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.
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.
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
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