Bengaluru, September 5, 2012: West Bengal’s Anirban Ghosh
beat PSPB Academy
Ashwin Subramanian of Maharashtra and Tulika Roy of West Bengal emerged Cadet boys and girls champions,
respectively.
After being down 1-4, the No. 2 seed boy showed excellent
maturity to stage a comeback and go 5-4 up only to lose the advantage to Ghosh
in the decider. With a strong Bengal crowd
egging on Ghosh, he made most of the unforced errors committed by his rival to
romp home winners in a defence versus offence final.
Ghosh, in fact, was sitting pretty with a 2-0 lead but
allowed the slow but steady Lalrinpuia quick recovery to tie the score at 2-2.
Playing away from the table, the Academy boy was good in returning whatever was
sent from across the net. But the No. 4 seed, playing a tactical game, gained
ascendancy to surge ahead.
However, Lalrinpuia was up to his rival’s tricks and
made it 3-3. But in the nerve-wrecking decider, Ghosh saw to it that he kept
the lead to himself after leveling at 5-5 to win the game and the championship
title. He will carry home a purse of 12,000 while the Academy boy will receive
half the amount.
Naina, however, didn’t have any such problem against Sreeja
despite the latter managed two games against her opponent. Naina proved too hot
for Sreeja and in the final analysis, the former deservedly emerged victorious.
She took home 10000 while Sreeja got Rs. 5000, the runner-up prize money.
The final between Ashwin and Jain saw some fluctuating fortunes
as none of them was willing to yield any early ground to the other. However,
Ashwin showed his supremacy with his top-spin servers and execution of some
scorching forehands that upset the rhythm of Jain. After taking the first two
games at 12-10 each, Jain seemed to come back into the game with a third-set
win at 11-9. But Ashwin, leading comfortably in the fourth, there was no chance
for Jain to make any further inroads.
In Cadet girls, Roy
was well ahead of Sen in the first game that she won it easily. But Sen
stretched a bit in the second before Roy
taking it with some extra efforts. And in the third, it was just a cakewalk
despite she allowed her opponent the luxury of eight points.
Boro, Sumana exit
Earlier, Birdie Boro and Sumana Saha, both from the PSPB and
seeded No. 1 in the Junior boys and girls sections, respectively, bowed out in
the semifinals. However, there was some respite for the PSPB team as No. 2 seed
Lalrinpuia, who was stretched almost to the full distance by Ayush Tayal of Haryana
survived to enter the final with a 7-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8
win. He will take on No. 4 Anirbhan Ghosh from West
Bengal in the final, to be played later this evening. Ghosh won
4-2 against Boro in the best-of-seven-games.
Unfortunately, all the Karnataka boys and girls, barring
M.V. Spoorthy, failed to make progress beyond the first round of the main
draw. Spoorthy, who made it to the pre-quarterfinals, went down fighting
to No. 5 seed Joyeeta Banerjee of West Bengal
after putting up a brave fight. The seeded player won 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 5-11,
11-6 in a thrilling five-setter.
Results:
Sub-junior Boys: Final: Anirban Ghosh (WB) bt
Lalrinpuia (PSPBA) 11-9, 11-8, 13-15, 10-12, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8; Semifinals:
Anirban Ghosh (WB) bt Birdie Boro (PSPBA) 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 13-11, 11-3,
Lalrinpuia (PSPBA) bt Ayush Tayal (Har) 7-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-9, 7-11,
11-8; Quarterfinals: Ayush Tayal (Har) bt Raja Kundu (NB) 11-.6, 11-7,
13-11, Lalrinpuia (PSPB-A) bt Arjun Ghosh (WB) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, Anirban Ghosh
(WB) bt Sarabjit Guha (NB) 11-3, 11-6, 11-2. Birdie Boro (PSPB-A) bt D Ananth
(TN) 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2.
Sub-junior Girls: Final: Naina (AP) bt Sreeja (AP)
11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6; Semifinals: Sreeja (AP) bt Abhinaya
Ramesh (TN) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6, Naina (AP) bt C.R. Harshavardhini (TN)
11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8; Quarterfinals: Naina (AP) bt Sagarika
Mukherjee (NB) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8, CR Harshavardhini (TN) bt Moumita
Dutta (WB) 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-7, Sreeja (AP) bt Shruti Amrute (Mah) 12-10,
11-7, 3-11, 11-9, Abhinaya Ramesh (TN) bt Sumana Saha (PSPB) 11-5, 11-4, 11-8.
Cadet Boys: Final: Ashwin Subramanian (Mah) bt Anukram
Jain (PSPBA) 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11. Semifinals: Anukram Jain (PSPBA)
bt Regan Alberqueque (Mah) 11-8, 13-12, 14-12, Ashwin Subramanian (Mah) bt Udit
Bhattacharya (WB) 11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7; Quarterfinals: Udit
Bhattacharya (WB) bt Harsha Shrivastava (PSPBA) 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5,
Ashwin Subramanian (Mah) bt Sameer Pandey (PSPBA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, Anukram
Jain (PSPBA) bt Sriram Kannan (TN) 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 18-16, Reagan
Alberqueque (Mah) bt Wesley De Rosario (Goa) 9-11, 13-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7
Cadet Girs: Final: Tulika Roy (WB) bt Prapti Sen (WB)
11-7, 12-10, 11-8; Semifinals: Prapti Sen (WB) bt V. Sasya (AP) 11-9,
11-8, 11-4, Tulika Roy (WB) bt Swetha Steffi (TN) 11-6, 11-8,
11-6; Quarterfinals: Prapti Sen (WB) bt Yashi (Pun) 11-8, 9-11, 6-11,
13-11, 11-4, V.Sasya (AP) bt Namya Manchanda (Har) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4, Swetha
Steffi (TN) bt Atheya Ghosh (WB) 11-9, 9-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, Tulika Roy (WB)
bt Neha Kumari (NB) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7.
TTFI Press release
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