Haryana were joined in the men’s semifinals by PSPB, who
beat Rajasthan 3-0, Gujarat who won 3-1 against Railways and Maharashtra downed
West Bengal 3-1.
It was Jubin who masterminded Haryana’s triumph as he won
both his singles, paving the way for another bronze at least. Last year, too,
they had claimed a team bronze but this time they are in a good position to
overhaul Maharashtra who will be their
opponents in the semis.
All is well that ends well may be the saying. But Jubin gave
a tweak to the idiom by beginning and ending well. He started with a win over
Ravichandran Abhishek in a tough opening rubber which was carried on nicely by
Sarthak Gandhi. But Tamil Nadu really fought back well to restore order through
L. Sathiswaran and R. Abhishek, in his reverse singles when they accounted for
both Mohit Verma and Sarthak Gandhi, respectively.
The ball was back in Jubin’s court and the tall Sushmit was
equally up to the task, taking his opponent down to wire. But the let-handed
Jubin not only worked on his angles well but executed superb combination play
to overcome Sushmit in the crucial fifth rubber.
TN women’s minor ripples
Though the quarterfinals in women’s section went along the
line for most part, Tamil Nadu gave a twist to the tale to beat last year’s
semifinalist Maharashtra A 3-1, thanks to the
heroics of Reeth Rishya who, despite pulling her thigh muscle, put her team to
the medal reckoning.
Unable to find a place in PSPB squad, Reeth had to play for
her state and Tamil Nadu gained through her entry today. Taking on a
higher-ranked Divya Deshpande, who was spearheading Maharashtra ’s
campaign, Reeth played a gutsy game, particularly in the decider. She was down
10-7 in the fifth game against Divya but ignoring her pain the diminutive
paddler put her best foot forward and deuced. After two more, Reeth cashed in
on her first match point and won 14-12 to put Tamil Nadu up.
However, Madhurika Patkar did not have to sweat it out
against Amrutha Pushpak and restored parity. The crucial third game went the
Tamil Nadu way when Vidya Narasimha shut out Charvi Kawle after some struggle
to win 3-2. Now the matter rested on Reeth and she surprisingly finished off
her reverse singles against Madhurika quickly and deservingly.
Earlier, PSPB defeted Madhya Pradesh 3-0, Reserve Bank of India , keeping their well-deserved entry into
the nationals intact, defeated North Bengal
3-1 with Sheweta Parte shouldering the burden of winning both her singles.
Karnataka became an easy prey to last year’s runners-up West
Bengal , who won 3-0.
Earlier in the day, both Telangana teams bowed out in
the pre-quarterfinals as North Bengal girls went down 1-3 to North Bengal while
Gujarat ’s men beat Talanga men 3-0.
Men’s Team (Quarterfinals): PSPB bt Rajasthan 3-0 (Soumyajit
Ghosh bt Abhishek Yadav 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, G. Sathiyan bt Sudhanshu
Grover 11-4, 8-11, 14-12, 11-3, Anthony Amalraj bt Pankaj Kumr 11-2, 11-5,
11-4), Gujarat bt RSPB 3-1 (Devesh Karia bt Ravindra Kotiyan 11-4, 11-8, 11-3,
Manav Thakkar lost to Anirban Nandi 2-11, 11-7, 6-11, 2-11, Jignesh Jaiswal bt
Omkar Torgalkar 10-12, 12-10, 11-4, 13-15, 13-11, Devesh Karia bt Anirban Nandi
11-3, 7-11, 13-11, 11-6), Haryana bt Tamil Nadu 3-2 (Jubin Kumar bt R. Abhishek
11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, Sarthak Gandhi bt Sushmit Sriram 11-4, 11-7,
11-9, Mohit Verma lost to L. Sathiswaran 6-11, 8-11, 6-11, Sarthak Gandhi lost
to R. Abhishek 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 7-11, Jubin Kumar bt Sushmit Sriram
11-2, 11-5, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8), Maharashtra A bt West Bengal 3-1 (Sanil Shetty
bt Anirban Ghosh 11-6, 7-11, 11-3, 11-3, Sanish Ambekar lost to Arjun Ghosh
10-12, 10-12, 6-11, Aman Balgu bt Ronit Bhanja 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, Sanil Shetty
bt Arjun Ghosh 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-7).
PQF: PSPB bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0, Rajasthan bt Delhi
3-0, RSPB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0, Gujarat bt Telangana 3-0, Haryana bt Mozoram
3-1, Tamil Nadu bt Punjab 3-0, Maharashtra-A bt Maharashtra-B 3-1, West Bengal
bt North Bengal 3-0.
Women’s Team (Quarterfinals): PSPB bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0
(Mouma Das bt Himani Bhatt 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, Ankita Das bt Anusha Kutumbale
13-15, 11-7, 12-14, 11-6, 12-10, Pooja Sahasrabudhe bt Vandana Singh 1-3, 11-6,
11-5); RBI bt North Bengal 3-1 (Talnikar Shruti lost to Takeme Sarkar 7-11,
9-11, 5-11, Shwetha Parte bt Sagarika Mukherjee 8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-4, Lahkar
Kakoli bt Sukanya Bose 11-4, 13-11, 24-22, Shweta Parte bt Takeme Sarkar 8-11,
14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6), Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra-A 3-1 (Reeth Rishya bt
Divya Deshpande 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 11-9, 14-12, Amrutha Pushpak lost to
Madhurika Patkar 10-12, 12-10, 5-11, 5-11, Vidya Narasimhan bt Charvi Kawle
5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 12-14, 11-8, Reeth Rishya bt Madhurika Patkar 11-9, 11-6,
13-11) , West Bengal bt Karnataka 3-0 (Mousumi Paul bt Archana Kamath
11-5, 11-5, 5-11, 14-12, Krittwika Sinha Roy bt Swetha Kumaravel 11-7, 9-11,
11-9, 11-9, Ayhika Mukherjee bt Spoorthi Venkatesham 11-5, 11-5, 11-5); PQF: PSPB
bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0, Madhya Pradesh bt Maharashtra-B 3-2, North Bengal bt
Telangana 3-1, RBI bt Odisha 3-0, Maharashtra-A bt Pondicherry 3-0, Tamil Nadu
bt Delhi 3-1, Karnataka bt Rajasthan 3-0, West Bengal bt Gujarat 3-0.
TTFI Press release
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