)

SF Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7)

SF K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-1 (11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9)

FINAL K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9)
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT ARNAB ADHIKARY [NB] (4-0) 11-4,11-8,16-14,11-1.
MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] BT SANDEPAN DAY [WB] (4-1) 11-3,11-9,9-11,13-11,11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT VIVEK BHARGAVA [RAJ] (4-0) 11-9,12-10,12-10,11-5.
HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] BT ABHISHEK YADAV [PSPB] (4-0) 11-7,11-2,11-3,11-1.
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] BT AVIK DAS [NB] (4-0) 11-6,11-2,11-9,14-12.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT RAVI JOSHI [GUJ] (4-3) 11-4,11-6,7-11,7-11,11-8,10-12,11-8.
SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] BT SANMAY PRANJAPE [MHRA] (5-0) 12-10,11-7,11-9,11-3,11-0.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT S PRASSANNA [TN] (4-1) 11-4,11-6,8-11,11-3,11-3.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] (4-2) 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6,
4-11, 11-6.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-1) 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] (4-2) 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-1) 11-4,11-9,11-3,9-11,11-6.
VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] BT MEGNA [HRY] (4-1) 11-7,8-11,12-10,11-4,14-12.
CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] BT TEKMI SARKAR [NB] (4-0) 11-5,11-9,11-5,11-2.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT S KRITIKA [TN] (4-2) 11-6,11-3,7-11,13-11,9-11,11-4.
SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-3) 11-6,5-11,11-9,12-10,12-14,6-11,11-6.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-3) 6-11,6-11,11-9,11-8,10-12,11-8,11-7.
NIKHAT BANU [AP] BT ANUSHRI HAZRA [WB] (4-1) 6-11,11-5,11-4,11-5,11-8.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT N VIDHYA [TN] (4-2) 11-7,11-6,9-11,6-11,11-6,11-4.

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] (4-1) 8-11,11-3,11-9,11-4,11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] (4-3) 3-11,10-12,11-6,11-8,7-11,11-3,11-9.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 5-11,11-5,11-8,11-7,8-11,12-10.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT NIKHAT BANU [AP] (4-3) 9-11,5-11,11-4,11-2,9-7,9-11,11-7.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER -
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-0) 11-7,13-11,11-1,11-9.
PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] BT SWETHA KUMARVEL [TN] (4-1) 11-8,11-9,8-11,11-6,11-9.
KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] BT PRITI MOKASHI [RLY] (4-1) 11-4,11-4,11-6,6-11,11-8.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-0) 11-9,18-16,11-8,11-7.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT U V AGNI [TN] (4-3) 13-11,11-9,8-11,5-11,11-9,9-11,11-6.
NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] BT JAYEETA PUSHILAL [WB] (4-1) 11-7,11-4,9-11,11-8,11-6.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ASHLESHA BODAS [MHRA] (4-2) 11-5,7-11,11-8,1-11,11-8,11-4.
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT A V NIVEDITA [TN] (4-1) 11-9,11-4,10-12,11-5,13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS :
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-0) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] (4-2) 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ANKITA DAS [NB] (4-3) 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT M SUBHASH [RLY] (4-1) 10-12,11-8,11-4,11-3,11-5.
SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] BT A R NAVNEETH [KRT] (4-3) 6-11,11-3,8-11,3-11,11-5,11-7,11-6.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SHIVANANDA SHESHADRI [TN] (4-0) 11-9,11-8,11-8,11-3.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUVIK KAR [WB] (4-0) 12-10,11-9,12-10,11-5.
SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-2) 7-11,11-9,10-12,11-7,11-8,11-8.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SAYAN PAUL ROY [RLY] (4-0) 11-4,13-11,16-14,11-5.
ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-2) 10-12,11-3,11-6,7-11,11-5,11-9.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT SUMIT KUNDU [WB] (4-0) 11-5,11-4,11-8,11-5.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] (4-2) 6-11, 14-12, 12-14, 11-3, 16-14, 11-5.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-1) 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 11-9.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] (4-1) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] (4-1) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.

Photo Ankita Das in action

Source: TTFI press release

Jr National TT: Maharashtra-A clinch youth titles

Surat, January 20, 2009
Maharashtra –A won the Youth boys and girls team titles of the 70th Gujarat Gas junior and youth National and inter-state table tennis championships at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall on Monday. Maharashtra-A youth girls earned a hard-fought victory 3-2 over North Bengal while Maharashtra-A boys beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the final to capture crowns.

Earlier, Maharashtra-A beat West Bengal 3-2 to claim girls team title while PSPB Academy beat North Bengal by an identical margin to clinch boys team title.
Results
Youth Girls' Team: (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Ankita Das 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
Divya Deshpande beat Sukanya Bose 3-1 3 - 1 (11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-0)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Tanaya Dutta 2-3 2 - 3 (11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12)
Divya Deshpande lost to Ankita Das 2-3 2 - 3 (11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 4-11, 7-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sukanya Bose 3-2 3 - 2 (11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4)

Youth Boys' Team - (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat TAMILNADU (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to R S Raja 2 - 3 (11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 3-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
Aman Balgu beat Sivananda Seshadri 3 - 2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 16-14)
Sanil Shetty beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (semi finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat TAMILNADU (3 - 2)
Soumyajit Ghosh beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 1 (13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Raj Mondal lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 3-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal beat G Sathiyan/S Prasanna 3 - 2 (6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 13-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 2-11)
Raj Mondal beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-6)
PSPB ACADEMY beat GUJARAT (3 - 0)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-8)
Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai 3 - 2 (12-10, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai/Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
PSPB ACADEMY beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam lost to Soumyajit 2 - 3 (11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 4-11, 7-11)
Sourav Saha beat Raj Mondal 3 - 1 (11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9)
Sourav Saha lost to Soumyajit Ghosh 0-3 0 - 3 (8-11, 7-11, 8-11)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Raj Mondal 3-2 (11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 1-11, 11-5)
Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-0)
Shruti Talnikar beat Sanya Sehgal 3 - 2 (4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Manika Batra 3 - 1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra 3 - 2 (11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4)
WEST BENGAL beat NORTH BENGAL (3-1)
Kritika Sinha Roy beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9)
Shreya Ghosh beat Medha Moitra 2 - 1 (11-6, 11-6, 4-13)
Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra lost to Ankita Das/Medha Moitra 0 - 3 (7-11, 6-11, 5-11)
Shreya Ghosh beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 18-16)

Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat WEST BENGAL (3-2)
Shruti Talnikar lost to Shreya Ghosh 0 - 3 (9-11, 4-11, 9-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 2 (11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar lost to Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra 0 - 3 (7-11, 8-11, 10-12); Mallika Bhandarkar beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8); Shruti Talnikar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9)

Youth Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat RAILWAYS' SPORTS (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to Sayan Paul Roy 1 - 3 (11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10)
Aman Balgu beat M Subhash 3 - 2 (10-12, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Sanil Shetty beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9)
TAMILNADU beat PSPB ACADEMY (3 - 0)
G Sathiyan beat Sourav Saha 3 - 1 (11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7); R S Raja beat Devesh Karia 3 - 2 (11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8); Sivananda Seshadri beat V Nitin Thiruvengadam 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-1)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Neha Aggarwal 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 6-11); Divya Deshpande beat Esha Monga 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-4); Aman Balgu beat Manika Batra 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)
Divya Deshpande beat Neha Aggarwal 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-1)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat WEST BENGAL (3 - 1) Ankita Das beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7); Sukanya Bose beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 1 (11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8); Tanaya Dutta lost to Kritika Sinha Roy 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 4-11); Ankita Das beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-5)

Photo caption: Matches are in progress at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall in Surat on Tuesday.

Jr National TT: Day Two Stage II Results

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (January 18)
Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Pre-Q/Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat ORISSA (3-0)
Shruti Talnikar beat Samartha Prusty 3 - 1 (8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-6)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Soumya Mishra 3 - 0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-3)
Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte beat Samartha Prusty /Soumya Mishra 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-5)
KARNATAKA beat UTTAR PRADESH (3-0)
Poojitha N beat Pooja Kohli 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5)
Nisarga N P beat Tripty Pandey 3 - 2 (11-9, 5-11, 12-14, 11-3, 11-9)
Poojitha N/Nisarga N P beat Pooja Kohli/Tripty Pandey 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2)
DELHI beat KERALA (3 - 1)
Sanya Sehgal beat Adheena K Lathif 3 - 0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-5)
Manika Batra beat Shikha Jacob 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7)
Sanya Sehgal/Vidhushi Vats lost to Shikha Jacob/Sereha Jacob 1 - 3 (12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 9-11)
Sanya Sehgal beat Shikha Jacob 3 - 2 (8-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6)
TAMILNADU beat MADHYA PRADESH (3 - 0)
V Sneha beat Janhavi Tare 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-5)
Sumana R Krishnan beat Apeksha Bhagwat 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6)
Sumana R Krishnan/K K Narmadha beat Apeksha Bhagwat/Janhavi Tare 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-9)
WEST BENGAL beat CHANDIGARH (3-0)
Kritika Sinha Roy beat Naina Suri 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-8)
Shreya Ghosh beat Garima Goyal 2 - 1 (11-7, 11-1, 11-14)
Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra beat Naina Suri/Garima Goyal 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
MAHARASHTRA - 'B' beat RAJASTHAN (3-0)
Vedika Garg beat Aarushi Asawa 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-1)
Charvi Kawle beat Anona Agarwal 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-5)
Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle beat Monika Pareekh/Anona Agarwal 3 - 2 (12-14, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5)
GUJARAT beat ANDHRA PRADESH (3 - 2)
Nargis Malubhai beat K Bhavana 3 - 1 (11-6, 11-3, 10-12, 11-8)
Palak Naik lost to Nikhat Banu 0 - 3 (8-11, 9-11, 8-11)
Nargis Malubhai/Palak Naik lost to Nikhat Banu/K Harshita 2 - 3 (10-12, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12)
Nargis Malubhai beat Nikhat Banu 3 - 1 (6-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9)
Palak Naik beat K Bhavana 3 - 2 (10-12, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7, 11-9)
NORTH BENGAL beat ASSAM (3 - 0)
Ankita Das beat Mahasweta Batsallya 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-3)
Medha Moitra beat Priya Dutta 3 - 2 (11-13, 11-2, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6)
Ankita Das/Medha Moitra beat Mahasweta Batsallya/Priya Dutta 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Pre-Q/Finals)
KARNATAKA beat MAHARASHTRA - 'B' (3 - 1)
Navneeth A R beat Chandrashekar Gole 3 - 2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9)
Akhil V Athresh lost to Sanmay Paranjape 1 - 3 (11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 6-11)
Navneeth A R/Akhil V Athresh beat Sanmay Paranjape/Aakash Damle 3 - 1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8)
Navneeth A R beat Sanmay Paranjape 3 - 2 (6-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8)

WEST BENGAL beat MAHARASHTRA - 'A' (3-1)
Arnab Bose beat Devdutta Phadnavis 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-4)
Pranay Moitra beat Shridhar Tripathi 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9)
Arnab Bose/Soumen Saha lost to Rohit Pathre/Devdutta Phadnavis 1 - 3 (4-11, 11-2, 6-11, 5-11)
Pranay Moitra beat Devdutta Phadnavis 3 - 1 (14-16, 11-6, 11-7, 15-13)
TAMILNADU beat ASSAM (3-0)
R Venkitaramanan beat Hrishikesh Gogoi 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
G Sathiyan beat Chinkoo Rajkhona 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-7)
G Sathiyan/S Prasanna beat Hrishikesh Gogoi/Chinkoo Rajkhona 3 - 1 (11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7)
DELHI beat ORISSA (3 - 0)
Pranshu Gupta beat Saswat Samal 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-9)
Sarthak Gandhi beat Asif Haque 3 - 1 (12-14, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5)
Pranshu Gupta/Utkarsh Gupta beat Saswat Samal/Smarendra Lala 3 - 1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
GUJARAT beat KERALA (3-0)
Ravi Joshi beat Harikrishnan M 3 - 0 (11-7, 13-11, 11-5)
Harmeet Desai beat Vishnu Narayan 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)
Ravi Joshi/Harmeet Desai beat Harikrishnan M/Vishnu Narayan 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-5)
UTTAR PRADESH beat HARYANA (3 - 1)
Abhishek Raj beat Sourav 3 - 0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-7)
Sudarshan Prabhakar lost to Shivam Sharma 2 - 2 (13-11, 10-12, 11-8, 4-11)
Abhishek Raj/Sudarshan Prabhakar lost to Shivam Sharma/Sourav 2 - 3 (17-19, 11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 10-12)
Abhishek Raj beat Shivam Sharma 3 - 2 (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8)
Sudarshan Prabhakar beat Sourav 3 - 1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8)

PSPB ACADEMY beat CHHATTISGARH (3 - 0)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Aditya Kulkarni 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
Mohit Verma beat Swapnil Roy 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-4)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Swapnil Roy/Kunal Dev 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)

PSPB ACADEMY beat UTTAR PRADESH (3-0)
Mohit Verma beat Sudarshan Prabhakar 3-0 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-7)
Sourav Saha beat Harshit Jaiswal 3-0 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-8)
Sourav Saha/V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Sudarshan Prabhakar/Abhishek Raj 3-0 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-8)
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Pre Q/Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat CHHATTISGARH (3-0)
Divya Deshpande beat Surbhi Modi 3-0 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-5, 12-10)
Ashlesha Bodas beat Priyanka Singh 3-0 3 - 0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-6)
Shruti Talnikar beat Payal Hansapure 3-0 3 - 0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-5)

DELHI beat CHANDIGARH (3 - 0)
Neha Aggarwal beat Garima Goyal 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-6)
Esha Monga beat Nadia Saini 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-7)
Manika Batra beat Naina Suri 3 - 0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-6)

MAHARASHTRA - 'B' beat ORISSA (3-0)
Charvi Kawle beat Samartha Prusty 3-0 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-9, 13-11)
Vedika Garg beat Soumya Mishra 3-0 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-5)
Juhi Dhote beat Soumya Gayatri Tripathi 3-0 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-7)

NORTH BENGAL beat MADHYA PRADESH (3 - 0)
Ankita Das beat Swati Jain 3 - 1 (5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Sukanya Bose beat Pooja Sharma 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9)
Tanaya Dutta beat Janhavi Tare 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-3)
TAMILNADU beat UTTAR PRADESH (3 - 0)
K Shamini beat Sona Prabhakar 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)
A V Nivedita beat Sita Verma 3 - 0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-9)
U V Agni beat Priyanka Shukla 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-4)

WEST BENGAL beat KERALA (3-0)
Kritika Sinha Roy beat Adheena K Lathif 3-1 3 - 1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6)
Jayeeta Pushilal beat Shikha Jacob 3-0 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-2)
Anushree Hazra beat Sereha Jacob 3-0 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-5)
RAILWAYS' SPORTS beat ASSAM (3 - 0)
Prajakta Tipale beat Nabanita Bose 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-5)
Priti Mokashi beat Sanjana Sarma 3 - 1 (11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 13-11)
Sayantika Kundu beat Kakoli Lahkar 3 - 1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8)
GUJARAT beat RAJASTHAN (3-0)
Nargis Malubhai beat Aarushi Asawa 3-1 3 - 1 (5-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5)
Divya Gohil beat Monika Pareekh 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-9)
Palak Naik beat Anona Agarwal 2-2 2 - 2 (7-11, 5-11, 11-9, 14-12)
Divya Gohil beat Aarushi Asawa 3-0 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-5)
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Youth Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Pre Q/Finals)

MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat GOA (3 - 0)
Sanil Shetty beat Tito Diniz 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-3)
Aniket Koparkar beat Diljit Vellingkar 2 - 1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-5)
Aman Balgu beat Agnelo Naik 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-4, 15-13)
DELHI beat ANDHRA PRADESH (3 - 1)
Pranshu Gupta beat P Vigney Reddy 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)
Utkarsh Gupta lost to Shubham Sharma 1 - 3 (7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 3-11)
Sarthak Gandhi beat G Vishal Reddy 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
Pranshu Gupta beat Shubham Sharma 2 - 1 (11-6, 8-11, 6-5)

RAILWAYS' SPORTS beat MAHARASHTRA - 'B' (3-0)
Arpit Bhopalkar beat Sanmay Paranjape 3-0 3 - 0 (14-12, 11-9, 11-8)
Sayan Paul Roy beat Jay Modak 3-0 3 - 0 (11-3, 11-5, 13-11)
M Subhash beat Dheeraj Rai 3-1 3 - 1 (8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6)
NORTH BENGAL beat UTTAR PRADESH (3 - 0)
Soumyajit Ghosh beat Satyam Singh 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Raj Mondal beat Rahul Jaiswal 3 - 2 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5)
Avik Das beat Manish Yadav 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-9)

TAMILNADU beat KARNATAKA (3 - 0)
G Sathiyan beat Akhil V Athresh 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-7)
R S Raja beat Navneeth A R 3 - 1 (11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7)
Sivananda Seshadri beat Akshay Mohanta 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-4)
GUJARAT beat HARYANA (3-0)
Mahipal Gohil beat Prashant Yadav 3-0 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-9)
Harmeet Desai beat Ankit Gupta 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-6)
Jalay Mehta beat Manoj 3-0 3 - 0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-5)
Youth Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Pre Q/Finals)
WEST BENGAL beat ORISSA (3-1)
Souvik Kar lost to Tousif Haque 2-3 2 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-13)
Sougata Sarkar beat Md. Azhar 3-2 3 - 2 (8-11, 11-1, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5)
Sushovan Das beat Sunil Parida 3-0 3 - 0 (12-10, 11-7, 13-11)
Sougata Sarkar beat Tousif Haque 3-2 3 - 2 (11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6)

PSPB ACADEMY beat ASSAM (3-0)
Sourav Saha beat Saidul Alam Ahmed 3-0 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9)
Devesh Karia beat Chiranjeet Hazarika 3-0 3 - 0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-5)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Chinmoy Sarma 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)

Jr National TT: Day Two Satge I Results

This is the second day stage I results of the 70th Junior and Youth National and inter-state table tennis championships being played at Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall in Surat .

Results: Day II
Stage – I
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNIOR GIRLS’ TEAM

GROUP – A
ASSAM BT BIHAR 3-0
PRIYA DUTTA bt SUPARNA JOSHI (11-6,11-6,11-5)
MAHASWETA bt PRIYA KUMARI (11-2,11-5,11-3
PRIYA DUTTA / PRIMEE BORA bt SUPARNA JOSHI / PRIYA KUMARI (11-5,11-7,10-12,11-5)

GROUP – B
ORISSA BT CHHATTISGARH 3-1
SAMARTHA PRUSTY bt PRIYANKA SINGH (11-6,11-5,11-4)
SOUMYA MISHRA lost SURABHI MODI (6-11,8-11,11-4,8-11)
SAMARTHA PRUSTY / SOUMYA bt PRIYANKA SINGH / SURABHI (7-11,11-3,11-9,11-8)
SAMARTHA PRUSTY bt SURABHI MODI (11-5,11-7,11-8

GROUP – C

KERALA BT UTTARANCHAL 3-0
ADHEENA K LATIF bt MONIKA (11-5,11-9,11-9)
SIKHA JACOB bt VINITA (11-6,11-1,11-7
ADHEENA K LATIF / SIKHA bt SUNITA / VINITA (9-11,11-6,11-8,10-12,11-6)

GROUP – D

TAMILNADU GETS W/O FROM MIZORAM
CHANDIGARH BT HIMACHAL PRADESH 3-0
GARIMA bt VISHNU PRIYA (11-1,11-5,11-3)
NAINA bt MEENAL (11-6,11-8,11-8
GARIMA / NAINA bt VISHNU PRIYA / MEENAL (11-8,11-8,11-5)

GROUP – E
AP GETS W/O FROM MANIPUR
MADHYA PRADESH BT PONDICHERRY 3-1
JANHVI TARE lost M VINODHINI (5-11,12-10,6-11,11-9,4-11)
APEKSHA bt A MADUMITHA A (11-8,11-2,11-6
APEKSHA / VIDHI bt M VINODHINI / A MADUMITHA (7-11,11-9,11-9,12-10)
APEKSHA bt M VINODHINI (12-14,11-8,11-9,8-11,11-8)

GROUP – F
DELHI BT GUJARAT 3-2
SANYA SEHGAL bt PALAK NAIK (11-5,11-2,12-10)
MONIKA PATRA bt NARGIS MALUBHAI (11-9,10-12,11-13,11-6,11-5)
SANYA SEHGAL/VIDUSHI VATS lost NARGIS MALUBHAI/PALAK NAIK (11-7,6-11,11-9,4-11,4-11)
SANYA SEHGAL lost NARGIS MALUBHAI (6-11,11-4,4-11,11-4,9-11)
MONIKA PATRA bt PALAK NAIK (11-4,11-6,11-6
GUJARAT BT JHARKHAND 3-0
NIRJA TRIVEDI bt DEEP SHIKHA (11-5,11-3,11-4)
PALAK NAIK bt AFREEN NAZ (11-9,11-2,11-7
NIRJA TRIVEDI / PALAK bt DEEP SHIKHA / AFREEN NAZ (11-6,11-3,11-5)

GROUP – G
MAHARASHTRA - B BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
VEDIKA GARG bt TOOMI (11-5,5-11,11-5,11-3)
RADHIKA bt BIAMBI (11-6,11-6,11-5
VEDIKA GARG / CHARVI KAWLE bt TOOMI / BIAMBI (11-5,13-11,11-6)

GROUP – H
KARNATAKA BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0
NISARGA N bt LAVANYA SHARMA (11-3,11-6,11-6)
POOJITHA N bt SHAZAR (1-6,11-2,11-3
NISARGA N / SUBHASHREE bt NITANI BAKSHI / SHAZAR (11-4,11-5,11-6)
RAJASTHAN BT PUNJAB 3-0
ARUSHI bt KANCHAN (11-7,11-3,11-2)
MONIKA bt LOVEPREET (11-8,1-11,11-4,12-10)
ARUSHI / MONIKA bt KANCHAN / LOVEPREET (8-11,11-8,11-5,9-11,11-4)

JUNIOR BOYS’ TEAM
GROUP – A
NORTH BENGAL BT MIZORAM 3-0
RAJ MONDAL bt LALRRUAT FELA (11-6,11-2,11-9)
ROHIT CHAKRABORTHY bt HENRY LALA TANPUIA (8-11,11-8,11-5,8-11,11-4)
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH / RAJ MONDAL bt LALRRUAT FELA / HENRY LALA TANPUIA (6-11,11-9,11-4,11-2)


KERALA BT HIMACHAL PRADESH 3-0
HARIKRISHANAN bt CHITESH (11-7,11-4,11-3)
VISHNU NARAYAN bt ASHUTOSH (13-11,11-7,11-4
HARIKRISHANAN / VISHNU bt CHITESH / ASHUTOSH (11-9,11-8,11-7)

GROUP – B
PSPB A BT PONDICHERRY 3-0
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM bt KRISHNA KUMAR L (11-6,11-2,11-2)
ABHISHEK bt SUDHARSHANANE V (11-6,11-2,11-7
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM / SAURAV SAHA bt S CIBI / SUDHARSHANE V (11-8,11-9,11-7)

ASSAM BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
CHINKOO RAJKHONA bt SANJEEB THAKUR (11-3,11-5,11-3)
HRISHIKESH GOGOI bt ABHISHEK DAS (11-3,10-12,11-13,11-8,11-5)
CHINKOO RAJKHONA / SOUMYANIL PHUKAN bt SANJEEB THAKUR / ABHISHEK DAS (9-11,11-6,11-7,9-11,11-3)
GROUP – C
DELHI BT SIKKIM 3-0
RAJAT KUMAR bt ASHISH TAMANG (11-1,11-6,11-6)
UTAKARSH GUPTA bt TRIVENDRA SUBBA (11-7,11-4,11-4
UTAKARSH GUPTA / PRANSHU GUPTA bt SAMEER RAI / ASHISH TAMANG (11-8,11-5,11-4)

ANDHRA PRADESH BT BIHAR 3-0
HARISH A SHAH bt ANKIT TARVE (5-11,11-7,11-4,11-3)
T SAIPRANITH bt LEKH RAJ (11-8,11-3,8-11,8-11,11-7)
HARISH A SHAH / T SAIPRANITH bt NISHANT / LEKH RAJ (11-7,11-1,11-4)

GROUP – D
TAMILNADU BT MANIPUR 3-0
G SATHIYAN bt Y BOY SINGH (11-3,11-8,11-8)
R VENKATRAMANAN bt H MICHAEL MEETEI (11-5,11-1,13-11
R VENKATRAMANAN / AJAY BHARDHWAJ bt Y BOY SINGH / H MICHAEL MEETEI (12-10,11-6,11-6)

CHHATTISGARH BT RAJASTHAN 3-1
SWAPNIL ROY lost VIVEK BHARGAVA (8-11,9-11,11-13)
ADITYA KULKARNI bt RAN VIJAY (11-13,11-5,11-9,7-11,11-9)
SWAPNIL ROY / KUNAL DEV bt VIVEK BHARGAVA / LAKHYA PAREEKH (11-9,11-8,13-11)
ADITYA KULKARNI bt VIVEK BHARGAVA (11-9,11-7,11-4

GROUP – E
GUJARAT BT GOA 3-0
RAVI JOSHI bt YASH JILANI (11-6,11-7,11-8)
HARMEET DESAI bt YASH NAIK (11-3,11-1,11-4
RAVI JOSHI / HARMEET DESAI bt YASH JILANI / ARJUN SOOD (8-11,11-6,11-7,11-5)

MAHARASHTRA - B BT PUNJAB 3-0
SANMAY PRANJAPE bt VITHESH KAPOOR (11-5,11-6,8-11,11-5)
AAKASH DAMLE bt KARTIK DOGRA (11-7,11-9,6-11,11-5)
SANMAY PRANJAPE / AAKASH DAMLE bt KARTIK DOGRA / SANJIL SHIKRI (11-7,11-8,11-6)

GROUP – F
MAHARASHTRA - A BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0
SHRIDHAR TRIPATHI bt JAY SINGH (11-4,11-7,11-0)
DEVDUTTA FADANAVIS bt ABHISHEK (11-6,11-7,11-8
DEVDUTTA FADANAVIS / ROHIT PATHRE bt JAY SINGH / SHORYA SHARMA (9-11,11-9,3-11,11-2,11-7)

GROUP – G
ORISSA BT UTTARANCHAL 3-1
ASIF HAQUE bt SURAJ RANA (11-5,11-7,11-8)
SMARENDRA LALA lost AKSHAY DABRAR (8-11,15-13,9-11,6-11)
SASWAT SAMAL / SMARENDRA LALA bt AKSHAY DABRAR / AKASH GUPTA (11-5,11-5,11-6)
ASIF HAQUE bt AKSHAY DABRAR (11-6,11-6,11-8

KARNATAKA GETS W/O FROM KHARKHAND

GROUP – H
WEST BENGAL BT ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 3-0
PRONAY MOITRA bt N PARICHAY (11-3,11-4,11-2)
SUBHRA ROY CHOWDHURY bt SAURABH VISHNOY (11-5,11-2,11-0
ARNAV BOSE / SOUMEN SAHA bt N PARICHAY / SAURABH VISHNOY (11-2,11-7,11-7)


HARYANA BT MADHYA PRADESH 3-0
SHIVAM SHARMA bt VAIBHAV DAHIBHATE (8-11,11-7,12-10,14-12)
SOURAV bt SANTYAJEET GHOSH (17-19,11-8,11-7,11-8)
SHIVAM SHARMA / SOURAV bt AMAN CHORASIA / VAIBHAV DAHIBHATE (11-5,11-9,11-9)


YOUTH GIRLS’ TEAM
GROUP – A
MAHARASHTRA - A BT PUNJAB 3-0
DIVYA DESHPANDE bt AKANKSHA (11-0,11-2,11-3)
ASHLESHA BODAS bt NIRDOSH (11-6,11-7,11-5
SHRUTI TALNIKAR bt RUCHI (11-4,11-5,11-4)

GROUP – B
RAILWAYS BT CHANDIGARH 3-0
PRAJAKTA TIPALE bt GARIMA GOYAL (11-8,11-6,11-3)
PRITI MOKASHI bt NADIA SAINI (11-8,11-4,11-3
PALLAVI KUNDU bt NAINA SURI (13-15,11-7,11-8,11-7)

GROUP – C
NORTH BENGAL BT CHHATTISGARH 3-0
ANKITA DAS bt NEHA SINGH (11-3,11-3,11-7)
SUKANYA BOSE bt SURBHI MODI (11-5,12-10,12-10
MEDHA MOITRA bt PRIYANKA SINGH (11-3,11-4,12-10)

GROUP – D
MAHARASHTRA - B BT MADHYA PRADESH 3-0
CHARVI KAWLE bt POOJA SHARMA (11-1,11-6,8-11,11-4)
VEDHIKA GARG bt SWATI JAIN (11-8,5-11,15-13,17-15)
JUHI DHOTE bt JANHVI TARE (11-5,11-9,11-8)

HIMACHAL PRADESH BT MIZORAM 3-1
PALAK lost LALPEKROPULA (7-11,7-11,11-8,5-11)
DEEPIKA bt REMLAL MUANI (10-12,11-7,11-4,11-9)
PALAK SHARMA bt VANLAL RUATI (6-11,8-11,11-9,11-8,11-7)
DEEPIKA bt LALPEKROPULA (11-4,11-7,11-8

GROUP – E
GUJARAT BT ASSAM 3-2
DIVYA GOHIL bt KAKOLI LAHKAR (13-11,11-5,10-12,11-9)
NARGIS MALUBHAI bt SANJANA SHARMA (11-8,11-7,9-11,4-11,11-9)
ARTI IYER lost NABNITA BOSE (8-11,9-11,13-11,9-11)
DIVYA GOHIL lost SANJANA SHARMA (11-9,5-11,4-11,9-11)
NARGIS MALUBHAI bt KAKOLI LAHKAR (8-11,11-7,6-11,11-7,11-7)

HARYANA BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
AISHWARYA bt BIAMBI (11-5,11-4,12-10)
MEGHANA bt SHANKARI (11-3,11-7,11-2)
MANYA bt AMNADA (11-4,11-7,11-9)

GROUP – F
TAMILNADU BT KARNATAKA 3-0
A V NIVEDITA bt SHUBHASHREE (11-5,11-2,11-8)
K SHAMINI bt NIRSARGA N (11-7,11-9,11-8
SWETHA KUMARVEL bt PUJITHA N (11-5,8-11,11-4,11-8)

ORISSA BT UTTARANCHAL 3-1
SAMARATHA PRUSTY bt MEENAKSHI (11-3,11-4,11-4)
SOUMYA MISHRA bt BABITA SINGH (9-11,11-3,11-6,11-6)
SOUMYA GAYATRI TRIPATHI lost MONIKA SHARMA (11-13,8-11,3-11)
SAMARATHA PRUSTY bt BABITA SINGH (11-6,11-5,11-6

GROUP – G
RAJASTHAN GETS W/O FROM MANIPUR
WEST BENGAL BT BIHAR 3-0
JOITA PUSHILAL bt PRIYA KUMARI (11-3,11-5,11-1)
SHREYA GHOSH bt DEEPALI SARKAR (11-5,11-7,11-4
KRITIKA SINHA ROY bt CHUNKI MONDAL (11-7,11-4,11-6)

GROUP – H
DELHI BT ANDHRA PRADESH 3-0
NEHA AGARWAL bt NIKHANT BANU (6-11,11-3,11-9,11-8)
SAINI SEHGAL bt VIDEESHA (11-6,11-5,11-8
MAINKA BATRA bt AYESHA AFZAL (11-4,11-3,11-1)

UTTAR PRADESH BT GOA 3-0
SONA PRABHAKAR bt ALISHA ALFONSO (11-8,9-11,11-6,3-11,11-9)
SITA VERMA bt SALONI SHIRWAIKAR (11-5,12-10,11-4
PRIYANKA SHUKLA bt DIVYA D'MELLO (12-10,12-10,11-8)

YOUTH BOYS’ TEAM
GROUP – A
MAHARASHTRA - A BT ORISSA 3-0
ANIKET KOPARKAR bt ASIF HAQUE (11-6,11-9,11-4)
SANIL SHETTY bt MD. AZHAR (11-9,11-3,11-6
AMAN BALGU bt SASWAT SAMAL (11-9,11-5,11-3)

GROUP – B
UTTAR PRADESH BT MIZORAM 3-0
SATYAM SINGH bt LALCHHANHIMA (11-3,9-11,6-11,11-4,11-8)
RAHUL JAISWAL bt B LALMAUPUNIA (10-12,11-8,11-6,11-5)
MANISH YADAV bt ISAAC LALSAWNLIAN (11-8,11-6,11-8)

PSPB A BT UTTAR PRADESH 3-0
DEVESH KARIA bt RAHUL JAISWAL (6-11,11-8,11-7,11-5)
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM bt SATYAM SINGH (12-10,11-5,11-7
MOHIT VERMA bt MANISH YADAV (11-5,9-11,11-8,11-7)

BIHAR BT MIZORAM 3-1
JKISHAN RAJ bt LALCHHANHIMA (10-12,11-2,11-9,11-8)
LEKH RAJ bt B MUANOINIA (11-8,11-7,11-9
ANI RAJ lost HENRY LALA TANPUIA (8-11,10-12,7-11)
LEKH RAJ bt LALCHHANHIMA (11-7,11-8,14-16,11-5)

GROUP – C
MAHARASHTRA - B BT MANIPUR 3-0
DHEERAJ RAI bt N NITRA SINGH (8-11,11-6,11-6,11-6)
SANMAY PRANJAPE bt TH DEEPAK MEITEI (11-5,11-6,9-11,11-5)
JAI MODAK bt H MICHAEL MEETEI (11-6,11-6,11-7)

TAMILNADU BT MAHARASHTRA - B 3-0
G SATHIYAN bt SANMAY PRANJAPE (11-9,11-6,11-7)
R S RAJA bt DHEERAJ RAI (11-6,11-9,11-9
SHIVANANDA SHESHADRI bt JAI MODAK (11-4,12-10,6-11,11-4)

CHANDIGARH BT MANIPUR 3-1
AISHWARYA lost N NITRA SINGH (12-14,12-14,6-11)
DEV SAINI bt TH DEEPAK MEITEI (11-9,7-11,6-11,11-4,11-9)
ASEEM bt Y BOY SINGH (11-13,11-7,11-7,14-12)
DEV SAINI bt N NITRA SINGH (11-5,11-8,11-6

GROUP – D
NORTH BENGAL BT ASSAM 3-0
RAJ MONDAL bt SAIDUL ALAM AHMED (11-7,11-9,11-9)
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH bt CHINMOY SHARMA (11-7,11-8,9-11,11-8)
AVIK DAS bt CHIRANJEET HAZARIKA (11-7,11-9,11-8)

CHHATTISGARH BT UTTARANCHAL 3-0
ADITYA KULKARNI bt AKSHAY DABRAR (11-7,11-9,11-4)
SAGAR GHOTGE bt SURAJ RANA (11-6,11-5,11-8
SOUMITRA TIWARI bt BHARAT AGGARWAL (11-6,11-6,11-5)

GROUP – E
WEST BENGAL BT DELHI 3-1
SUSHOVAN DAS lost PRANSHU GUPTA (11-5,5-11,11-7,9-11,8-11)
SOUGATA SARKAR bt SARTHAK GANDHI (11-6,11-7,11-6
SUMIT KUNDU bt UTAKARSH GUPTA (11-5,11-8,11-2)
SOUGATA SARKAR bt PRANSHU GUPTA (11-9,12-10,9-11,16-14)

RAJASTHAN BT SIKKIM 3-0
ANUJ SHARMA bt SONAM WANCHUK BHUTIA (11-4,11-9,11-6)
DURGA PRASAD bt MINGAMA SHERPA (11-2,11-7,11-9
RAN VIJAY bt YOGEN RAI (9-11,10-12,11-5,11-9,11-7)

GROUP – F
GUJARAT BT MADHYA PRADESH 3-1
MAHIPAL GOHIL lost SANTYAJEET GHOSH (6-11,8-11,7-11)
HARMEET DESAI bt SACHIN GAUR (11-3,12-10,12-10
JALYA MEHTA bt NIHIT MATHUR (11-9,11-3,11-7)
HARMEET DESAI bt SANTYAJEET GHOSH (11-2,11-6,11-7

GOA BT HIMACHAL PRADESH 3-0
DILJIT VELINGKAR bt DIVYANSH (11-6,11-7,11-4)
AGNELO NAIK bt ABHAY LAKHANPAL (11-4,11-6,11-9
TITO DIRIZ bt RAGHAV (11-7,11-7,11-6)

GROUP – G
RAILWAYS BT KARNATAKA 3-0
ARPIT BHOPALKAR bt A R NAVNEETH (6-11,14-12,13-11,8-11,11-3)
SAYAN PAUL ROY bt AKHIL V (11-4,11-8,9-11,11-7)
M SUBHASH bt PUNEETH P (11-8,12-10,11-8)

PUNJAB BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0
RAHUL MALHOTRA bt SANDEEP (8-11,11-8,11-8,12-10)
HITESH DOGRA bt KARAN (11-3,11-3,11-3
PIYUSH PUJARA bt JAY SINGH (11-6,11-2,12-10)

GROUP – H
ANDHRA PRADESH BT HARYANA 3-0
P VIGNAY REDDY bt PRASHANT (11-4,11-6,11-7)
SUBHAM SHARMA bt MANOJ (11-3,11-6,11-5
GAUTAM GAMPA bt ANKIT GUPTA (11-9,3-11,11-9,11-8)

JHARKHAND BT MEGHALAYA 3-2
PIYUSH lost SANJEEB THAKUR (7-11,7-11,11-5,9-11)
DEVESH KUMAR bt RONITH DAS (11-13,11-9,11-9,11-2)
SANTOSH KR RAJAK lost ABHISHEK DAS (9-11,4-11,5-11)
DEVESH KUMAR bt SANJEEB THAKUR (11-4,14-12,11-5
PIYUSH bt RONITH DAS (11-1,11-8,11-9

Day One Results of Jr. National TT

Patna/Surat, January 17
The first day's results of the 70th junior National, Youth and Inter-State table tennis champiosnhips being played in Surat.

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
JUNIOR GIRLS’ TEAM
GROUP – A
MAHARASHTRA - A BT BIHAR 3-0
SWETA PATRE bt PRIYA KUMARI (11-4,11-7,11-8)
SHRUTI TALNIKAR bt SUPARNA JOSHI (11-1,11-7,11-8)
MALLIKA / SWETA PATRE bt PRIYA KUMARI / SUPARNA JOSHI (11-2,11-3,11-4)

GROUP – B
NORTH BENGAL BT CHHATTISGARH 3-0
ANUMITA bt SURBHI MODI (11-2,11-7,11-13)
ANKITA bt PRIYANKA SINGH (11-1,11-5,11-3)
ANKITA / MEGHA bt SURBHI MODI / PRIYANKA SINGH (11-7,11-2,11-6)

GROUP – C
WEST BENGAL BT UTTARANCHAL [3-0]
ANUSHRI HAZRA bt MONIKA SHARMA (11-1,11-1,11-3)
SHREYA GHOSH bt SURAJ RANA (11-4,11-1,11-4)
KRITIKA ROY / SHREYA GHOSH bt MONIKA SHARMA /VINITA CHHAMWAL (11-6,11-4,11-3)

GROUP – D
TAMILNADU BT HIMACHAL PRADESH [3-0]
V SNEHA bt VISHNUPRIYA (11-1,11-2,11-3)
K K NARMADA bt MEENAL (11-5,11-7,11-3)
K K NARMADA / SUMANA bt MEENAL / VASUDHA (11-4,11-8,11-3)

CHANDIGARH BT MIZORAM 3-0
GARIMA bt LALPETROPULA (8-11,11-5,11-2,11-5)
NAINA SURI bt LALRAMPARI (11-1,11-4,11-2)
GARIMA / NAINA SURI bt LALPETROPULA / LALRAMPARI (11-6,11-5,11-6)

GROUP – E
MADHYA PRADESH Gets W/O MANIPUR
ANDHRA PRADESH BT PONDICHERRY 3-0
NIKHANT BANU bt A MADHUMITA (11-2,11-5,11-5)
K BHAVANA bt VINODINI (11-6,10-12,11-8,9-11,12-10)
NIKHANT BANU / K BHAVANA bt A MADHUMITA / VINODINI (11-5,12-10,11-8)

GROUP – F
DELHI BT JHARKHAND 3-0
MAINKA BATRA bt DIPSHIKHA (11-3,11-2,11-1)
AaSHITA JAIN bt AFREEN (11-6,11-4,11-6
SAINI SEHGAL / VIDUSHI bt DIPSHIKHA / AFREEN (11-6,11-6,11-6)

GUJARAT BT GOA 3-0
PALAK NAIK bt ALISHA (12-10,11-7,11-3)
NARGIS MALUBHAI bt SALONI SHIRWAIKAR (11-3,11-1,11-2
PALAK NAIK / NARGIS bt ALISHA / SALONI (11-8,11-7,11-3)

GROUP – G
MAHARASHTRA - B BT HARYANA 3-0
VEDHIKA GARG bt ANSHU (11-1,11-8,11-2)
CHARVI KAWLE bt MEGHANA (12-10,11-5,12-10
VEDHIKA GARG / CHARVI KAWLE bt ANSHU / MEGNA (11-4,11-7,11-2)

UTTAR PRADESH BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
TRIPTI PANDEY bt TOOMI CH MOMIN (11-2,11-5,11-8)
POOJA KOHLI bt BIAMBI (11-3,11-4,11-4
TRIPTI PANDEY / VANDANA SINGH bt TOOMI CH MOMIN / BIAMBI (11-6,11-7,11-7)

GROUP – H

RAJASTHAN BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0

ARUSHI bt LAVANYA (11-6,11-3,11-5)
MONIKA PAREEKH bt SHAZAR (11-6,11-9,11-7
MONIKA PAREEKH / ANONA bt LAVANYA / SHAZAR (11-7,11-3,7-11,11-8)

KARNATAKA BT PUNJAB 3-0
NISARGA bt KANCHAN (14-12,11-6,11-3)
PUJITHA bt LOVEPRITI / LOVEPRITI (11-6,11-5,11-4
NISARGA / SHUBHASHREE bt KANCHAN (11-5,11-5,11-6)

JUNIOR BOYS’ TEAM
GROUP – A
NORTH BENGAL BT HIMACHAL PRADESH 3-0
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH bt ABHAY LAKHANPAL (9-11,11-5,11-6,11-8)
ROHIT CHAKRABORTHY bt CHITESH (11-5,11-6,11-6)
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH / R MONDAL bt CHITESH / ASHUTOSH (11-4,11-3,11-5)

GROUP – B
PSPB A BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM bt SANJEEB THAKUR (11-4,11-9,9-11,11-3)
MOHIT VERMA bt KMESH GERERI (11-2,11-7,11-9)
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM / SAURAV SAHA bt SANJEEB THAKUR / ABHISHEK DAS (11-3,12-10,11-9)

ASSAM BT PONDICHERRY 3-0
HRISHIKESH GOGOI bt KRISHNA KUMAR L (11-6,11-7,11-7)
CHINKOO RAJKHONA bt SUDHARSHANANE V (11-9,11-8,11-7)
HRISHIKESH GOGOI / CHINKOO RAJKHONA bt CIBI / SUDARSANE (11-7,11-8,11-6)

GROUP – C
DELHI BT BIHAR 3-0
SARTHAK GANDHI bt LEKH RAJ (11-6,12-10,11-9)
PRANSHU GUPTA bt ANKIT TARVE (11-6,11-7,11-4)
PRANSHU GUPTA / UTKARSH GUPTA bt LEKH RAJ / ANKIT TARE (11-5,11-8,11-8)

ANDHRA PRADESH BT SIKKIM 3-0
HARISH A SHAH bt YOGEN RAI (11-8,11-6,11-3)
T SAIPRANITH bt ASHISH TAMANG (11-5,11-4,11-3)
KAUSHIK / T SAIPRANITH bt YOGEN RAI / ASHISH TAMANG (11-6,11-8,11-6)

GROUP – D
CHHATTISGARH BT MANIPUR 3-1
SWAPNIL ROY lost Y BOY SINGH (9-11,10-12,11-6,6-11)
ADITYA KULKARNI bt H MICHAEL MEETEI (14-16,11-7,11-4,11-6)
SWAPNIL ROY / KUNAL DEV bt Y BOY SINGH / H MICHAEL MEETEI (17-15,12-10,7-11,11-9)
SWAPNIL ROY bt H MICHAEL MEETEI (11-7,11-9,11-8

TAMILNADU BT RAJASTHAN 3-0
R VENKATRAMANAN bt VIVEK BHARGAVA (11-5,11-4,10-12,11-9)
G SATHIYAN bt RAJ VIJAY (11-4,11-4,11-5)
G SATHIYAN / S PRASANNA bt VIVEK / LAKSHAY (11-5,11-4,11-6)

GROUP – E
GUJARAT BT PUNJAB 3-0
RAVI JOSHI bt KARTIK DOGRA (11-9,14-12,11-7)
HARMEET DESAI bt VITHESH KAPOOR (11-7,11-4,11-8)
HARMEET DESAI / RAVI JOSHI bt KARTIK DOGRA / VITESH KAPOOR (11-6,11-3,11-8)

MAHARASHTRA - B BT GOA 3-0
AAKASH DAMLE bt YASH JILANI (11-7,11-3,11-6)
SANMAY PRANJAPE bt ARJUN SOOD (10-12,11-5,11-7,11-7)
SANMAY PRANJAPE / AAKASH DAMLE bt YASH JILANI / ARJUN (12-10,11-7,11-8)

GROUP – F
CHANDIGARH BT MAHARASHTRA - A 3-1
AISHWARYA lost DEVDUTTA FADANAVIS (6-11,8-11,9-11)
DEV SAINI bt ROHIT PATHRE (11-3,14-12,11-9)
DEV SAINI / KARAMJIT SINGH bt DEVDUTTA FADANAVIS / S TRIPATHI (7-11,8-11,11-8,11-8,11-6)
DEV SAINI bt DEVDUTTA FADANAVIS (9-11,11-8,11-8,8-11,11-6)

UTTAR PRADESH BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0
SUDARSHAN PRABHAKAR bt SHORYA SHARMA (11-4,11-4,11-8)
HARSHIT JAISWAL bt JAY SINGH (11-2,11-5,11-9)
HARSHIT JAISWAL / ABHISHEK bt SHORYA SHARMA / JAY SINGH (11-9,11-7,11-8)

GROUP – G
KARNATAKA BT UTTARANCHAL 3-0
AKHIL V bt AKASH GUPTA (11-5,11-8,11-4)
A R NAVNEETH bt AKSHAY DABRAR (11-7,11-9,11-5)
A R NAVNEETH / PUNEETH bt AKSHAY DABRAR / SURAJ RANA (11-7,7-11,11-8,11-5)

ORISSA Gets W/O JHARKHAND

GROUP – H
WEST BENGAL BT HARYANA 3-1
PRONAY MOITRA bt SHIVAM SHARMA (11-5,11-8,11-9)
ARNAV BOSE bt SOURAV (9-11,11-9,11-7,11-9)
ARNAV BOSE / PRONAY MOITRA lost SHIVAM SHARMA / SOURAV (11-6,9-11,10-12,8-11)
ARNAV BOSE bt SHIVAM SHARMA (11-8,11-5,7-11,11-6)

MADHYA PRADESH BT ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 3-0
AMAN CHORASIA bt SAURABH VISHNOY (11-5,11-2,11-5)
SANTYAJEET GHOSH bt N PARICHAY (11-3,11-8,11-6)
AMAN CHORASIA / VAIBHAV bt SAURABH VISHNOY / N PARICHAY (11-8,11-4,11-2)

YOUTH BOYS’ TEAM
GROUP: A
MAHARASHTRA - A BT KERALA 3-0
SANIL SHETTY bt S SUNDAR (12-10,11-5,11-8)
AMAN BALGU bt VISHNU NARAYAN (13-11,11-5,11-8)
ANIKET KOPARKAR bt RAHUL BINUMETHEW (11-2,11-5,11-3)

GROUP – B

PSPB A BT BIHAR 3-0
SAURAV SAHA bt LEKH RAJ (11-8,11-6,11-4)
DEVESH KARIA bt JKISHAN RAJ (11-4,11-5,11-5)
MOHIT VERMA bt ANI RAJ (11-5,11-8,11-6)
GROUP – C
TAMILNADU BT CHANDIGARH 3-0
SHIVANANDA SHESHADRI bt DEV SAINI (11-6,11-7,11-7)
R S RAJA bt SHARMA (11-6,11-4,11-5)
S PRASSANNA bt AISHWARYA (11-4,11-6,11-6)

GROUP – D
NORTH BENGAL BT CHHATTISGARH 3-0
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH bt SWAPNIL ROY (11-2,11-5,13-11)
RAJ MONDAL bt SAGAR GHOTGE (13-11,9-11,11-7,11-4)
ARIJIT MANDI bt SOUMITRA TIWARI (11-7,11-9,5-11,11-2)

ASSAM BT UTTARANCHAL 3-0
CHINMOY SHARMA bt AKSHAY DABRAR (11-4,5-11,11-3,11-7)
SAIDUL ALAM AHMED bt SURAJ RANA (11-8,11-4,13-11)
CHIRANJEET HAZARIKA bt RAVI RAWAL (11-6,10-12,11-5,11-5)

GROUP – E
WEST BENGAL BT RAJASTHAN 3-0
SOUGATA SARKAR bt ANUJ SHARMA (11-8,11-5,11-8)
SOUVIK KAR bt DURGA PRASAD (13-11,12-10,11-6)
SUSHOVAN DAS bt RANJIJAY (11-4,11-3,11-4)

DELHI BT SIKKIM 3-0
RAJAT KUMAR bt SONAM WANCHUK BHUTIA (11-3,11-8,10-12,11-9)
PRANSHU GUPTA bt MINGAMA SHERPA (11-6,11-6,11-7)
UTAKARSH GUPTA bt TRIVENDRA SUBBA (11-4,11-5,11-6)

GROUP – F
MADHYA PRADESH BT HIMACHAL PRADESH 3-0
SACHIN GAUR bt DIVYANSH (11-3,11-6,11-6)
SANTYAJEET GHOSH bt ABHAY LAKHANPAL (11-3,11-8,11-8)
NIFIT MATHUR bt KANISHKA (11-8,11-6,12-10)

GUJARAT BT GOA 3-0
HARMEET DESAI bt AGNELO NAIK (11-2,11-8,11-3)
MAHIPAL GOHIL bt DILJIT VELINGKAR (11-4,11-4,11-1)
JALYA MEHTA bt TITO DIRIZ (11-2,11-8,9-11,11-6)

GROUP – G

RAILWAYS BT PUNJAB 3-0
SAYAN PAUL ROY bt HITESH DOGRA (11-5,11-5,11-8)
ARPIT BHOPALKAR bt PIYUSH PUJARA (11-5,12-10,11-3)
SHUBHAM KUNDU bt RAHUL MALHOTRA (11-7,13-11,11-1)

KARNATAKA BT JAMMU & KASHMIR 3-0
AKHIL V bt SANDEEP (11-6,11-4,11-9)
A R NAVNEETH bt JAY SINGH (11-3,11-2,11-4)
AKSHAYA MOHANTA bt KARAN (11-4,11-5,11-5)

GROUP – H

ANDHRA PRADESH BT JHARKHAND 3-0
SUBHAM SHARMA bt SANTOSH KR RAJAK (11-5,11-6,11-9)
P VIGNAY REDDY bt DEVESH KUMAR (11-6,11-3,11-7)
G VISHAL REDDY bt PIYUSH (11-3,11-9,11-2)


HARYANA BT MEGHALAYA 3-0
PRASHANT bt ROHIT (11-5,11-6,9-11,11-1)
MANOJ bt SANDEEP (11-5,11-8,13-11)
ANKIT GUPTA bt KAMESH (9-11,11-5,11-9,11-9)

Bihar boys and girls lose in junior National TT

Patna, January 17, 2009
Bihar girls, boys and youth teams suffered crushing defeats in their stage I matches on the opening day of the 70th Junior and Youth National and inter-state table tennis championships in Surat on Saturday..

In the first team event match of the day, Maharashtra-A humiliated Bihar girls 3-0 in group A. Sweta Patre of Maharashtra-A thrashed Priya Kumari of Bihar 11-4, 11-7, 11-8. Shruti Talnikar (Maharashtra-A) crushed Suparna Joshi of Bihar 11-1, 11-7, 11-8. In doubles, the Maharashtra pair of Mallika and Sweta proved too strong for Bihar pair of Priya and Suparna 11-2, 11-3, 11-4.

Delhi boys proved too good for Bihar in a group C with a 3-0 victory. Sarthak Gandhi struggled to beat Bihar’s Lekh Raj 11-6, 12-10, 11-9. Pranshu Gupta of Delhi swamped Bihar’s Ankit Tarve 11-6, 11-7, 11-4. The Gupta pair of Delhi Pranshu and Utkarsh decimated Bihar combination of Lekh Raj and Ankit Tare 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 in the doubles to make it a 3-0 sweep.

The team event of the youth championships witnessed Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB)-A routing Bihar 3-0. Saurab Saha beat Bihar’s Lekh Raj 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 in the first singles. In the second singles Devesh Karia (PSPB-A) beat J Kishan Raj of Bihar 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 while in the third singles Mohit Verma (PSPB-A) slammed Ani Raj (Bihar) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6.

Bihar team for National cross-country named

Patna, January 17
Jitendra Kumar will lead a 13-member Bihar team in the 43rd National cross-country championships to be held in Bhilai from January 21.
Team: Men, 12-km: Ramesh Prasad, Vinay Kumar, Amit Kumar, Satish Kumar, Ganesh Kumar and Jitendra Kumar.
Men, 4-km: Zamir H, Awadesh Kumar, Premkunj, Shashi Kumar, Chandan Kumar, and Kundan Kumar. Manager-cum-coach: Neeraj Kumar.

EC Railway, Samastipur in semi-finals

Patna, January 17, 2009
East Central Railway, Samastipur stormed into the semi-finals of the Bihar State inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy defeating Saran 2-1 in a quarter-final match in Gaya on Friday.

Ramesh Kumar put Samastipur into the lead in the 30th minute of the first half. At the lemon break, Samastipur were leading 1-0.

Md Inteshar increased the tally in the 61st minute through his lone effort. After gaining 2-0 lead, Samastipur played a kind of slow soccer in the remaining part of the match. Saran took the opportunity to their stride as Hareram reduced the margin in the 88th miniute (2-1).

Moinul Haq Trophy: Siwan, Mansi in quarter-final

Patna, January 14, 2009
Siwan scored an impressive 4-0 victory over Aurangabad in a pre-quarter-final match of the Bihar state inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy in Gaya on Tuesday.

In another pre-quarter-final match of the day, East Central Railway, Mansi crushed East Central Railway, Jamalpur 3-0. Fayaz Alam struck twice to put Siwam ahead. Md Anwar and Vimal Tudo scored a goal each.

In the second match Anupam Kumar netted a hat-trick for Mansi. Anumap opened the account in the first half. He scored two more goals to complete his hat-trick. Mansi were leading 1-0 at the breather.

Earlier on Monday, East Central Railway, Samastipur and Saran moved into the quarter-finals. Samastipur edged out Motihari 6-5 via sudden death while Saran got walk-over against East Central Railway, Danapur, who failed to turn up.

In an exciting match Samastipur and Saran played a goalless draw during the regulation and extra time. The tie-breaker too proved futile as both the teams remained locked at 4-4. In the sudden death, Samstipur prevailed 6-5.

BTTA honours Ram Vilas Paswan

Vizag Steel 70th senior National table tennis tournament organising committee chairman Sanjay Singh (left) felicitating Union Chemicals, Fertilisres and Steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna on Sunday.

Middle: Paswan giving away men's singles trophy to A Sharath Kamal.

Bottom: Women champion K Shamini displays her trophy.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sr National TT: Prizes galore at closing function

Patna, January 11
Opening and closing ceremonies sports organizers want to make a mark of it. The organizers of the 70th senior National and inter-state table championships were not behind to stage an attractive closing function at the Secretariat Sports Club hall here on Sunday evening.

Managed by Advantage Services, the programme sparkled by the tune of BMP band when the winners and runners-up were up on the dais the collect their prizes. Union Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan who was the chief guest at the closing function reached the venue with his wife, son Chirag, an up and coming Bollywood star, and about a dozen leaders of his Lok Janjashakti Party (LJP) before start of the men and women singles finals.

It seemed Paswan had enjoyed the game as while speaking on the occasion he narrated a brief story of the final. The Minister gave away men’s singles and team championships trophies and cash awards to the winners and runners-up while his wife handed it over to women team and singles champions.

In all, the organizers had distributed Rs 6.5 lakhs to top eight finishers of men and women’s sections. Hindustan Times Media Limited had sponsored the cash awards.
Besides the mandatory commitment, the organizers came up with some exciting prizes for the players, sponsored by some companies. Rashtriya Sahara, a Hindi daily, presented a LCD Videocon TV set to best men player of the tournament. Pathik Mehta of Gujarat, who played his first ever singles final in senior national table tennis, got the award.

Advantage Group handed over a LCD Videocon TV to best women players of the tournament. Ashlesha Bodas of Maharashtra who sent India number two Neha Aggarwal packing in a pre-quarter-final match, was adjudged the best women player.

Anil Kumar Singh handed over the key of TVS Scooty to women’s singles champion K Shamini while another Hindi daily presented Hero-Honda motorcycle to men’s singles champion Achanta Sharath Kamal. Mrs Chhaya Rao gave away Madhubani paintings to Kamal and Shamini.

The function also unfolded some opportunity for Bihar table tennis as Moolchand Chowhan, Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) secretary general, announced that Patna would host the international table tennis tournament which would be allotted to India this year. He said Mukesh Roy, secretary, BTTA, would be the manager of India team for US tour. Chowhan also invited Sanjay Singh (MLC) and organizing secretary of the meet in the forthcoming general body meeting of the TTFI to be held at Surat on January 20. It is learnt that Sanjay Singh likely to be nominated as TTFI vice-president in the meeting.

Sanjay Singh also felicitated Paswan by presenting him gold TT racket and ball. BTTA president Dr Utpal Kant Singh, vice-president, Prem Kumar, TTFI vice-president MP Singh, treasurer, BK Baba, former international players Kamalesh Mehta, Mir Kasim Ali, former BTTA president Vijay Shankar Mishra, Ashim Chakraborty, Sajal Dutta Gupta and former secretary, All Bihar Chess Association, AR Khan were among others present at the closing function.

Photo caption: Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan giving away Sr National TT team championships trophy to PSPB team in Patna on Sunday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Hard Luck Mouma and Pathik!

Mouma Das of West bengal and Pathik Mehta of Gujarat play their shots during their respective women and men singles finals of the 70th senior national and inter-state table tennis championships in Patna on Sunday.
Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sharath, Shamimi are National TT champs

Patna, January 11
Achanta Sharath Kamal did it again. The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) player did it with great comfort and élan to clinch the men’s singles title of the Vizag Steel 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club Hall here on Sunday evening. It was his hat-trick of men’s singles titles. On the way of his feat, he beat first time finalist Pathik Mehta of Gujarat 4-1 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 12-10).

Top seed K Shamini of PSPB emerged as the Table Tennis Queen of India defeating four-time champion, now unseeded Mouma Das of Bengal in a thrilling final 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 13-11.

Mouma, who earlier won the women's doubles title combining with another former national champion Poulomi Ghatak, staged a fighting comeback to make the score 2-3 by winning the fourth and fifth games of the match after losing the first three tamely. Shamini bagged the first three games 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 while Mouma captured the next two 11-8, 11-8.

Although Mouma recaptured her touch late in the match, her effort was not enough to disrupt the rhythm of the Chennai girl, who clinched her maiden national crown by winning the fifth set 13-11.

Sharath, who beat Sourav Chakraborty of RSPB 4-1 in the last-four stage, had not faced much problem in edging past Pathik of Gujarat en route the national title for the fourth time. After winning a close first game 12-10, the 26-year-old Sharath took command of the situation and won the next two games 11-8, 11-4. Pathik showed his guts winning the fourth game 11-9 but the lanky Chennai boy quelled the challenge to wrap up the match 12-10.

Sharath became richer by Rs 1.54 lakh while Shamini was awarded Rs one lakh.
These apart, Ashlesha Bodas of Maharahtra-A and Pathik Mehta were conferred with special awards for their commendable performances among men and women, respectively.
In women's doubles, third seeded pair Mouma and Poulomi stopped the winning run of unseeded Divya Deshpande and Ashlesha 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 1-7)

Union Chemicals, Fertilsiers and Steel Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan was the chief guest at the closing function. He gave away the awards to the winners at a glittering ceremony, which was also attended by TTFI Secretary General Moolchand Chowhan among others
Results
Men’s singles final
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt Pathik Mehta [GUJ] 4-1 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11,12-10)

Women’s singles final
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Mouma Das [W B] 4-2 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 13-11)
Men’s doubles final:
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Raja R S/Sathiyan G [TN] 4-2 (8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3)
Women’s doubles final:

Poulomi Ghatak /Mouma Das [W B] bt Divya Deshpande/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Women’s singles semi-finals:

(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)
Mouma Das [W B] bt (7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] 4-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7)
Men’s singles semi-finals:
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt (4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB]4-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 12-10)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] 4-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8).

Photo: A Sharath Kamal and K Shamini kissing their respective men and woemen singles championship trophy in Patna on Sunday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Striving hard for glory

Subhajit Saha, Sharat Kamal, K Shamini, Saurav Chakraborty and Mouma Das in in action during their singles matches of the 70 senior national table tennis championships in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddqui

Sr National TT: Battles are on

From top: Montu Ghosh, Madhurika Patkar, Divya Deshpande and Ankita Das in action during their respective singles matches of the 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddqui

A Day of upsets in Sr National table tennis

Patna, January 10
It was a day of upsets at the Vizag Steel 70th senior National table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club hall on Saturday.

Olympian and second seed Neha Aggarwal and defending champion Poulomi Ghatak crashed out of the women's singles event. Men number two seed Subhajit Saha (PSPB) became the big casualty in the quarter-finals.

In the mixed doubles final, Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahsrabudhe of Maharashtra-A struggled past Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul of West Bengal 4-3 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6) to clinch the crown.

Number one seed and reigning champion Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) entered the semi-finals defeating Aniket Koparkar (Maharashtra-A) 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6).

Strong contender PSPB's Neha was in for a shock as she failed to overcome Maharashtra-A's Ashlesha Bodas and went down 1-4 to the 20-year-old girl in the pre-quarterfinal. Ashlesha beat Neha 6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9,11-8.

Unseeded Pune girl Ashlesha drean run, however, ended in the quarterfinals when seventh seeded Pooja Sahasrabudhe drubbed her 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4).

Fourth seeded Poulomi also proved no match for Divya Deshpande of Maharashtra-A conceding a 1-4 defeat in the quarterfinals.

Earlier in the day, Poulomi cooked up a great comeback when she saved a match point and then came from behind to beat Mamta Prabhu in a thrilling pre-quarterfinal.

Among others, top seeded K Shamini (PSPB) spanked Prajakta Tipale (Maharashtra-B) 4-0, while unseeded Mouma Das of West Bengal won a closely contested tie against PSPB's Madhurika Patkar 4-2 to enter the final four of women's singles.

Former national champion Subhajit Saha was made to bite the dust by unseeded Pathik Mehta of Gujarat 4-3 (10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9) in heart-throbbing encounter. Among others, third seeded PSPB's A Amal Raj beat Saugata Sarkar (WB) 4-0, while fourth seeded Sourav Chakraborty of RSPB defeated Jignesh Jaiswal (Guj) 4-2 to enter the semi-finals of the men's singles category.
In men's double, Subhojit Saha and A Amal Raj of PSPB, Ranbir Das and Subham Choudhary of West Bengal, Raja R S and G Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu and Sourav Chakroborty and Anirban Nandi of RSPB moved into the semi-finals.

Neha Aggarwal and Shamini K of PSPB, Divya Despandey and Ashilesha Bodas of Maharastra 'A', Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das of West Bengal and Sushmita Ray and Madhurika Patkar of PSPB sailed into the women's doubles semis.
Earlier, Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul of West Bengal set up a clash with Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Shahasrabhudhe of Maharastra in the mixed-doubles final.

Results
Men’s singles quarter-finals
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt (8) Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6).
(4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB] bt Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] 4-2 (11-7, 5-11, 5-11,11-9, 13-11,11-5).
(3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Saugata Sarkar [W B] 4-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (2) Subhajit Saha [PSPB]4-3 (10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9)
Women’s Singles– Quarter Finals
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt (8) Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 12-10,12-10)
Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] bt (4) Poulomi Ghatak [PSPB] 4-1 (11-9, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6)
Mouma Das [W B] bt (3) Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] 4-2 (7-11, 12-10, 5-11,11-5, 12-10, 11-8)
(7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4)

Men’s Singles – Pre-Quarter Finals
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt Harmeet Desai [GUJ] 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
(8) Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Abhishek R [TN] 4-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8)
Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] bt Zubin Kumar [PSPB] 4-3 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8)
(4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB] bt Raj Mondal [NB] 4-2 (11-3, 7-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-1, 12-10)
(3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Sanil Shetty [MHR - A] 4-3 (11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10)
Saugata Sarkar [W B] bt Anirban Nandi [RSPB] 4-2 (11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (7) Devesh Karia [PSPB] 4-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-3, 12-10)
(2) Subhajit Saha [PSPB] bt Rohit Chaudhary [MHR - B] 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4)

Women’s Singles– Pre-Quarter Finals
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Niveditha A V [TN] 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 16-14, 11-4)
(8) Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] bt Mantu Ghosh [NB] 4-2 (11-8, 11-13, 14-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5)
Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] bt Mousumi Paul [W B] 4-2 (11-2, 11-8, 13-15, 3-11, 11-6, 14-12)
(4) Poulomi Ghatak [PSPB] bt Mamta Prabhu [DB]4-3 (11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7)
(3) Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] 4-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Mouma Das [W B] bt Ankita Das [NB] 4-3 (7-11, 11-1, 11-6, 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6)
(7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Soumi Mondal [W B]4-2 (11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6)
Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt (2) Neha Aggarwal [PSPB]4-1 (6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8).

Photo caption: Top: Giant killer Ashlesha Bodas in action. Bottom: Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe after receiving mixed doubles trophy from former union minister and cine star Shatrughan Sinha in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Subham-Mousumi in mixed doubles final

Patna, January 10, 2009
The West Bengal pair of Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul set up title clash with the Maharashtra-A combination of Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe in the mixed doubles final of the Vizag Steel 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club Hall here on Friday night.

Subham-Mousumi beat Maharashtra-A pair of Sanil Shetty and Ashlesha Bodas 14-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 while Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe beat Subhajit Saha and Nandita Saha of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in hard-fought five games 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 to enter the final.

The men’s doubles quarter-finals saw PSPB, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Railway Sports Promotion Board pairs moving into the semi-finals. Subhajit Saha and Amal Raj of PSPB led the charge defeating Tamil Nadu duo of Sivananda Seshadri and R Abhishek by the three games to two 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.

Ranbir Das and Subham Choudhary (WB) too notched up fighting 3-2 win over Sanil Shetty and Aniket Koparkar (Maharashtra A) 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6. RS Raja R S and G Sathiyan, the TN pair was third to enter the semi-finals beating Devesh Karia and Zubin Kumar (PSPB) 3-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7. Railways pair of Sourav Chakraborty and Anirban Nandifilled the last spot of this section beating Zabarjeet Singh and Anil Sen of Uttar Pradesh 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9.

Top women’s doubles pair Neha Aggarwal and K Shamini (PSPB) had a virtual cake-walk against A V Niveditha and N Vidhya of Tamil Nadu 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in the quarter-finals. Divya Deshpande and Ashlesha Bodas (Maharashtra-A) blanked Sita Verma and Tripty Pandey (U P) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 to enter semi-finals. Another star duo of Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das (W B) struggled to down Maharashtra-B pair of Prajakta Tipale and Priti Mokashi 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12. The last pair to enter the women’s double semi-final was Susmita Ray and Madhurika Patkar of PSPB. They beat Kasturi Chakraborty and Nandita Saha of Noeth Bengal 11-3, 11-4, 11-8.

The biggest casualty of the day was top seeded mixed doubles pair of A Amal Raj and K Shamini (PSPB). The top pair lost to Andhra Pradesh combination of Shubham Sharma and Bhavna K 5-11, 14-16, 7-11 in third round.

In the men and women singles, seeded paddlers moved into the second round easily. Achinta Sharat Kamal beat Sammer Sahni (Delhi) packing in four straight games 11-2, 11-1, 13-11, 11-5. Second seed Subhajit Saha (PSPB), looked equally impressive against Anil Sen (UP) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2. Among the eight seed players of this category, Aman Balgu, sixth seed from Maharashtra A and Devesh Karia, seventh seed from PSPB, chalked out struggling wins after losing one game each to their rivals.

The day's most exciting match was between veteran S Raman (PSPB) and Rajdeep Sarkar (North Bengal). The match went to full seven games with veteran Raman using experience to the fore finally prevailed over Rajdeep 10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 16-14.

Photo caption: Rajiv Ghai of Haryana and S Raman (PSPB) in action during their respctive singles matches in Patna on Friday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui