Reeth, Manika bow out of contest in Youth section

Jodhpur, September 26, 2012: Two seeded girls in the Youth section—No. 5 Reeth Rishya of PSPB and No. 4 Manika Batra, also of PSPB—fell by the wayside while No. 5 seed Senhora D’souza from Maharashtra and Narasimha Priya from PSPB, who is seeded in the Junior but not in Youth section, went down without much of a fight in the Junior girls event of the National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Goushala Indoor Hall here today.

  

Joining the bunch was South Zone winner Sabhay Virmani from Delhi in the Junior boys’ category who went down to unseeded Raja Kundu from North Bengal in straight games of 9-11, 6-11, 9-11 in just 35 minutes.

However, both Manika and Reeth managed to move into the pre-quarterfinals of the Junior girls singles. Interestingly, Manika after losing to Indian Bank’s Amrutha Pushpak 3-2 (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 8-11) in the Youth section, exacted her revenge in the junior singles to move into the pre-quarterfinals. She defeated the Indian Bank girl 3-1 (12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9) to keep her chances alive. Reeth, on the other hand, made it a one-sided affair winning her match in straight games against Varuni Jaswal of Andhra Pradesh.

Virmani, who played an excellent run at the South Zone, must have been a disappointed person on the day to bow out the way he did against unseeded Raja Kundu. Both, who believe in playing the attacking games, set the tone nicely to begin with.

However, Kundu seized the upper hand very early which proved decisive in the ultimate analysis of the match. Virmani was not able to play his strokes as he often netted the ball and even his assured returns deserted him as his opponent was able to pick them up.

Reeth, who normally plays a cautious game, was on the day off colour in the Youth section but credit must be given to Shreya Ghosh from RSPB whose ploy of delaying tactics paved the way for her pre-quarters entry. After a gruelling fight with none willing to yield even an inch, the score was levelled at 2-2, taking the game to the decider.

With several deuces coming along their way, it was anybody’s match. But Reeth failed to take the initiative at 12-11 with her serve on, net-cording her return. Shreya not only equalled the score but served out to emerge winners.

Meanwhile, Olympian and No. 2 seed in Youth girls’ section Ankita Das went about her task without a whimper and defeated Tamil Nadu’s S. Krithika 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in double quick time to make her presence felt.

As for the other London Olympian, Soumyajit Ghosh and seeded No. 1 here in the men’s singles, will begin his action later in the day.

The seeding list of the men and women’s singles were released today and understandably, both Ghosh and Poulomi Ghatak, the reigning national champion, have been given the pride of place. As it would appear, most of the seeded players are from the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board and it is an indication of the domination of players from the institution.

The top eight seeds are:

Men: 1. Soumyajit Ghosh, 2. Soumyadeep Roy, 3. Sanil Shetty, 4. Jubin Kumar, 5. Harmeet Desai, 6. Anirban Ghosh, 7. G. Sathiyan, 8. Jubin Kumar.  

Women:1. Poulomi Ghatak, 2. K. Shamini, 3. Ankita Das, 4. Divya Deshpande, 5. Mamata Prabhu, 6. Mouma Das, 7. Mousmi Paul, 8. Madhurika Patkar.

JUNIOR BOYS’ SINGLES -   Main draw : II  Round

Abhishek Yadav [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Himanshu Jindal [ DLI ]    3 - 1  (4, 9, -8, 5)

 D Sameera Kurhar [ TN ]  Bt    Subham Basak [ NB ]    3 - 0  (5, 11, 6)

 Pankaj Vishwakarma [ RAJ ]  Bt    Rajib Sarkar [ NB ]    3 - 1  (-9, 6, 7, 6)

 Lalrinpuia [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Shreyal Telang [ KNT ]    3 - 0  (9, 5, 12)

 Vivek Bhargava [ RAJ ]  Bt    Ayush Tayal [ HRN ]    3 - 0  (9, 9, 8)

 Anirban Ghosh [ WB ]  Bt    Sachin Vishwanath [ TN ]    3 - 0  (2, 4, 8)

 M Anirudh [ TN ]  Bt    Shubhankar Renavikar [ MHR ]    3 - 1  (5, -10, 9, 14)

 Raja Kundu [ NB ]  Bt    Sabhay Virmani [ DLI ]    3 - 0  (9, 6, 9)

Anandharaj R [ AAI ]  Bt    Nishaad Shah [ AI ]    3 - 2  (-7, -3, 5, 8, 9)

 Ravindra Kotiyan [ MHR ]  Bt    Birdie Boro [ PSPB - A ]    3 - 1  (10, -8, 2, 8)

 Surojit Das [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Prasenjit Sarkar [ NB ]    3 - 0  (6, 9, 10)

 Utkarsh Gupta [ DLI ]  Bt    Shubham Ojha [ RAJ ]    3 - 0  (9, 6, 7)

 K R Rohit [ TN ]  Bt    Manav Thakkar [ PSPB - A ]    3 - 0  (2, 6, 12)

 Arjun Ghosh [ WB ]  Bt    Lalhunhula [ PSPB - A ]    3 - 2  (7, -10, -12, 7, 9)

 S Sidharth [ TN ]  Bt    Peeyush Prasad [ DLI ]    3 - 1  (9, -8, 7, 11)

 Sudhanshu Grover [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Sandipan Dey [ NB ]    3 - 0  (7, 6, 10)

JUNIOR GIRLS :  Main draw : Ist Round

Sutirtha Mikherjee [ WB ]  Bt    Abinaya Ramesh [ TN ]   ( 3 - 1  (-8, 5, 9, 4) )

 Sreeja A [ AP ]  Bt    Srushti Haleangadi [ MHR ]    3 - 0  (9, 7, 8)

 Oishwaryya Deb [ NB ]  Bt    Hely Shah [ GUJ ]    3 - 1  (9, -5, 9, 9)

 Mallika Bhandarkar [ AI ]  Bt    Shireen Inamdar [ MHR ]    3 - 0  (6, 5, 6)

 Senhora D'Souza [ MHR ]  Bt    C R Harshavardhini [ TN ]    3 - 1  (-12, 4, 11, 9)

 Priyadarshani Das [ WB ]  Bt    Priyanka Pareek [ RAJ ]    3 - 1  (-8, 4, 8, 9)

 Naina A [ AP ]  Bt    Ria Dutta [ WB ]    3 - 1  (8, -9, 6, 6)

 Manika Batra [ DLI ]  Bt    Amrutha Pushpak [ IB ]    3 - 1  (-7, 10, 4, 7)

 Karnam Spoorthy [ AAI ]  Bt    Shruti Amrute [ MHR ]    3 - 1  (10, -9, 4, 9)

 R Ke Yukti Roshini [ TN ]  Bt    Sailu Noor Basha [ AP ]    w - o

 Sagarika Mukherjee [ NB ]  Bt    Moumita Dutta [ WB ]    3 - 0  (6, 5, 9)

 Narasimha Priya S [ PSPB ]  Bt    Anchal Malhotra [ DLI ]    w - o

 Ayhika Mukherjee [ WB ]  Bt    Mansi Chhajed [ MHR ]    3 - 0  (3, 7, 10)

 Frenaz M Chipia [ DB ]  Bt    S Shanmathi [ TN ]    3 - 2  (-11, -8, 9, 7, 2)

 Varuni Jaiswal [ AP ]  Bt    Ashlesha Trehan [ MHR ]    3 - 2  (-8, 8, 11, -7, 10)

 Reeth Rishya [ PSPB ]  Bt    Ishika Ajmani [ DLI ]    3 - 0  (2, 4, 7)

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES : MAIN DRAW: FIRST ROUND

Surojit Das [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Gautam Dhruvansh [ UP ]    3 - 1  (5, -2, 5, 5)

Lalhunhula [ PSPB - A ]  Bt    Subhankar Sarkar [ NB ]    3 - 2  (-14, 6, -8, 9, 6)

Anirban Ghosh [ WB ]  Bt    Shivan Sharma [ HRN ]    3 - 1  (7, 8, -10, 5)

Shubhankar Renavikar [ MHR ]  Bt    Ravi Joshi [ LIC ]    3 - 0  (12, 6, 9)

Pankaj Vishwakarma [ RAJ ]  Bt    Shreyal Telang [ KNT ]    3 - 2  (8, 4, -3, -5, 9)

Prasanna S [ DB ]  Bt    Subham Basak [ NB ]    3 - 1  (-7, 7, 8, 8)

Snehamoy Mallick [ WB ]  Bt    Sudarshan Prabhakar [ UP ]    3 - 2  (-10, -7, 9, 12, 10)

 YOUTH GIRLS : MAIN DRAW: FIRST ROUND

Krittwika Sinha Roy [ AAI ]  Bt    Nirja Trivedi [ GUJ ]   ( 3 - 0  (9, 1, 5) )

 Vidya N [ DB ]  Bt    Sumana Saha [ PSPB ]    3 - 1  (-9, 2, 3, 7)

 Sreeja A [ AP ]  Bt    Sumana R Krishnan [ IB ]    3 - 1  (8, -6, 9, 7)

 Mallika Bhandarkar [ AI ]  Bt    Tekemi Sarkar [ RSPB ]    3 - 1  (6, 10, -9, 13)

 Shreya Ghosh [ RSPB ]  Bt    Reeth Rishya [ PSPB ]    3 - 2  (-8, 7, -8, 12, 14)

 Sutirtha Mikherjee [ WB ]  Bt    Sagarika Mukherjee [ NB ]    3 - 0  (8, 4, 8)

 R Ke Yukti Roshini [ TN ]  Bt    Senhora D'Souza [ MHR ]    3 - 1  (8, 7, -8, 9)

 Amrutha Pushpak [ IB ]  Bt    Manika Batra [ DLI ]    3 - 2  (-7, -6, 7, 10, 8)

 Nikhat Banu [ AAI ]  Bt    Charvi Kawle [ MHR ]    3 - 1  (-9, 8, 9, 8)

 Vedika Garg [ AI ]  Bt    Riti Shankar [ DLI ]    3 - 0  (10, 9, 9)

 Ayhika Mukherjee [ WB ]  Bt    Narasimha Priya S [ PSPB ]    3 - 0  (9, 9, 9)

 V Sneha [ IB ]  Bt    Frenaz M Chipia [ DB ]    3 - 2  (-4, -5, 6, 9, 11)

 Shweta Parte [ RSPB ]  Bt    Sanya Sehgal [ DLI ]    3 - 2  (-13, 7, 1, -7, 6)

 Karnam Spoorthy [ AAI ]  Bt    Oishwaryya Deb [ NB ]    3 - 0  (6, 12, 9)

 Rupsa Bhattacharya [ WB ]  Bt    K K Narmadha [ IB ]    3 - 1  (-3, 8, 12, 6)

 Ankita Das [ PSPB ]  Bt    S Krithika [ TN ]    3 - 0  (5, 6, 4).

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