Guwahati, January 16, 214: The Petroleum and Sports
Promotion Board Academy (PSPBA) boys drubbed Tamil Nadu 3-0 to enter the Junior
Boys semifinals of the 75th Junior and Youth National Table Tennis
championships, here at Deshbakt Tarun Ram Phukan Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
Joining them in the semifinals were West Bengal who beat
Andhra Pradesh, Delhi downed Rajasthan 3-0 and
Maharashtra A beat North Bengal . All the
quarterfinals turned out to be absolutely one-sided with the same 3-0 score
line.
In the Junior Girls section, Maharashtra A beat Assam 3-1
while North Bengal defeated Andhra Pradesh 3-2, West Bengal accounted for Tamil
Nadu 3-1 and Kerala outsmarted Delhi 3-2 in the best match of the evening which
went down to the wire.
The PSPBA boys, led by Abhishek Yadav, made it a one-sided
affair against their rivals. Yadav gave PSPBA a winning start by beating S. Nikhil 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 and Lalrin Puia outlasted K.R.
Rohit 10-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 in a defence versus offence battle to put
his team 2-0 up. Then both Yadav and Puia combined to beat Rohit and Nikhil
12-10, 11-7, 11-4.
While Andhra Pradesh had very little chance against West
Bengal’s Anirban Ghosh and Arjun Ghosh in singles, the Andhra duo of Manash
Ghosh and Subhendu extended the West Bengal pair
of Harsh Lahoti and Ali Mohammad in a grueling doubles event to 6-11, 4-11,
11-6, 11-9, 11-9. Delhi ,
on the other hand, did not have much trouble against Rajasthan.
Sabhya Virmani defeated Pankaj Kumar in straight games,
while Utkarsh Gupta struggle before overcoming Subham Ojha 11-6, 7-11, 11-7,
9-11, 11-9 to give Delhi 2-0 lead. Then it was left to Hmanshu Jindal and
Sabhya to put Pankaj and Subham in their place. Maharashtra A’s Nishad Shah
accounted for Akash Nath in straight games while Rabindra Kotiyan was extended
by Raja Kundu and then the doubles team of Nishad and Rabindra faced a stiff
resistance from Akash Nathan and Subhankar to win 3-2.
As for the Junior Girls quarterfinals, Assam made a bright
start with Kritika Upadhaya against Ashlesha Trehan winning the first rubber
7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8. But the hosts team could not withstand the onslaught of
Maharashtra which had the likes of Shruti
Amrute and Manasi Chhajed. In fact, Shruti restored parity against Akanshya
with a straight set win and then combined with Manasi to beat Kritika and
Akanshya to enter the semifinals.
Given the composition of team, Delhi did well to give a good
fight to Kerala, but Aanchal Malhotra, having to play two singles, proved to be
the weak link as she lost the crucial rubber to Serreha Jacob despite managing
to level the score 10-10 in the second game after trailing 6-10. Once Sereha
won the game13-11 to go 2-0 up, the third game was a formality as Delhi ’s lost tamely.
In both the Youth Boys and Girls matches, the favourite
teams made it to the quarterfinals which are slated for later tonight.
Results:
Junior Boys (Quarterfinals): PSPB Academy bt Tamil Nadu
3-0, West Bengal bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0, Delhi bt Rajasthan 3-0, Maharashtra A
bt North Bengal 3-0.
Junior Girls (Quarterfinals): Maharashtra A bt Assam
3-1, North Bengal bt Andhra Pradesh 3-2, West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-1, Kerala
bt Delhi 3-2.
Youth Boys (PQF): PSPB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0, Rajasthan
bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0, Delhi bt Kerala 3-1, Maharashtra B bt Andhra Pradesh
3-0, West Bengal bt Gujarat 3-0, Maharashtra A bt Assam 3-1, Haryana bt North
Bengal 3-0, Tamil Nadu bt Mizoram 3-0.
Youth Girls (PQF): West Bengal bt Karnataka 3-0, Kerala
bt Assam 3-0, Maharashtra A bt Rajasthan 3-1, PSPB bt Haryana 3-0, Tamil Nadu
bt Maharashtra B 3-0, Gujarat bt Chandigarh 3-0, North Bengal bt Punjab 3-0,
Andhra Pradesh bt Delhi 3-0.
A TTFI release
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