Unexpectedly, it was a cakewalk for Sathiyan against Devesh
who was completely rendered helpless against a hot Sathiyan who executed his
blistering strikes to unsettle the Gujarat
man. In the face of a mounting offensive approach, Devesh wilted very early in
the final never to recover.
In contrast, Sathiyan scored a 4-3 laboured win in the
semifinals to oust North Zone finalist and southpaw Sanil Shetty who, after
leading 2-1, gave in to the pressure tactics of his PSPB rival which proved to
be Sanil’s undoing. In a roller-coaster ride of sorts, Shetty did win the sixth
to level 3-3 but was visibly losing steam and it only helped the semifinalist
at Chandigarh
to step on the gas pedal to a 6-1 lead and finish off in style.
In the other all-lefthanders fight, Devesh was woefully
placed at 0-2 and 5-9 in the third game against Jubin. But a few errors both at
the net and some away-going shots at that time saw the PSPB paddler concede the
ground to the Gujarat man. From there on,
Devesh was a different player altogether as he won 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3,
11-7, 14-12.
POETIC JUSTICE
In the end, a poetic justice was done to her
pre-quarterfinal rival Krittwika Sinha Roy who, too, lost because of a change
of bat midway through that match. But today, Mousumi was told to change it
before the match with one side of her bat’s rubber damaged, as it happened to
Krittwika on the second day.
Except for the first marathon game which Mousumi won after
nine deuces and three game points, Suthirtha had the measure of her opponent.
Mousumi did win the fourth game but Suthirtha was way ahead in the next and
wrap it up quickly.
In women’s semifinals, Mousumi Paul continued with her
winning ways as she outlasted top seed Madhurika Patkar 4-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-7,
6-11, 11-9, 13-11) and second seed Suthirtha Mukherjee defeated former national
champion and veteran Mouma Das 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 11-1, 11-8. Madhurkia was the
winner at the North Zone event at Chandigarh .
RONIT, PRIYADARSHINI CLAIM TITLES
Airports Authority of India’s Ronit Bhanja blanked out
PSPB’s Birdie Boro 4-0 to take home the Youth Boys singles trophy while West Bengal ’s Priyadarshini Das claimed her maiden Youth
Girls title beating Tamil Nadu’s Amrutha Pushpak 4-3 in what was both paddlers’
first appearance in a final. Amrutha had her chance in the decider as she led
9-5 only to give away six points on the trot to her West
Bengal opponent to her own disappointment and that of the crowd
after having put up a nice fight to lead 3-2.
JUNIOR CROWN FOR MANAV, ARCHANA
Earlier, PSPB’s Manav Thakkar defeated Telangana’s Snehit
Suravajjula 4-1 to retain the Junior Boys singles crown and the Junior Girls
title went the way of Airports Authority of India’s Archana Girish Kamath. She
downed Rajasthan’s Priyanka Pareek in straight games of 4-0. At Indore , she had won the
Youth Girls trophy. Similarly, Manav also had won the Youth title at Indore but had to satisfy
himself with the single crown win here.
Results:
Men’s Singles: Final: G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Devesh
Karia (Guj) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3, 13-11.
Women’s Singles: Final: Suthirtha Mukherjee (WB) bt
Mousumi Paul (PSPB) 18-20, 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3.
Youth Boys Singles: Final: Ronit Bhanja (AAI) bt Birdie
Boro (PSPB) 11-5, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7.
Youth Girls Singles: Final: Priyadarshini Das
(WB) bt Amrutha Pushpak (TN) 4-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9.
Junior Boys Singles: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt
Snehit Suravajjula (TELG) 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8.
Junior Girls Singles: Final: Archana Girish Kamath
(AAI) bt Priyanka Pareek (Raj) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7.
TTFI release
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