National Ranking TT: Ankita upsets top seed Pooja Sahasrabudhe in women's singles

Gandhidham-Kachchh, October 4, 2009:
Second seed Harmeet Desai of Gujarat entered the junior boys’ final defeating unseeded Sushmit Sriram of Tamil Nadu 8-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 in the Indian Oil National Ranking Table Tennis Championships-2009 at Kandla Port Trust’s SVP Auditorium, Gandhidham.

In the final, Harmeet will take on top seed G.Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu, who beat fourth seed Sanmay Paranjpaye of Maharashtra 11-6, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4.

In the men’s pre-quarter-finals, 14th seed Anikhet Khoparkar of Maharashtra caused an upset defeating third seed R.Abhishek of Indian Bank 11-5, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4.

In the sub-junior girls’ quarter finals, unseeded Gargi Surwase of Maharashtra beat 4th seed Amrutha Pushpak of Tamil Nadu 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 12-10.
In the junior girls’ quarter-finals, Eighth seed S.Karthicka of Tamil Nadu upset top-seed Ankita Das of North Bengal 5-11, 13-11, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8.

In another major upset of the championship, in the women’s singles top seed Pooja Sahasrabudhe of Maharashtra was toppled in the pre-quarters by 16th seed Ankita Das of North Bengal 11-9, 13-15, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7.

The other upset was in the women’s category, where Olympian Neha Agrawal of Delhi lost in pre-quarters to 12th seed Mausmi Paul of PSPB 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6. This year’s Arjuna Awardee Paulomi Ghatak lost to eighth seed Mamta Prabhu of Dena Bank in the pre-quarter-finals 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9.

In the youth boys’ final, 4th seed G.Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu will clash with 3rd seed Somyajit Ghosh of North Bengal.

In first semi-final G.Sathiyan defeated unseeded R.S.Raja of Tamil Nadu 12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10 while in the other semi-finals Somyajit Ghosh defeated Sanil Shetty of Maharashtra 2-11, 14-12, 11-7, 5-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7.

In the youth girls final 8th seed Pallavi Kundu of Railways will meet 2nd seed Ankita Das of North Bengal. In the first semi-final Pallavi Kundu defeated unseeded Pooja Sahasrabudhe of Maharashtra 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 2-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.

In the other semi-final Ankita Das defeated 3rd seed Neha Agrawal of Delhi in one of the longest match 11-6, 14-16, 2-11, 11-13, 24-22, 13-11, 11-8.

Results:
MENS’ SINGLES PRE-QUARTERS:
(1)ZUBIN KUMAR(PSPB) BT (8)SANIL SHETTY(MHR) [4-1] (11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10); 13)G SATHIYAN(TN) BT (9)SOUGATA SARKAR(WB) [4-1] (7-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-4, 11-6); (24)AMAN BALGU(RSPB) BT (19)L. SACHIN(TN) [4-2] (9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9); (32)SOUMYADEEP ROY(PSPB) BT (27)SOUMAYJIT GHOSH(NB) [4-0] (12-10, 11-1, 12-10, 11-9); (40)ANIKET KOPARKAR(MHR) BT (33) R. ABHISHEK (IB)-15 [4-1] (11-5, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4); (48)ANIRBAN NANDI(RSPB) BT (43) PRASANNA(IB) [4-0] (11-6, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5); (56)SAYAN PAUL ROY(RSPB) BT (51)L. SATHISHWARAN(TN) [4-0] (11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5); (62)R S RAJA(TN) BT (57)RAJ MONDAL(NB) [4-1] (13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7).

YOUTH BOYS’ SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(2)R S RAJA (TN) BT (5)RAJ MONDAL(NB) [4-1] (12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10); (16)G SATHIYAN(TN) BT (9)V NITIN(PSPBA) [4-3] (11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-4); (17)SOUMAYJIT GHOSH(NB) BT (24)SAYAN PAUL ROY(RSPB) [4-1] (11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6); (32)SANIL SHETTY(MHR) BT (25)HARMEET DESAI(RSPB)-12 [4-2] (11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5).

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(1)G SATHIYAN(TN) BT (5)SUDHANSHU GROVER(PSPBA) [4-1] (11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4); (16)SANMAY PARANJAPE(MHR) BT (9)ABHISHEK YADAV(PSPBA) [4-3] (6-11, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8); (18)SUSHMIT SRIRAM(TN) BT (24)AVIK DAS(NB) [4-2] (11-0, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8); (32)HARMEET DESAI(RSPB) BT (25)VIVEK BHARGAVA(PSPBA) [4-0] (11-6, 11-6, 13-11, 11-8).

SUB-JUNIOR BOYS’ SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(1)ABHISHEK YADAV(PSPBA) BT (5)VRAJ HALVAWALA(GUJ)-41 [3-0] (11-6, 11-8, 11-4);
(16)SNEHAMOY MALLIK(WB) BT (9)PANKAJ VISHWAKARMA(PSPBA) [3-1] (11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-3); (19)SAYANTAN DEY(WB) BT (23)SHUBHANKAR RENAVIKAR(MHR) [3-1] (7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5); (31)M. ANIRUDH(TN) BT (25)BIRDI BORO(RAJ) [3-0] (11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 0-0).

WOMENS’ SINGLES PRE-QUARTERS:
(4)ANKITA DAS(NB) BT (1)POOJA SAHASRABUDHE(MHR) [4-2] (11-9, 13-15, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7); (8)MAMTA PRABHU(DB) BT (5)POULOMI GHATAK(PSPB) [4-0] (11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9); (12)MOUSUMI PAUL(PSPB) BT (9)NEHA AGARWAL(DLI) [4-3] (9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6);
(16)DIVYA DESHPANDE(PSPB) BT (13)A V NIVEDITA(TN) [4-2] (11-5, 5-11, 11-0, 4-11, 11-9, 11-7); (17)MADHURIKA PATKAR(PSPB) BT (20)KASTURI CHAKRABORTY(OIL) [4-3] (12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-3); (21)PRAJAKTA TIPALE(RSPB) BT (23)ANANDITA CHAKRABORTY(RSPB) [4-3] (7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8); (25)MOUMA DAS(PSPB) BT (27)KRITIKA SINHA ROY(WB) [4-2] (11-13, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9); (32) K SHAMINI(TN) BT (29)SOUMI MONDAL(RSPB) [4-0] (11-7, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10).

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(8)PALLAVI KUNDU(RSPB) BT (2)SHRUTI TALNIKAR(MHR) [4-0] (11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5); (10)POOJA SAHASRABUDHE(MHR) BT (16)PRAJAKTA TIPALE(RSPB) [4-3] (12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 17-15, 8-11, 11-9); ()NEHA AGARWAL(DLI) BT (24)SHREYA GHOSH(RSPB) [4-3] (11-4, 11-1, 11-13, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8); (32)ANKITA DAS(NB) BT (25)SOUMI MONDAL(RSPB) [4-0] (11-4, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6).

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(8)S. KARTHICKA(TN) BT (1)ANKITA DAS(NB) [4-3] (5-11, 13-11, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8); (13)MANIKA BATRA(DLI) BT (11) S NARSIMHA PRIYA(TN) [4-0] (11-9, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10); (20)V SNEHA(IB) BT (24)NIKHAT BANU(AP) [4-2] (16-14, 10-12, 11-8, 12-14, 11-7, 11-6); (32)MALLIKA BHANDARKAR(MHR) BT (26)SHWETA PARTE(MHR) [4-1] (12-10, 3-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8).

SUB-JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS:
(1)OISHWARYYA DEB (NB) BT (7)MAITHREYEE BAILOOR(KNT) [3-0] (11-7, 11-6, 11-6); (11)GARGI SURWASE(MHR) BT (16)AMRUTHA PUSHPAK(TN) [3-2] (8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 12-10); (17)ANUSKA DUTTA(NB) BT (24)R.K. YUKTIROSHINI(TN) [3-1] (7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 13-11); (32)SUTIRTHA MUKHERJEE(WB) BT (26)DEVIKA BHIDE(MHR) [3-2] (8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-3, 13-11); (5)K SHAMINI(TN) BT (1)MALLIKA BHANDARKAR(MHR) [4-3] (3-11, 4-, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11); (9)ANONA AGARWAL(RAJ) BT (13) MEGHNA(CHD) [4-3] (11-3, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9); (21)KALAIVANAN M.(TN) BT (17)FRENAZ CHIPIYA(GUJ) [4-3] (3-11, 4-, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11); (25)A. RAJATH KAMAL(TN) BT (29)ANIRBAN NANDI(RSPB) [4-3] (11-3, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9).

JUNIOR BOYS’ SINGLES SEMI-FINALS:
(1)G SATHIYAN(TN) BT (16)SANMAY PARANJAPE(MHR) [4-0] (11-6, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4): (32)HARMEET DESAI(RSPB) BT (18)SUSHMIT SRIRAM(TN) [4-1] (8-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4).

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES SEMI-FINALS:
(8)S. KARTHICKA(TN) BT (13)MANIKA BATRA(DLI) [4-1] (5-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6); (32)MALLIKA BHANDARKAR(MHR) BT (20)V SNEHA(IB) [4-0] (11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9).

SUB-JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES SEMI-FINALS:
(5)ABHISHEK YADAV(PSPBA) BT (16)SNEHAMOY MALLIK(WB) [4-1] (8-11, 12-10, 17-15, 11-8, 11-6); (19)SAYANTAN DEY(WB) BT (31)M. ANIRUDH(TN) [4-2] (11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-6).

SUB-JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES SEMI-FINALS:
(8)S. KARTHICKA(TN) BT (13)MANIKA BATRA(DLI) [4-1] (5-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6); (32)MALLIKA BHANDARKAR(MHR) BT (20)V SNEHA(IB) [4-0] (11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9); (1)OISHWARYYA DEB(NB) BT (16)GARGI SURWASE(MHR) [4-2] (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7); (17)ANUSKA DUTTA(NB)-33 BT (32)SUTIRTHA MUKHERJEE(WB) [4-1] (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5).

Sources: Press release from GSTTA