Thursday, January 8, 2009

Sr National TT: Semi-finalists spotted




Patna, January 7, 2009
Now, the battle for the supremacy for the team championships is closing in on to its climax. The semi-finalists have been spotted in men and women’s sections of the Vizag Steel 70th senior Naional and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club hall here on Tuesday night.

As expected, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) men and women teams entered the semi-finals without getting much hurdles in the quarter-finals. PSPB men crush Haryana 3-0 while their women beat Gujarat on identical margin in the quarter-final encounters.

Others who joined the semi-finals in men’s section were Gujarat, North Bengal and Railway Sports Promotion Board. Maharashtra -A, West Bengal and North Bengal made the other three semi-finalists in the distaff side.

On the morrow of Thursday, PSPB women will take on Maharashtra-A while West Bengal will clash with North Bengal in the women semi-finals. The men semis will see PESB clashing with Gujarat and Railways Sports Promotion Board meeting North Bengal for berths in final. The finals of both the events will be held on Thursday evening.

Results
Women's team: (quarter-finals)
Petroleum Sports beat Gujarat (3-0):
Madhurika Patkar beat Divya Gohil 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4); Poulomi Ghatak beat Sapna Sharma 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9); Neha Aggarwal beat Nargis Malubhai 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-6).
Maharashtra 'A' beat Dena Bank (3-2):
Pooja Sahastrabuddhe lost to Mamta Prabhu 0-3 (6-11, 2-11, 9-11); Divya Deshpande beat Agni U V 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5); Ashlesha Bodas beat Satya Bhama 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-4); Divya Deshpande lost to Mamta Prabhu 2-3 (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 10-12, 8-11); Ashlesha Bodas beat Agni U V 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2).
West Bengal beat Maharashtra 'B' (3-2):
Mouma Das beat Mallika Bhandarkar 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-7); Soumi Mondal lost to Prajakta Tipale 2-3 (6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 10-12); Mousumi Pal lost to Runa Roy 2-3 (8-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9, 12-14); Soumi Mondal beat Mallika Bhandarkar 3-1 (12-10, 16-14, 7-11, 16-14); Mouma Das beat Prajakta Tipale 3-1 (10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4).
North Bengal beat Tamil Nadu (3-2):
Nandita Saha lost to Swetha Kumaravel 2-3 (9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-13, 7-11); Ankita Das beat Niveditha A V 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-8); Kasturi Chakraborty lost to Arul Selvi N 2-3 (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 8-11); Nandita Saha beat Niveditha A V 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-9); Ankita Das beat Swetha Kumaravel 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3).

Men's team championships quarter-finals:
Petroleum Sports beat Haryana (3-0)
Zubin Kumar beat Rajiv Ghai 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-9); Sharat Kamal A beat Mohit Verma 3-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5); Devesh Karta beat Gaurav Sharma 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-1).
Gujarat beat West Bengal (3-1)
Jignesh Jaiswal lost to Ranbir Das 0-3 (2-11, 7-11, 10-12); Pathik Mehta beat Subham Chowdhury 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6); Harmeet Desai beat Arunava Ganguly 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4); Pathik Mehta beat Ranbir Das 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7).
North Bengal beat Maharashtra 'A' (3-2)
Soumyojit Ghosh beat Aman Balgu 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9); Raj Mondal lost to Sanil Shetty 1-3 (11-4, 7-11, 9-11, 11-13); Birupakha Saha lost to Aniket Koparkar 2-3 (4-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11); Soumyojit Ghosh beat Sanil Shetty 3-2 (14-12, 11-7, 2-11, 13-15, 11-7); Raj Mondal beat Aman Balgu 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-9).
Railways Sports beat Tamil Nadu (3-0)
Sourav Chakroborty beat Abhishek R 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-4); Anirban Nandi beat Sathiyan G 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 12-14, 11-5, 11-8). Sayan Pal Roy beat Sivananda Seshadri 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-5).

Women's team pre-quarter-finals:
Petroleum Sports beat Andhra Pradesh (3-0):
Shamini K beat Prasanna Devi 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5); Poulomi Ghatak beat Zeba Arshiva 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-8); Sushmita Roy beat Praneetha CH 2-1 (11-4, 11-7, -7).

Gujarat beat Madhya Pradesh (3-0)
Divya Gohil beat Apeksha Bhagwat 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-6); Sapna Sharma beat Shikha Mahadik 3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4); Himani Bhatt beat Jhanvi Tare 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7).
Maharashtra 'A' beat Delhi (3-0)
Pooja Sahastrabuddhe beat Nikita Routela 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-3); Divya Deshpande beat Raveena Mutreja 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-3); Ashlesha Bodas beat Sakshi Khandelwal 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7).
Dena Bank beat Haryana (3-0)
Satya Bhama beat Meghna 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-7); Mamta Prabhu beat Manya 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-5); Agni U V beat Bhavana 3-0 (11-5, 11-0, 11-5).
West Bengal beat Punjab (3-0):
Mouma Das beat Rajni Gupta 2-1 (3-11, 11-7, 11-4); Sounil Mondal beat Charu 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-2); Mousumi Pal beat Mandakini Sharma 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-4).
Maharashtra 'B' beat Assam (3-0):
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sanjana Bora 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-4); Prajakta Tipale beat Sanjukta Gogoi 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-4); Runa Roy beat Papori Bora 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 13-11).

Tamil Nadu beat Uttar Pradesh (3-0):
Niveditha A V beat Pooja Kohli 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-9); Swetha Kumaravel beat Sita Verma 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 12-10); Prasanna S beat Sumila Devi L 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6).
North Bengal beat Manipur (3-0):
Mantu Gosh beat Romita K 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-3); Nandita Saha beat Tombisana Devi H 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-2); Ankita Das beat Ibeyaima Devi A 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-4).

Mens's pre-quarter-finals:
PSPB beat Assam 3-0
Subhajit Saha beat Anal Kashyap 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4; Sharat Kamal beat Kaushik Phukan 11-2, 11-7 and 11-4; Amal Raj beat Saidul Alam Ahmed 12-10, 11-7, 11-5.
Haryana beat Karnataka 3-1
Rajiv Ghai beat Samson Selvakumar 5-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; Mohit Verma beat Karthik CP 8-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-7; Deepak Malik lost to Jaideep Das 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11; Rajiv Ghai win by 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 15-13.
West Bengal beat Rajasthan 3-0
Ranbir Das beat Nitin V 6-11, 11-3, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8; Subham Chowdhury beat Saurav Saha 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9; Arunava Ganguly beat Amit Thanvi 11-5, 12-10, 11-6.
Gujarat beat Maharshtra B 3-1
Jignesh Jaiswal lost to Erik Fernandes 11-13, 9-11, 4-11; Pratik Mehta beat Rohit Chaudhary 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Harmit Desai beat Mahendra Chiplunkar 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5; P Mehta beat Erik Fernandes 6-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.
North Bengal beat Uttar Pradesh 3-1
Raj Mondal beat Anusl Garg 5-11, 11-7, 11-2, 3-11, 11-7; Soumyojit Ghosh lost to Zabarjeet Singh 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-3, 8-11; Birupakha Saha beat Anil Sen 12-10, 7-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-8; Soumyojit Ghosh beat Ansul Garg 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.
Maharashtra A beat Andhra Pradesh 3-0
Sanil Sethi beat V Reddy 12-10, 11-3, 11-5; Ankit Koparkar beat Subham Sharma 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6; Aman Baigu beat Umesh Kumar A 11-6, 11-3, 11-9.
Tamil Nadu beat Chhattisgarh 3-0
Abhshek beat Vijay 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Sathiyam G beat Vinay 11-2, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5; S Sheshadri beat Sagar 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 11-5.

Railways Sports beat Delhi 3-0
Saurav Chakraborty beat Himansh Kala 11-4, 11-8, 11-0; Anirban Nandy beat Sameer Sahni 11-6, 11-4, 11-8; S Paul Roy beat Sunal Jain 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.

Women's team championships
Stage-1: Grp-A (Round-3)
Assam beat Chhattisgarh (3-0): Sanjana Bora beat Priyal Ghore 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6); Sanjukta Gogoi beat Rakhi Jain 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6); Papori Bora beat Payal Hansapure 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-6).
Stage-1: Grp-B (Round-3)
Haryana beat Chandigarh (3-2): Bhavana lost to Bhawana 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 9-11); Meghna lost to Gurvinder Kaur 0-3 (7-11, 2-11, 6-11); Manya beat Vibhuti 3-2 (6-11, 11-2, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2); Meghna beat Bhawana 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 13-15, 11-9); Bhavana Beat Gurvinder Kaur 3-1 (6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11).
Stage-1: Grp-C (Round-3)
Madhya Pradesh beat Kerala (3-0): Shikha Mahadik beat Aparna Sanil 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-6); Apeksha Bhagwat beat Anjali Vasudevan 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8); Bhanvi Tare beat Priyanka P S Nair 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-8).
Stage-1: Grp-D (Round-3)
Manipur beat Bihar (3-2): Remita K beat Dipali Sarkar 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-7); Tombisana Devi H lost to Rinki Ghosh 1-3 (12-10, 5-11, 10-12, 7-11); Ibeyaima Devi A lost to Chumki Mondal 0-3 (2-11, 7-11, 4-11); Tombisana Devi H beat Dipali Sarkar 3-1 (11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6); Romita K beat Rinki Ghosh 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 13-11).
Stage-1: Grp-E (Round-3)
Delhi beat Himachal Pradesh (3-0): Raveena Mutreja beat Deepika 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6); Nikita Routela beat Manisha 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5); Sakshi Khandelwal beat Sakshi 3-0 (11-1, 11-7, 11-3).
Stage-1: Grp-F (Round-3)
Punjab beat Uttaranchal (3-1): Mandakini Sharma lost to Swati Sharma 0-3 (8-11, 6-11, 7-11); Rajini Gupta beat Bhawana Harbola 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-2); Charu beat Vinita Bhatt 3-1 (2-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5); Rajni Gupta beat Swati Sharma 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8).

Men's team Championships
Stage-1 Grp-A (Round-3)
Petroleum Sports beat Himachal Pradesh (3-0): Devesh Karia beat Jaswant Gangata 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-4); Sharat Kamal A beat Tarun Sharma 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-5); Zubin Kumar beat Shivam 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-3).

Stage-1: Grp-A (Round-3)
Chhattisgarh beat Orissa (3-0): Vijay Baiswade beat Tausif Haque 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7); Vinay Baiswade beat Debadutta Mohanty D 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-9); Sagar Ghatge beat Md Azar 3-2 (10-12, 11-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4).
Stage-1: Grp B (Round-3)
Railway's sports beat Mizoram (3-0): Sourav Chakroborty beat Basanta Meisnam 3-1 (11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5); Anirban Nandi beat Zorema 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-5); Sayan Pal Roy beat Zothanpuia 3-1 (11-5, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6).
Stage-1: Grp-B (Round-3)
Karnataka beat Jharkhand (3-0): Jaideep Das beat Parthasarthy M V 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-4); Karthik C P beat Samarjeet Singh 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7); Anirban Terefder beat Samrat Mukherjee 3-0 (14-12, 11-9, 11-8).
Stage-1: Grp-C (Round-3)
North Bengal beat Manipur (3-0): Rajdeep Sarkar beat Nitra Singh N 3-1 (11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6); Soumyojit Ghosh beat Rajesh Singh R K 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9); Arijit Nandi beat Deepak Meitei TH 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-9).
Stage-1 Grp-C (Round-3)
Maharashtra-'B' beat Kerala (3-0): Rohit Chaudhary beat Harikrishnan M 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-3); Eric?? Fernandes beat Adarsh P 3-1 (12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3); Mahendra Chiplunkar beat Gladyson Correa 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-4).
Stage-1: Grp-D (Round-3)
Gujarat beat Andaman & Nicobar (3-0): Hardik Bhatt beat Srinivas Raju G 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-3); Harmeet Desai beat Ravi Kumar G 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-3); Mahipal Gohil beat Iftiquar Ali Ahmed 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-3).
Stage-1: Grp-D (Round-3)
Uttar Pradesh beat Chandigarh (3-0): Anil Sen beat Munish Bhardwaj 3-2 (18-16, 10-12, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8); Anshul Garg beat Vikas Sharma 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8); Zabarjeet Singh beat Rachit Chopra 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-9).
Stage-1 Grp-E (Round-3)
Maharashtra 'A' beat Meghalaya (3-0): Aniket Koparkar beat Shabong R 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9); Sanil Shetty beat Jiten Gereri 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-4); Omkar Torgalkar beat Kyrshanbor Ranee 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-6).
Stage-1 Grp-E (Round-3)
West Bengal beat Punjab (3-1): Subham Choudhary lost to Vaneet Chopra 1-3 (6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-13); Ranbir Das beat Vikram Aditya 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-6); Arunava Ganguly beat Rohit Mahajan 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-5); Ranbir Das beat Vaneet Chopra 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7).
Stage-1: Grp-F (Round-3)
Delhi beat Jammu & Kashmir (3-0): Himansh P Kala beat Sahil Jolly 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-6, 11-0); Sameer Sahni beat Dheeraj Arora 3-2 (11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8); Sunal Jain beat Nitin Kesar 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6).
Stage-1 Grp-F (Round-3)
Haryana beat Bihar (3-0): Mohit Verma beat Lekh Raj 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-7); Rajiv Ghai beat Kishan Raj 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5); Deepak Malik beat Ani Raj 3-1 (11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8).
Stage-1: Grp-G (Round-3)
Assam beat Madhya Pradesh (3-2): Anal Kashyap beat Samar Gaury 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-6); Saidul Alam Ahmed lost to Prashant Aher 0-3 (16-18, 11-13, 7-11); Kaushik Phukan lost to Heera Goswami 2-3 (11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 8-11); Anal Kashyap beat Prashant Aher 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7); Saidul Alam Ahmed beat Samar Gaury 3-0 (12-10, 14-12, 11-8).
Stage-1: Grp-H (Round-B)
Rajasthan beat Uttaranchal (3-0): Nitin V beat Gaurav Karnatak 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9); Sourav Saha beat Yogesh Pandey 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-6); Tarun Verma beat Gaurav Bisht 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 12-10).
Top: Subhajit Saha (PSPB) and bottom: Poulumi Ghatak (PSPB) in action during their quarter-final matches of the Sr National TT in Patna on Tuesday.
Photo: Atab Alam Siddiqui

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