Indore, September 9, 2015: India A team, comprising Archana
Kamath Girish and Srushti Haleangadi, took the top spot after a bit of struggle
against India E, who finished behind them in Group A in the Cadet Girls section
on the opening day of the 11Even Sports 2015 India Junior and Cadet Open Table
Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal here today.
India A beat India E 3-2 and will take on Group B’s
second-placed team, which is India B. Group B topper C, who made it to the
semifinal, had beaten both India B and India G and they will meet India E in
the second semifinal, to be played tomorrow followed by the final.
It was a bit of surprise for both Archana and Srushti to be
taken the full distance in the last match of the group. Priyanka Parekh, who
did the star turn for India E, must get a pat on her back as did not drop the
guard despite her team trailing 1-2 after the India A pair took the doubles to go
up. After Archana had given the lead for India A, Priyanka restored parity
when she beat Srushti 3-1 (11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 12-10).
But the doubles pair of A team beat Priyanka and Saundarya
Pathak 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3 and when it seemed it was all over for the
E team, Priyanka beat Archana 11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 as she took the
last two games to give a big shock. Nevertheless, Srushti made amends in the
decider and beat Saundarya 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9 to complete an all-win record
in their group.
Similarly, there was an interesting duel between India B and
India G in group B which went the way of India B team, comprising Varuni Jaiswal
and Diya Chaitale Parag. The B team struggled before overcoming their rivals
3-2. The doubles win for both Varuni and Diya proved to be crucial in the
ultimate analysis.
Earlier, Archana beat India D’s Nikita Sarkar 11-9,
11-4, 11-8 and then it was Srushti’s turn to beat Anusha Kutmble, though with a
bit of struggle, at 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8 in their singles before the two
combined well in the doubles to beat Anusha and Nikita 11-7, 11-1, 11-5.
Playing Kazakhstan ,
Srushti opened against Zauresh Akasheva 11-3, 11-13, 11-7, 11-7 and for Archana
it was rather easy against Alsu Saparova except in the third game where the
Indian, who won 11-7, 11-2, 12-10, was stretched a bit. In the doubles,
however, the Indian duo beat the Kazakh pair 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 to seal their
fate.
In the Junior Girls section, barring one round of matches,
all ties were completed and the hosts’ A team, with No.1 seed Sreeja Akula and
Seraha Jacob in their ranks, had it easy against their rivals, including
visitors Kazakhstan. India A
beat India C 3-1 and repeated the margin of victory against Kazakhstan .
The arrival of Bangladesh
team forced the organizers delay matches in both the Cadet and Junior Boys
sections while Nepal
team, struck up on the border owing to some riots, will miss the team events.
A TTFI Press release
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