Wednesday, January 7, 2009

PSPB men and women show their class


Patna, January 5, 2009
The difference between top and bottom line teams came to fore on the opening day of the Vizag Steel 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club hall here on Monday as defending champions, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) men and women proved they were far superior in techniques, speed and stamina while mauling their rivals at their will.

It was the opening match of the day and PSPB despite starting slowly, pounded Orissa 3-0 with Subhajit Saha and Zubin Kumar winning their singles matches displaying commendable performances. Subhajit Saha trounced Md Azar of Orissa 11-9, 11-3 and 11-5 while Zubin took four games to overcome the resistance from Tausif Haque (Orissa) 13-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5. Devesh Karia (PSPB) swelled the lead beating Debadutta Mohanty 11-6, 11-5, 11-8.

PSPB women also got off to a bright start mauling Chhattisgarh 3-0. Shamini K crushed Sarita Choudhary 11-5, 11-3, 11-2. Neha Agrawal took Rakhi Jain in straight games 11-3, 11-5 and 11-4 while Poulomi Ghatak slammed Neha Singh 11-5, 11-1, 11-1 to complete the formalities.

Another ranked team North Bengal women also toyed with their rival Chandigarh. Ankita Das of North Bengal just handed a few TT lessons to Bhawaana 11-5, 11-6 and 11-2. Kasturi Chakraborty blasted Gurvinder Kaur 11-7, 11-5 and 11-8 while Sukanya Bose got the better of Vibhuti 11-7, 11-3, and 11-2. Earlier, North Bengal got walk over against Haryana.

Bihar Governor RL Bhatia inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Governor also played a game with Bihar sports minister Renu Devi. Organising committee chairman Sanjay Singh (MLC) welcomed the guests. Singh on behalf of the Bihar Table Tennis Association felicitated State Governor presenting him a replica of table tennis board..

Results:
Women's team- Stage-1: Group- A (Round-1) Petroleum Sports beat Chhattisgarh (3-0) Shamini K beat Sarita Choudhary 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-2); Neha Aggarwal beat Rakhi Jain 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-4) ; Poulomi Ghatak beat Neha Singh 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-1).
Group-B (Round-1): North Bengal w/o Haryana (0-0).

Group-C (Round-1):
West Bengal beat Kerala (3-0), Soumi Mondal beat Aparna Sanil 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-3); Mouma Das beat Anjali Vasudevan 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-5); Mousumi Pal beat Priyanka PS Nair 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-6)
Group-D (Round-1) Dena Bank beat Manipur (3-0) Mamta Prabhu beat Romita K 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-5); Agni U V beat Tombisana Devi H 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-5); Satya Bhama beat Ibeyaima Devi A 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-5).
Group-E (Round-1) Maharashtra-'B' beat Himachal Pradesh (3-0) Runa Roy beat Manisha 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-9); Prajakta Tipale beast Deepika 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-9); Priti Mokashi beat Kriti 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-4).
Group-F (Round-1) Maharashtra-'A' beat Uttaranchal (3-0); Divya Deshoande beat Bhawana Harbola 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-9); Mansi Bhagwat beat Swati Sharma 3-0 (15-13, 11-6, 11-5); Shalmali Mhatre beat Vinita Bhatt 3-2 (11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6).
Group-A (Round-1) Tamil Nadu w/o Tripura (0-0), Group-A (Round-1), Andhra Pradesh w/o Jammu & Kashmir (0-0).
Group-H (round-1): Uttar Pradesh beat Rajasthan (3-1) Pooja Kohli beat Poonam Sharma 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10); Sumila Devi L beat Shilpi Purohit 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9), Sita Verma lost to Anona Agarwal 2-3 (11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 8-11); Sumila Devi beat Poonam Sharma 3-1 (11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9).
Group-H (Round-1)
Gujarat beat Jharkhand (3-0)
Nargis Malubhai beat Khushboo 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-3); Divya Gonu beat Anindita Basak 2-1(11-5, 11-9, 4-11); Himani Bhatt beat Neha Singh 3-0 (11-4, 11-1, 11-5).

Men’s Team Championships
Stage-1: Group-A (Round-1) Petroleum Sports beat Orissa (3-0) Subhajit Saha beat Md. Azar 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-5); Zubin Kumar beat Tausif Haque 3-1 (13-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5), Devesh Karia beat Debadutta Mohanty D 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8).
Group-A (Round-1) Chattisgarh beat Himachal Pradesh (3-0), Vijay Baiswade beat Jaswant Gangata 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-4), Vinay Baiswade beat Deepak 3-0 (11-6, 14-12, 11-4),Sanar Ghatge beat Ankur 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 12-10).
Group-B (Round-1): Railways' Sports beat Jharkhand (3-0) Arpit Bhopalkar beat Samrat Mukherjee 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4) Sourav Chakroborty beat Parthasarthy MV 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-6) Sayan Pal Roy beat Samarjeet Singh 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-7).
Group B (Round-1) Karnataka beat Mizoram (3-1) Karthik CP beast Zorema 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9), Anirban Terefder lost to basanta Meisnam 2-3 (7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, 11-13), Jaideep Das beat Zothanpuja 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-5), Anirban Terefder beat Zorema 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-7).
Group-C (Round-1): North Bengal beat Kerala (3-0) Soumyojit Ghosh beat Harikrishnan M 3-1 (11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9), Raj Mondal beast Adarsh P 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 12-10), Bitupakna Saha beat Gladyson Correa 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 14-12).
Group-C (Round-1): Maharashtra-'B' beat Manipur (3-0) Roha Chaudhary beat Rajesh Singh RK 3-1 (11-2, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7), Erin Fernandes beat Ranjan Singh L 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-5), Mahendra Chiplunkar beat Nitra Singh N 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4)
Group-D (Round-1)
Gujarat beat Chandigarh (3-0)
Jignesh Jaiswal beat Vikas Sharma 3-0-(11-5, 11-7, 11-9), Harmeet Desai beat Munish Bhardwaj 3-0-(11-9, 13-11, 11-9), Pathik Mehta beat Rachit Chopra 3-0-(11-3, 11-6, 11-5).
Group-D (Round-1)
Uttar Pradesh beat Andaman & Nicobar (3-0)
Anshul Garg beat Srinivas Raju G 3-0-(11-4, 11-6, 11-4), Anil Sen beat Ravi Kumar G 3-0-(11-1, 11-1, 11-1), Prashant Mishra beat Iftiquar Ali Ahmed 3-0-(11-1, 11-3, 11-6).

Group-E (Round-1)
Maharashtra-A beat Punjab (3-1)
Sahil Shetty beat Hitesh Dogra 3-0-(11-6, 13-11, 11-8), Aniket Koparkar lost to Vaneet Chopra 1-3-(5-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11), Omkar Torgalkar beat Vikram Aditya 3-0-(12-10, 11-7, 11-5), Sahil Shetty beat Vaneet Chopra 3-0-(11-7, 11-7, 11-7).
West Bengal beat Meghalaya (3-0)
Ranbir Das beat Jiten Gereri 3-0-(11-6, 11-6, 11-7), Subham Chowdhary beat Kyrshanbor Ranee 3-0-(11-5, 11-4, 11-2), Arunava Ganguly beat Sarwan Gereri 3-0-(11-2, 11-6, 11-6).

Group-F (Round-1)
Delhi beat Bihar (3-0)
Himansh P Kala beat Kishan Raj 3-0-(11-6, 11-4, 11-3), Sameer Sahni beat Lekh Raj 3-0-(11-6, 11-6, 11-7), Sunal Jain beat Somnath Roy 3-0-(11-6, 11-7, 11-7).
Haryana beat Jammu & Kashmir (3-0)
Rajiv Ghai beat Sandeep Khadotra 3-0-(11-6, 11-1, 11-6), Mohit Verma beat Dheeraj Arora 3-2-(11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-4), Deepak Malik beat Nitin Kesar 3-1-(11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7).
Tamil Nadu beat Madhya Pradesh (3-0)
Abhishek R beat Prashant Aher 3-0-(11-4, 11-4, 11-6), Sathiyan G beat Heera Goswami 3-0-(11-4, 11-2, 11-5), Raja R S beat Samar Gaury 3-0-(11-7, 12-10, 11-3).

Women's team championships
Stage-1: Group-H (Round –1)
Gujarat beat Jharkhand (3-0)
Nargis Malubhai beat Khushboo 3-0-(11-3, 11-1, 11-3), Divya Gohil beat Anindita Basak 2-1-(11-5, 11-9, 4-11), Himani Bhatt beat Neha Singh 3-0-(11-4, 11-1, 11-5).
Group-A (Round-2)
Petroleum sports beat Assam (3-0)
Neha Aggarwal beat Sanjana Bora 3-0-(11-3, 11-5, 11-4), Madhurika Patkar beat Sanjukta Gogoi 3-0-(11-8, 11-9, 11-4), Sushmita Roy beat Papori Bora 3-0-(11-6, 11-6, 11-3).
Group-B (Round-2)
North Bengal beat Chandigarh (3-0)
Ankita Das beat Bhawana 3-0-(11-5, 11-6, 11-2), Kasturi Chakraborty beat Gurvinder Kaur 3-0-(11-7, 11-5, 11-8), Sukanya Bose beat Vibhuti 3-0-(11-7, 11-3, 11-2).
Group-C (Round-2)
West Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh (3-0)
Soumi Mondal beat Apeksha Bhagwat 3-0-(11-6, 11-4, 11-5), Mousumi Pal beat Shikha Mahadik 3-2(12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5), Mouma Das beat Vidhi Mehta 3-0-(11-3, 11-2, 11-3).
Group-D (Round-2)
Dena Bank beat Bihar (3-0)
Agni U V beat Dipali Sarkar 3-0-(11-6, 11-5, 11-4), Mamta Prabhu beat Priya Kumari 3-0-(11-2, 11-4, 11-5), Satya Bhama beat Suparna Joshi 3-1-(11-3, 10-12, 11-2, 11-6).
Group-E (Round-2)
Maharashtra-B beat Delhi (3-0)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Raveena Mutreja 3-0-(11-8, 11-6, 11-6), Runa Roy beat Nikita Routela 3-0-(11-4, 11-4, 11-5), Prajakta Tipale beat Sakshi Khandelwal 3-0-(11-7, 11-5, 11-5).
Group-F (Round-2)
Maharashtra –A beat Punjab (3-0)
Ashlesha Bodas beat Rajni Gupta 3-1-(11-3, 1177, 8-11, 11-6), Divya Deshpande beat Mandakini Sharma 3-0-(11-5, 1177, 11-9), Pooja Sahastrabuddhe beat Charu 3-0-(11-4, 1155, 11-9).

Group-G (Round-2)
Tamil Nadu beat Andhra Pradesh (3-0)
Swetha Kumaravel beat Prasanna Devi 3-0-(11-8, 11-6, 11-6), Niveditha A V beat Bhavna K 3-0-(11-8, 11-5, 11-5), Arul Selvi N beat Harshita K 3-0-(11-4, 11-3, 11-5).
Photo caption: Bihar Governor RL Bhatia trying his hands on TT board against Bihar Sports Minister Renu Devi (far left) at the inaugural function of the 70th senior national table tennis championships in Patna on Monday.
Photo: Aftab Alam

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