Guwahati, January 17, 2014: The Petroleum Sports Promotion
Board Academy, led by Abhishek Yadav, thrashed Delhi 3-1 to win the Junior Boys
team title while West Bengal conquered North Bengal 3-2 to annex the Junior
Girls crown in the 75th Junior and Youth National Table Tennis championships,
here at Deshbakt Tarun Ram Phukan Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
PSPB claimed the Youth Boys championships defeating West Bengal 3-1 but their girls retrieved the situation
somewhat by winning the crown against Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the final of the Youth
Girls event.
The Junior Boys final, in a way, was a foregone conclusion
though Delhi did put up some kind of a fight, managing to take a game off PSPB
as the defensive Lalrinpuia found the going tough against Delhi’s left-handed
Sabhay Virmani who won 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11. But then Abhishek,
playing truly like a leader, killed whatever ambitions that Delhi might have had, winning both his
singles as well as combining with Birdie Boro to take the doubles.
But what surprised the pundits was the manner in which North
Bengal resisted West Bengal , taking the final
the entire distance. In fact, West Bengal did
not begin well as Ayhika Mukhjeree lost to Sagarika Mukherjee 6-11, 11-6, 9-11,
6-11, but Priyadarshini Das levelled team score soon after beating Anushka
Dutta. However, what turned the tide in favour of West
Bengal was their doubles victory. The West Bengal pair of Ayhika
and Sumana Saha defeated North Bengal ’s
Sagarika and Oishwarya in straight games to go 2-1 up. The reverse singles saw
West and North Bengals sharing a rubber each
as the matches went along expected lines—Priyadarshini losing to Sagarika and
Ayhika winning against Anushka Dutta.
The fortunes of Tamil Nadu posting a title triumph hinged on
S. Amrutha Pushpak who needed to win at least one of her singles. That did not
happen as she lost her opening singles to Ayhika Mukherjee 3-1 and then lost
her reverse singles to West Bengal ’s main
player Krittwika Sinha Roy. N. Vidya of Tamil Nadu was the lone winner against West Bengal ’s weak link Anushree Haza 11-4, 11-8, 11-2.
Results:
Junior Boys (final): PSPBA bt Delhi 3-1 (Abhishek
Yadav bt Utkarsh Gupta 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, Lalrinpuia lost to Sabhay
Virmani 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, Birdie Boro/Abhishek bt Himanshu
Jindal/Piyush Prasad 11-7, 11-3, 11-7, Abhishek Yadav bt Sabhay Virmani 10-12,
11-3, 11-4, 11-7); semi-finals: PSPB Academy bt Maharashtra A 3-1
(Abhishek Yadav bt Ravindfra Kotiyan 12-10, 11-7, 11-6, Lalrinpuia lost tgo
Nishad Shah 11-13, 12-14, 11-9, 8-11, Abhishek/Birdie Boro bt Ravindra/Nishad
11-5, 11-4, 11-6, Abhishek Yadav bt Nishad Shah 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8), Delhi
bt West Bengal 3-2 (Utkarsh Gupta bt Arjun Ghosh 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3,
Himanshu Jindal lost to Anirban Ghosh 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 5-11, Utkarsh/Himanshu
lost to Arjun/Anirban 9-11, 5-11, 3-11, Utkarsh Gupta bt Anirban Ghosh 11-5,
8-11, 11-7, 11-3, Himanshu Jindal bt Arjun Ghosh 11-8, 11-9, 11-8).
Junior Girls (final): West Bengal bt North Bengal
3-2 (Ayhika Mukherjee lost to Sagarika Mukherjee 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11,
Priyadarshini Das bt Anushka Dutta 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9, Ayhika/Sumana
Saha bt Sagarika/Oishwarya 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, Priyadarshini Das lost to Sagarika
Mukherjee 9-11, 6-11, 11-6, 4-11, Ayhika Mukherjee bt Anushka Dutta 11-7, 11-7,
11-7); semi-finals: West Bengal bt Kerala 3-1 (Ayhika Mukherjee bt Sereha
Jacob 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 12-14, 11-4, Priyadarsini Das bt Maria Rony 11-5, 11-7,
16-14, Ayhika/Sangeeta lost to Sereha/Maria 5-11, 6-11, 8-11, Priyadarsini Das
bt Sereha Jacob 12-10, 11-7, 11-9), North Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-2 (Sagarika
Mukherjee bt Ashelesha Trehan 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, Anushka Dutta lost to
Shruti Amrute 11-5, 13-15, 4-11, 9-11, Sagarika/Oishwarya bt Shruti/Manasi
11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, Sagarika Mukherjee lost to Shruti Amrute 8-11, 10-12,
6-11, Anushka Dutta bt Ashelesha Trehan 13-11, 11-9, 11-8).
Youth Boys (final): PSPBA bt West Bengal 3-1
(G.Sathiyan bt Anirban Ghosh 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, Sourav Saha lost to Arjun
Ghosh 9-11, 9-11, 8-11, Sudhanshu Grover bt Snehamoy Mallick 11-9, 11-8, 11-9,
G. sathiyan bt Arjun Ghosh 11-6, 11-6, 11-6); semi-finals: PSPB bt Delhi
3-0 (G. Sathiyan bt Sabhya Virmani 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, Sourav Saha bt Piyush
Prasad 11-4, 11-9, 11-9, Sudhanshu Grover bt S. Shivam 11-5, 11-3, 11-1), West
Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-2 (Anirban Ghosh bt S. Nikhil 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 13-11,
Arjun Ghosh lost to Sushmit Sriram 6-11, 7-11, 6-11, Snehamoy Mallick lost to
R. Anand Raj 7-11, 9-11, 9-11, Anirban Ghosh bt Sushmit Sriram 6-11, 11-9, 11-5,
11-9, Arjun Ghosh bt S. Nikhil 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7).
Youth Girls (final): West Bengal bt
Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Ayhika Mukherjee bt S. Amrutha Pushpak 11-7, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8,
Krittwika Sinha Roy bt S. Narasimha Priya 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5,
Anushree Hazra lost to N. Vidya 4-11, 8-11, 2-11, Krittwika Sinha Roy bt S.
Amrutha Pushpak 14-12, 11-6, 11-7); semi-finals: West Bengal bt PSPB 3-1
(Krittwika Sinha Roy bt Reeth Rishya 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, Anushree Hazra bt
Suthirtha Mukherjee 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, Priyadarshini Das lost to Manika
Batra 3-11, 6-11, 7-11, Krittwika Sinha Roy bt Suthirtha Mukherjee 11-9, 11-9,
11-9), Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 3-2 (Amrutha Pushpak bt A Sreeja 14-12,
11-6, 11-8, S. Narasimha Priya lost to Nikhat Banu 13-11, 11-13, 7-11, 14-16,
N. Vidya bt M Mounika 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, Amrutha Pushpak lost to
Nikhat Banu 14-16, 10-12, 11-7, 3-11, S. Narasimha Priya bt A Sreeja 11-8,
5-11, 11-7, 11-9).
A TTFI release
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