Jr National TT: Going for a kill

From top: Soumyajit Ghosh, Shreya Ghosh, Harmeet Desai and Raj Mondal and G Sathiyan in action during their respective of the 70th junior National table tennis matches in Surat.

Photo: TTFI

Jr National TT: Ankita, Sathiyan emerge champs

Surat, January 21
Ankita Das of North Bengal), Commonwealth youth champion G Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu won the girls and boys singles titles of the 70th junior National and Youth table tennis championships at Pandit Deendayal Indoor Hall here.
Ankita Das beat Mallika Bhandarkar (Maharashtra-A) in a six-game pulsating encounter 4-2 (11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11) to win the crown. Hot favourite G Sathiyan blanked Soumyajit Ghosh (North Bengal) 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8) to clinch the junior boys title.
Divya Deshpande and Aniket Koparkar both (Maharashtra-A) annexed the youth girls and youth boys title defeating Prajakta Tipale (Railways) and G Sathhiyan (TN) in exciting finals.

Results:
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-0) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT G SATHIYAN [TN] (4-3) 11-6, 9-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-6, 5-11, 13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT K SHAMINI [TN] (4-0) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1, 11-4.
YOUTH BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-6, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7. G SATHIYAN [TN] BT AMAN BALGU [MHRA] (4-3) 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 5-4, 11-11, 9-11, 13-11.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES SEMI FINALS: G SATHIYAN [TN] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-0) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9.SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] (4-1) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES SEMI FINALS :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT SHREYA GHOSH [WB] (4-1) 8-11, 21-19, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] (4-2) 11-8, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6.
Junior Boys Doubles QF:

G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Pranshu Gupta/Utkarsh Gupta [DLI]3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9)

Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ] bt Rohit Chakraborty/Avik Das [NB]3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8)

V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] bt R Venkitaramanan/Ajay Bharadhwaj [TN] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8)

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sanmay Paranjape/Aakash Damle[MHR-B] 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-7)

SF G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN] bt Mohit Verma/Vivek Bhargava [RAJ]3-2 (9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4)

SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha [PSPBA] 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt G Sathiyan/S Prasanna [TN]3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10)
Junior Girls Doubles QF

Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Nikhat Banu/K Bhavana [AP] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)

Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Nirja Trivedi/Neha Saxena [GUJ] 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra [DLI] 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7)

Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHR-A] bt K K Narmadha/Sumana R Krishnan [TN] 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10)

SF Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Vrushali Prasade/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-6)

SF Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shweta Parte [MHRA] 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-2, 13-11)

FINAL: Ankita Das/Medha Moitra [NB] bt Shreya Ghosh/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-2 (11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8)
Youth Boys Doubles QF:

Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Tousif Haque/Md. Azhar [ORS] 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7)

Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] bt M Subash/Subham Kundu [RSPB] 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10)Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Aman Balgu/Noel Pinto [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 4-11, 11-6,
SF Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sougata Sarkar/Sumit Kundu [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)SF Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] bt Sushovan Das/Souvik Kar [WB] 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-1)

FINAL Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal [NB] bt Harmeet Desai/Mahipal Gohil [GUJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-8)
Youth Girls Doubles QF:

Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt Ashlesha Bodas/Divya Deshpande [MHR-A] 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4)

U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] bt Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi [RSPB] 3-2 (8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5)

K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Mallika Bhandarkar/Shruti Talnikar[MHR-A] 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10)

Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] bt Ankita Das/Sukanya Bose [NB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7)

SF Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] bt U V Agni/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7)

SF K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Vedika Garg/Charvi Kawle [MHR-B] 3-1 (11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9)

FINAL K Shamini/A V Nivedita [TN] bt Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra [WB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9)
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT ARNAB ADHIKARY [NB] (4-0) 11-4,11-8,16-14,11-1.
MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] BT SANDEPAN DAY [WB] (4-1) 11-3,11-9,9-11,13-11,11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT VIVEK BHARGAVA [RAJ] (4-0) 11-9,12-10,12-10,11-5.
HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] BT ABHISHEK YADAV [PSPB] (4-0) 11-7,11-2,11-3,11-1.
V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] BT AVIK DAS [NB] (4-0) 11-6,11-2,11-9,14-12.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT RAVI JOSHI [GUJ] (4-3) 11-4,11-6,7-11,7-11,11-8,10-12,11-8.
SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] BT SANMAY PRANJAPE [MHRA] (5-0) 12-10,11-7,11-9,11-3,11-0.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT S PRASSANNA [TN] (4-1) 11-4,11-6,8-11,11-3,11-3.
JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT MOHIT VERMA [PSPB] (4-0) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9.
RAJ MONDAL [NB] BT HARMEET DESAI [GUJ] (4-2) 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6,
4-11, 11-6.
R VENKATRAMANAN [TN] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-1) 11-4, 4-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SAURAV SAHA [PSPB] (4-2) 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7.
JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER :
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-1) 11-4,11-9,11-3,9-11,11-6.
VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] BT MEGNA [HRY] (4-1) 11-7,8-11,12-10,11-4,14-12.
CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] BT TEKMI SARKAR [NB] (4-0) 11-5,11-9,11-5,11-2.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT S KRITIKA [TN] (4-2) 11-6,11-3,7-11,13-11,9-11,11-4.
SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-3) 11-6,5-11,11-9,12-10,12-14,6-11,11-6.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-3) 6-11,6-11,11-9,11-8,10-12,11-8,11-7.
NIKHAT BANU [AP] BT ANUSHRI HAZRA [WB] (4-1) 6-11,11-5,11-4,11-5,11-8.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT N VIDHYA [TN] (4-2) 11-7,11-6,9-11,6-11,11-6,11-4.

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT VRUSHALI PRASADE [MHRB] (4-1) 8-11,11-3,11-9,11-4,11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT CHARVI KAWLE [MHRB] (4-3) 3-11,10-12,11-6,11-8,7-11,11-3,11-9.
SUMANA R KRISHNAN [TN] BT SHRUTI TALNIKAR [MHRA] (4-2) 5-11,11-5,11-8,11-7,8-11,12-10.
MALLIKA BHANDARKAR [MHRA] BT NIKHAT BANU [AP] (4-3) 9-11,5-11,11-4,11-2,9-7,9-11,11-7.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER -
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT VEDHIKA GARG [MHRB] (4-0) 11-7,13-11,11-1,11-9.
PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] BT SWETHA KUMARVEL [TN] (4-1) 11-8,11-9,8-11,11-6,11-9.
KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] BT PRITI MOKASHI [RLY] (4-1) 11-4,11-4,11-6,6-11,11-8.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT MEGHA MOITRA [NB] (4-0) 11-9,18-16,11-8,11-7.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT U V AGNI [TN] (4-3) 13-11,11-9,8-11,5-11,11-9,9-11,11-6.
NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] BT JAYEETA PUSHILAL [WB] (4-1) 11-7,11-4,9-11,11-8,11-6.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ASHLESHA BODAS [MHRA] (4-2) 11-5,7-11,11-8,1-11,11-8,11-4.
ANKITA DAS [NB] BT A V NIVEDITA [TN] (4-1) 11-9,11-4,10-12,11-5,13-11.

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS :
DIVYA DESHPANDE [MHRA] BT PALLAVI KUNDU [RLY] (4-2) 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3.
K SHAMINI [TN] BT KRITIKA SINHA ROY [WB] (4-0) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.
PRAJAKTA TIPALE [RLY] BT NEHA AGARWAL [DLI] (4-2) 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.
SHREYA GHOSH [WB] BT ANKITA DAS [NB] (4-3) 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES PRE-QUARTER:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT M SUBHASH [RLY] (4-1) 10-12,11-8,11-4,11-3,11-5.
SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] BT A R NAVNEETH [KRT] (4-3) 6-11,11-3,8-11,3-11,11-5,11-7,11-6.
SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] BT SHIVANANDA SHESHADRI [TN] (4-0) 11-9,11-8,11-8,11-3.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUVIK KAR [WB] (4-0) 12-10,11-9,12-10,11-5.
SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] BT V NITIN THIRUVENGADAM [PSPB] (4-2) 7-11,11-9,10-12,11-7,11-8,11-8.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SAYAN PAUL ROY [RLY] (4-0) 11-4,13-11,16-14,11-5.
ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] BT RAJ MONDAL [NB] (4-2) 10-12,11-3,11-6,7-11,11-5,11-9.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT SUMIT KUNDU [WB] (4-0) 11-5,11-4,11-8,11-5.

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES QUARTER FINALS:
ANIKET KOPARKAR [MHRA] BT SUBHAM SHARMA [AP] (4-2) 6-11, 14-12, 12-14, 11-3, 16-14, 11-5.
DEVESH KARIA [PSPB] BT SOUMYAJIT GHOSH [NB] (4-1) 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 11-9.
G SATHIYAN [TN] BT SANIL SHETTY [MHRA] (4-1) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7.
AMAN BALGU [MHRA] BT ARPIT BHOPALKAR [RLY] (4-1) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.

Photo Ankita Das in action

Source: TTFI press release

Jr National TT: Maharashtra-A clinch youth titles

Surat, January 20, 2009
Maharashtra –A won the Youth boys and girls team titles of the 70th Gujarat Gas junior and youth National and inter-state table tennis championships at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall on Monday. Maharashtra-A youth girls earned a hard-fought victory 3-2 over North Bengal while Maharashtra-A boys beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 in the final to capture crowns.

Earlier, Maharashtra-A beat West Bengal 3-2 to claim girls team title while PSPB Academy beat North Bengal by an identical margin to clinch boys team title.
Results
Youth Girls' Team: (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Ankita Das 3-0 3 - 0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
Divya Deshpande beat Sukanya Bose 3-1 3 - 1 (11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-0)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Tanaya Dutta 2-3 2 - 3 (11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12)
Divya Deshpande lost to Ankita Das 2-3 2 - 3 (11-5, 3-11, 11-9, 4-11, 7-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sukanya Bose 3-2 3 - 2 (11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4)

Youth Boys' Team - (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat TAMILNADU (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to R S Raja 2 - 3 (11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 3-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
Aman Balgu beat Sivananda Seshadri 3 - 2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 16-14)
Sanil Shetty beat G Sathiyan 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (semi finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat TAMILNADU (3 - 2)
Soumyajit Ghosh beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 1 (13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Raj Mondal lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-6, 3-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal beat G Sathiyan/S Prasanna 3 - 2 (6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 13-11)
Soumyajit Ghosh lost to G Sathiyan 1 - 3 (11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 2-11)
Raj Mondal beat R Venkitaramanan 3 - 0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-6)
PSPB ACADEMY beat GUJARAT (3 - 0)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-8)
Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai 3 - 2 (12-10, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Harmeet Desai/Ravi Joshi 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)

Junior Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
PSPB ACADEMY beat NORTH BENGAL (3-2)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam lost to Soumyajit 2 - 3 (11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 4-11, 7-11)
Sourav Saha beat Raj Mondal 3 - 1 (11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam/Sourav Saha beat Soumyajit Ghosh/Raj Mondal 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9)
Sourav Saha lost to Soumyajit Ghosh 0-3 0 - 3 (8-11, 7-11, 8-11)
V Nitin Thiruvengadam beat Raj Mondal 3-2 (11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 1-11, 11-5)
Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-0)
Shruti Talnikar beat Sanya Sehgal 3 - 2 (4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Manika Batra 3 - 1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar beat Sanya Sehgal/Manika Batra 3 - 2 (11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4)
WEST BENGAL beat NORTH BENGAL (3-1)
Kritika Sinha Roy beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9)
Shreya Ghosh beat Medha Moitra 2 - 1 (11-6, 11-6, 4-13)
Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra lost to Ankita Das/Medha Moitra 0 - 3 (7-11, 6-11, 5-11)
Shreya Ghosh beat Ankita Das 3 - 1 (12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 18-16)

Junior Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Final)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat WEST BENGAL (3-2)
Shruti Talnikar lost to Shreya Ghosh 0 - 3 (9-11, 4-11, 9-11)
Mallika Bhandarkar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 2 (11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5)
Shweta Parte/Mallika Bhandarkar lost to Kritika Sinha Roy/Anushree Hazra 0 - 3 (7-11, 8-11, 10-12); Mallika Bhandarkar beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8); Shruti Talnikar beat Kritika Sinha Roy 3 - 1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9)

Youth Boys' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat RAILWAYS' SPORTS (3 - 1)
Sanil Shetty lost to Sayan Paul Roy 1 - 3 (11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11)
Aniket Koparkar beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10)
Aman Balgu beat M Subhash 3 - 2 (10-12, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Sanil Shetty beat Arpit Bhopalkar 3 - 1 (7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9)
TAMILNADU beat PSPB ACADEMY (3 - 0)
G Sathiyan beat Sourav Saha 3 - 1 (11-6, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7); R S Raja beat Devesh Karia 3 - 2 (11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8); Sivananda Seshadri beat V Nitin Thiruvengadam 3 - 0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
MAHARASHTRA - 'A' beat DELHI (3-1)
Ashlesha Bodas lost to Neha Aggarwal 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 6-11); Divya Deshpande beat Esha Monga 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-4); Aman Balgu beat Manika Batra 3 - 0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-7)
Divya Deshpande beat Neha Aggarwal 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-1)
Youth Girls' Team - Stage-2 : (Semi Finals)
NORTH BENGAL beat WEST BENGAL (3 - 1) Ankita Das beat Shreya Ghosh 3 - 1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7); Sukanya Bose beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 1 (11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8); Tanaya Dutta lost to Kritika Sinha Roy 0 - 3 (8-11, 6-11, 4-11); Ankita Das beat Jayeeta Pushilal 3 - 0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-5)

Photo caption: Matches are in progress at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhaya Indoor Hall in Surat on Tuesday.

BTTA honours Ram Vilas Paswan

Vizag Steel 70th senior National table tennis tournament organising committee chairman Sanjay Singh (left) felicitating Union Chemicals, Fertilisres and Steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna on Sunday.

Middle: Paswan giving away men's singles trophy to A Sharath Kamal.

Bottom: Women champion K Shamini displays her trophy.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sr National TT: Prizes galore at closing function

Patna, January 11
Opening and closing ceremonies sports organizers want to make a mark of it. The organizers of the 70th senior National and inter-state table championships were not behind to stage an attractive closing function at the Secretariat Sports Club hall here on Sunday evening.

Managed by Advantage Services, the programme sparkled by the tune of BMP band when the winners and runners-up were up on the dais the collect their prizes. Union Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel minister Ram Vilas Paswan who was the chief guest at the closing function reached the venue with his wife, son Chirag, an up and coming Bollywood star, and about a dozen leaders of his Lok Janjashakti Party (LJP) before start of the men and women singles finals.

It seemed Paswan had enjoyed the game as while speaking on the occasion he narrated a brief story of the final. The Minister gave away men’s singles and team championships trophies and cash awards to the winners and runners-up while his wife handed it over to women team and singles champions.

In all, the organizers had distributed Rs 6.5 lakhs to top eight finishers of men and women’s sections. Hindustan Times Media Limited had sponsored the cash awards.
Besides the mandatory commitment, the organizers came up with some exciting prizes for the players, sponsored by some companies. Rashtriya Sahara, a Hindi daily, presented a LCD Videocon TV set to best men player of the tournament. Pathik Mehta of Gujarat, who played his first ever singles final in senior national table tennis, got the award.

Advantage Group handed over a LCD Videocon TV to best women players of the tournament. Ashlesha Bodas of Maharashtra who sent India number two Neha Aggarwal packing in a pre-quarter-final match, was adjudged the best women player.

Anil Kumar Singh handed over the key of TVS Scooty to women’s singles champion K Shamini while another Hindi daily presented Hero-Honda motorcycle to men’s singles champion Achanta Sharath Kamal. Mrs Chhaya Rao gave away Madhubani paintings to Kamal and Shamini.

The function also unfolded some opportunity for Bihar table tennis as Moolchand Chowhan, Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) secretary general, announced that Patna would host the international table tennis tournament which would be allotted to India this year. He said Mukesh Roy, secretary, BTTA, would be the manager of India team for US tour. Chowhan also invited Sanjay Singh (MLC) and organizing secretary of the meet in the forthcoming general body meeting of the TTFI to be held at Surat on January 20. It is learnt that Sanjay Singh likely to be nominated as TTFI vice-president in the meeting.

Sanjay Singh also felicitated Paswan by presenting him gold TT racket and ball. BTTA president Dr Utpal Kant Singh, vice-president, Prem Kumar, TTFI vice-president MP Singh, treasurer, BK Baba, former international players Kamalesh Mehta, Mir Kasim Ali, former BTTA president Vijay Shankar Mishra, Ashim Chakraborty, Sajal Dutta Gupta and former secretary, All Bihar Chess Association, AR Khan were among others present at the closing function.

Photo caption: Union Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan giving away Sr National TT team championships trophy to PSPB team in Patna on Sunday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Hard Luck Mouma and Pathik!

Mouma Das of West bengal and Pathik Mehta of Gujarat play their shots during their respective women and men singles finals of the 70th senior national and inter-state table tennis championships in Patna on Sunday.
Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sharath, Shamimi are National TT champs

Patna, January 11
Achanta Sharath Kamal did it again. The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) player did it with great comfort and élan to clinch the men’s singles title of the Vizag Steel 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club Hall here on Sunday evening. It was his hat-trick of men’s singles titles. On the way of his feat, he beat first time finalist Pathik Mehta of Gujarat 4-1 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 12-10).

Top seed K Shamini of PSPB emerged as the Table Tennis Queen of India defeating four-time champion, now unseeded Mouma Das of Bengal in a thrilling final 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 13-11.

Mouma, who earlier won the women's doubles title combining with another former national champion Poulomi Ghatak, staged a fighting comeback to make the score 2-3 by winning the fourth and fifth games of the match after losing the first three tamely. Shamini bagged the first three games 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 while Mouma captured the next two 11-8, 11-8.

Although Mouma recaptured her touch late in the match, her effort was not enough to disrupt the rhythm of the Chennai girl, who clinched her maiden national crown by winning the fifth set 13-11.

Sharath, who beat Sourav Chakraborty of RSPB 4-1 in the last-four stage, had not faced much problem in edging past Pathik of Gujarat en route the national title for the fourth time. After winning a close first game 12-10, the 26-year-old Sharath took command of the situation and won the next two games 11-8, 11-4. Pathik showed his guts winning the fourth game 11-9 but the lanky Chennai boy quelled the challenge to wrap up the match 12-10.

Sharath became richer by Rs 1.54 lakh while Shamini was awarded Rs one lakh.
These apart, Ashlesha Bodas of Maharahtra-A and Pathik Mehta were conferred with special awards for their commendable performances among men and women, respectively.
In women's doubles, third seeded pair Mouma and Poulomi stopped the winning run of unseeded Divya Deshpande and Ashlesha 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 1-7)

Union Chemicals, Fertilsiers and Steel Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan was the chief guest at the closing function. He gave away the awards to the winners at a glittering ceremony, which was also attended by TTFI Secretary General Moolchand Chowhan among others
Results
Men’s singles final
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt Pathik Mehta [GUJ] 4-1 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11,12-10)

Women’s singles final
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Mouma Das [W B] 4-2 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 13-11)
Men’s doubles final:
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Raja R S/Sathiyan G [TN] 4-2 (8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3)
Women’s doubles final:

Poulomi Ghatak /Mouma Das [W B] bt Divya Deshpande/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Women’s singles semi-finals:

(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)
Mouma Das [W B] bt (7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] 4-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7)
Men’s singles semi-finals:
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt (4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB]4-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 12-10)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] 4-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8).

Photo: A Sharath Kamal and K Shamini kissing their respective men and woemen singles championship trophy in Patna on Sunday.

Photo: Aftab Alam

Striving hard for glory

Subhajit Saha, Sharat Kamal, K Shamini, Saurav Chakraborty and Mouma Das in in action during their singles matches of the 70 senior national table tennis championships in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddqui

Sr National TT: Battles are on

From top: Montu Ghosh, Madhurika Patkar, Divya Deshpande and Ankita Das in action during their respective singles matches of the 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddqui

A Day of upsets in Sr National table tennis

Patna, January 10
It was a day of upsets at the Vizag Steel 70th senior National table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club hall on Saturday.

Olympian and second seed Neha Aggarwal and defending champion Poulomi Ghatak crashed out of the women's singles event. Men number two seed Subhajit Saha (PSPB) became the big casualty in the quarter-finals.

In the mixed doubles final, Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahsrabudhe of Maharashtra-A struggled past Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul of West Bengal 4-3 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6) to clinch the crown.

Number one seed and reigning champion Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) entered the semi-finals defeating Aniket Koparkar (Maharashtra-A) 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6).

Strong contender PSPB's Neha was in for a shock as she failed to overcome Maharashtra-A's Ashlesha Bodas and went down 1-4 to the 20-year-old girl in the pre-quarterfinal. Ashlesha beat Neha 6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9,11-8.

Unseeded Pune girl Ashlesha drean run, however, ended in the quarterfinals when seventh seeded Pooja Sahasrabudhe drubbed her 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4).

Fourth seeded Poulomi also proved no match for Divya Deshpande of Maharashtra-A conceding a 1-4 defeat in the quarterfinals.

Earlier in the day, Poulomi cooked up a great comeback when she saved a match point and then came from behind to beat Mamta Prabhu in a thrilling pre-quarterfinal.

Among others, top seeded K Shamini (PSPB) spanked Prajakta Tipale (Maharashtra-B) 4-0, while unseeded Mouma Das of West Bengal won a closely contested tie against PSPB's Madhurika Patkar 4-2 to enter the final four of women's singles.

Former national champion Subhajit Saha was made to bite the dust by unseeded Pathik Mehta of Gujarat 4-3 (10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9) in heart-throbbing encounter. Among others, third seeded PSPB's A Amal Raj beat Saugata Sarkar (WB) 4-0, while fourth seeded Sourav Chakraborty of RSPB defeated Jignesh Jaiswal (Guj) 4-2 to enter the semi-finals of the men's singles category.
In men's double, Subhojit Saha and A Amal Raj of PSPB, Ranbir Das and Subham Choudhary of West Bengal, Raja R S and G Sathiyan of Tamil Nadu and Sourav Chakroborty and Anirban Nandi of RSPB moved into the semi-finals.

Neha Aggarwal and Shamini K of PSPB, Divya Despandey and Ashilesha Bodas of Maharastra 'A', Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das of West Bengal and Sushmita Ray and Madhurika Patkar of PSPB sailed into the women's doubles semis.
Earlier, Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul of West Bengal set up a clash with Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Shahasrabhudhe of Maharastra in the mixed-doubles final.

Results
Men’s singles quarter-finals
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt (8) Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6).
(4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB] bt Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] 4-2 (11-7, 5-11, 5-11,11-9, 13-11,11-5).
(3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Saugata Sarkar [W B] 4-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (2) Subhajit Saha [PSPB]4-3 (10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9)
Women’s Singles– Quarter Finals
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt (8) Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 12-10,12-10)
Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] bt (4) Poulomi Ghatak [PSPB] 4-1 (11-9, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6)
Mouma Das [W B] bt (3) Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] 4-2 (7-11, 12-10, 5-11,11-5, 12-10, 11-8)
(7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4)

Men’s Singles – Pre-Quarter Finals
(1) Sharath Kamal A [PSPB] bt Harmeet Desai [GUJ] 4-2 (6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
(8) Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Abhishek R [TN] 4-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8)
Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] bt Zubin Kumar [PSPB] 4-3 (11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8)
(4) Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB] bt Raj Mondal [NB] 4-2 (11-3, 7-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-1, 12-10)
(3) Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Sanil Shetty [MHR - A] 4-3 (11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10)
Saugata Sarkar [W B] bt Anirban Nandi [RSPB] 4-2 (11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9)
Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt (7) Devesh Karia [PSPB] 4-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-3, 12-10)
(2) Subhajit Saha [PSPB] bt Rohit Chaudhary [MHR - B] 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4)

Women’s Singles– Pre-Quarter Finals
(1) Shamini K [PSPB] bt Niveditha A V [TN] 4-0 (11-8, 11-8, 16-14, 11-4)
(8) Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] bt Mantu Ghosh [NB] 4-2 (11-8, 11-13, 14-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5)
Divya Deshpande [MHR - A] bt Mousumi Paul [W B] 4-2 (11-2, 11-8, 13-15, 3-11, 11-6, 14-12)
(4) Poulomi Ghatak [PSPB] bt Mamta Prabhu [DB]4-3 (11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7)
(3) Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] 4-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Mouma Das [W B] bt Ankita Das [NB] 4-3 (7-11, 11-1, 11-6, 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6)
(7) Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Soumi Mondal [W B]4-2 (11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6)
Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt (2) Neha Aggarwal [PSPB]4-1 (6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8).

Photo caption: Top: Giant killer Ashlesha Bodas in action. Bottom: Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe after receiving mixed doubles trophy from former union minister and cine star Shatrughan Sinha in Patna on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Subham-Mousumi in mixed doubles final

Patna, January 10, 2009
The West Bengal pair of Subham Choudhary and Mousumi Paul set up title clash with the Maharashtra-A combination of Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe in the mixed doubles final of the Vizag Steel 70th senior National and inter-state table tennis championships at the Secretariat Sports Club Hall here on Friday night.

Subham-Mousumi beat Maharashtra-A pair of Sanil Shetty and Ashlesha Bodas 14-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 while Aniket Koparkar and Pooja Sahasrabudhe beat Subhajit Saha and Nandita Saha of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in hard-fought five games 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 to enter the final.

The men’s doubles quarter-finals saw PSPB, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Railway Sports Promotion Board pairs moving into the semi-finals. Subhajit Saha and Amal Raj of PSPB led the charge defeating Tamil Nadu duo of Sivananda Seshadri and R Abhishek by the three games to two 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.

Ranbir Das and Subham Choudhary (WB) too notched up fighting 3-2 win over Sanil Shetty and Aniket Koparkar (Maharashtra A) 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6. RS Raja R S and G Sathiyan, the TN pair was third to enter the semi-finals beating Devesh Karia and Zubin Kumar (PSPB) 3-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7. Railways pair of Sourav Chakraborty and Anirban Nandifilled the last spot of this section beating Zabarjeet Singh and Anil Sen of Uttar Pradesh 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9.

Top women’s doubles pair Neha Aggarwal and K Shamini (PSPB) had a virtual cake-walk against A V Niveditha and N Vidhya of Tamil Nadu 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in the quarter-finals. Divya Deshpande and Ashlesha Bodas (Maharashtra-A) blanked Sita Verma and Tripty Pandey (U P) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 to enter semi-finals. Another star duo of Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das (W B) struggled to down Maharashtra-B pair of Prajakta Tipale and Priti Mokashi 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12. The last pair to enter the women’s double semi-final was Susmita Ray and Madhurika Patkar of PSPB. They beat Kasturi Chakraborty and Nandita Saha of Noeth Bengal 11-3, 11-4, 11-8.

The biggest casualty of the day was top seeded mixed doubles pair of A Amal Raj and K Shamini (PSPB). The top pair lost to Andhra Pradesh combination of Shubham Sharma and Bhavna K 5-11, 14-16, 7-11 in third round.

In the men and women singles, seeded paddlers moved into the second round easily. Achinta Sharat Kamal beat Sammer Sahni (Delhi) packing in four straight games 11-2, 11-1, 13-11, 11-5. Second seed Subhajit Saha (PSPB), looked equally impressive against Anil Sen (UP) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2. Among the eight seed players of this category, Aman Balgu, sixth seed from Maharashtra A and Devesh Karia, seventh seed from PSPB, chalked out struggling wins after losing one game each to their rivals.

The day's most exciting match was between veteran S Raman (PSPB) and Rajdeep Sarkar (North Bengal). The match went to full seven games with veteran Raman using experience to the fore finally prevailed over Rajdeep 10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 16-14.

Photo caption: Rajiv Ghai of Haryana and S Raman (PSPB) in action during their respctive singles matches in Patna on Friday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sr National TT: Day Five Results

Patna, January 9

This is the complete results at the end of fifth day in the Vizag Steel senior National table tennis championships at the Secretariat Club Hall here on Friday.

Mixed Doubles – Semi Finals
Subham Choudhary/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Sanil Shetty/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] 3-1 (14-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7); Aniket Koparkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha [PSPB] 3-2 (11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5)

Men’s Doubles- Quarter Finals
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB bt Sivananda Seshadri/Abhishek R [TN 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6); Ranbir Das/Subham Choudhary (W B) bt Sanil Shetty/Aniket Koparkar (MHR - A) 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6); Raja R S/Sathiyan G (TN ) bt Devesh Karia/Zubin Kumar [PSPB 3-2 (3-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7); Sourav Chakraborty/Anirban Nandi [RSPB] bt Zabarjeet Singh/Anil Sen (U P) 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9)
Women’s Doubles- Quarter Finals
Neha Aggarwal/Shamini K [PSPB] bt Niveditha A V/Vidhya N [TN] 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6); Divya Deshpande/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Sita Verma/Tripty Pandey (UP) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9); Poulomi Ghatak /Mouma Das (W B) bt Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi (MHR - B) 3-2 (9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-8, 14-12); Susmita Ray/Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) bt Kasturi Chakraborty/ Nandita Saha (NB)3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-8);
Mixed Doubles- Quarter Finals
Subham Choudhary/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Birupakha Saha/Sukanya Bose [NB] 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9); Sanil Shetty/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Raj Mondal/Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11); Aniket Koparkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Soumyajit Ghosh /Ankita Das [NB] 3-1 (11-6, 16-18, 11-9, 11-7); Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha [PSPB) bt Ranbir Das/Soumi Mondal [W B] 3-1 (5-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6).

Men’s Doubles-Pre Quarter Finals
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Mohit Verma/Rajiv Ghai [HRN] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8)
Sivananda Seshadri/Abhishek R [TN] bt Pathik Mehta /Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] 3-2 (6-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8)
Ranbir Das/Subham Choudhary [W B] bt Arpit Bhopalkar/Sayan Paul Roy [RSPB] 3-2 (11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-5)
Sanil Shetty/Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Koushik De Sarkar/Amlan Patra [DASCB] 3-1 (11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8)
Devesh Karia/Zubin Kumar [PSPB] bt Sameer Sahni/Himansh P. Kala [DLI] 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-7)
Raja R S/Sathiyan G [TN] bt Arunava Ganguly/Saugata Sarkar [W B] 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5)
Zabarjeet Singh/Anil Sen [U P] bt Aman Balgu/Omkar Torgalkar [MHR - A] 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 12-10)
Sourav Chakraborty/Anirban Nandi [RSPB] bt Soumyajit Ghosh /Raj Mondal [NB] 3-0 (15-13, 11-7, 11-5)
Women’s Doubles-Pre Quarter Finals
Neha Aggarwal/Shamini K [PSPB] bt Runa Roy/Mallika Bhandarkar [MHR - B] 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-3)
Niveditha A V/Vidhya N [TN] bt Ankita Das/Sukanya Bose [NB] 3-1 (13-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9)
Divya Deshpande/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Kritika Sinha Roy/Sayantika Kundu [W B] 3-2 (5-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 13-11)
Sita Verma/Tripty Pandey [U P] bt Anona Agarwal/MrIdula Vyas [RAJ] 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8)
Poulomi Ghatak /Mouma Das [W B] bt Swetha Kumaravel/Nishanthi Kumaravel [TN] 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-3)
Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] bt Soumi Mondal/Mousumi Paul [W B] 3-2 (6-11, 11-6, 12-14, 15-13, 11-9)
Kasturi Chakraborty/Nandita Saha [NB] bt Shalmali Mhatre/Mansi Bhagwat [MHR - A] 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 13-11)
Susmita Ray/Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Mamta Prabhu /Agni U V [DB] 3-0 (11-7, 13-11, 11-9)
Mixed Doubles- Pre Quarter Finals
Birupakha Saha/Sukanya Bose [NB] bt Shubham Sharma /Bhavna K [A P] 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 12-10)
Subham Choudhary/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Sivananda Seshadri/Niveditha A V [TN] 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6)
Sanil Shetty/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Anal Kashyap /Sanjukta Gogoi [ASM] 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4)
Raj Mondal/Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] bt Devesh Karia/Susmita Ray [PSPB] 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 15-13)
Soumyajit Ghosh /Ankita Das [NB] bt Zubin Kumar/Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] 3-2 (6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 14-12)
Aniket Koparkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Eric Fernandes/Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6)
Ranbir Das/Soumi Mondal [W B] bt Rohit Chaudhary/Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] 3-1 (11-9, 17-15, 10-12, 11-5)
Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha [PSPB] bt Harmeet Desai /Himani Bhatt [GUJ] 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9)

Men’s Singles-Main Draw 1st Round
Sharath Kamal A [PSPB) Sameer Sahni (DLI) 4-0 (11-2, 11-1, 13-11, 11-5); Karthik C P (KNT)bt Omkar Torgalkar [MHR - A] 4-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9); Harmeet Desai (GUJ) bt Jayanta Sarkar [RSPB] 4-3 (10-12, 11-7, 16-14, 2-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8); Ranbir Das [W B] bt Zabarjeet Singh [U P] 4-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-1, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9); Abhishek R(TN) bt Oza C K [Postal) 4-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-1, 11-9); Rajiv Ghai [HRN] bt Sayan Paul Roy [RSPB] 4-0 (11-5, 1-8, 11-4, 11-8); Raman S [PSPB] bt Rajdeep Sarkar [NB] 4-3 (10-12, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 16-14); Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Jayanta Chandra [OFSCB] 4-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4).

Sathiyan G [TN] bt Gurpreet Singh [RAJ] 4-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6)

Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] bt Anshul Garg [U P] 4-1 (11-4, 14-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7)

Arpit Bhopalkar [RSPB] bt Prashant Aher [MP] 4-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6)

Zubin Kumar [PSPB] bt Vaneet Chopra [PNJ] 4-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3, 11-4)

Raj Mondal [NB] bt Eric Fernandes [MHR - B] 4-1 (11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7)

Vinay Baiswade [CG] bt Arunava Ganguly [W B] 4-1 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-3)

Sourav Saha [RAJ] bt Himansh P. Kala [DLI] 4-3 (11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5)

Sourav Chakraborty [RSPB] bt Ashish Dhuklan [FCI] 4-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-4, 11-3)

Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Tarun Verma [RAJ] 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-3, 11-3)

Anal Kashyap [ASM] bt Subash M [RSPB] 4-1 (11-2, 11-6, 11-2, 4-11, 11-8)

Hardik Bhatt [GUJ] bt Soumyajit Ghosh [NB] 4-1 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10)

Sanil Shetty [MHR - A] bt Prashant Mishra [U P] 4-1 (11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5)

Anirban Nandi [RSPB] bt Raja R S [TN] 4-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5)

Rajesh R [LIC] bt Shubham Sharma [A P] 4-3 (11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 4-11, 13-11)

Saugata Sarkar [W B] bt Subhajit Saha [OFSCB] 4-2 (10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9)

Aman Balgu [MHR - A] bt Sagaya Raj [KNT] 4-1 (11-6, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7)

Devesh Karia [PSPB] bt Amlan Patra [DASCB] 4-1 (13-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5)

Soumyajit Sarkar [RSPB] bt Niloy Basak [MHR - A] 4-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9)

Pathik Mehta [GUJ] bt Lekh Raj [BHR] 4-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4)

Subham Choudhary [W B] bt Santosh A [CG] 4-0 (11-6, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7)

Birupakha Saha [NB] bt Sivananda Seshadri [TN] 4-1 (11-1, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 15-13)

Rohit Chaudhary [MHR - B] bt Mohit Verma [HRN] 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 14-12, 11-2, 11-8)

Anirban Roy Choudhary [RSPB] bt Jaideep Das [KNT] 4-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8)

Subhajit Saha [PSPB] bt Anil Sen [U P] 4-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2)

Women’s Singles 1st Round

Nargis Malubhai [GUJ] bt Sayantika Kundu [W B] 4-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9)

Janhavi Deshpande [MHR - B] bt Parekh P J [Postal] 4-2 (14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5)

Kritika Sinha Roy [W B] bt Vidhya N [TN] 4-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8)

Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Nikita Routela [DLI] 4-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7, 12-10)

Sukanya Bose [NB] bt Sanjana Sarma [ASM] 4-1 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 4-11, 11-4)

Arul Selvi N [TN] bt Bhavna K [A P] 4-3 (8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4)

Mallika Bhandarkar [MHR - B] bt Sita Verma [U P] 4-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8)

Swetha Kumaravel [TN] bt Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] 4-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7)

Papori Bora [ASM] bt Anona Agarwal [RAJ] 4-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7)

Runa Roy [MHR - B] bt Rajni Gupta [PNJ] 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8)

Ankita Das [NB] bt Sumila Devi L [U P] 4-0 (12-10, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7)

Agni U V [DB] bt Rani Chandrima Jain [RBI] 4-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-2, 11-2)

Himani Bhatt [GUJ] bt Pooja Kohli [U P] 4-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4)

Shalmali Mhatre [MHR - A] bt Tulika Roy [W B] 4-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7)

Men’s Doubles 2nd Round
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Amit Thanvi/Gurpreet Singh [RAJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-7)
Mohit Verma/Rajiv Ghai [HRN] bt Birupakha Saha/Rajdeep Sarkar [NB] 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 12-10)
Pathik Mehta /Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] bt Shubham Sharma /Arundhar T [A P] 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 13-11)
Sivananda Seshadri/Abhishek R [TN] bt Parvesh Kumar/Digari M S [AFSCB] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-8)
Ranbir Das/Subham Choudhary [W B] bt Eric Fernandes/Sourav Mohite [MHR - B] 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-8)
Arpit Bhopalkar/Sayan Paul Roy [RSPB] bt Anshul Garg/Swarn Singh Thakur [U P] 3-1 (9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-3)
Koushik De Sarkar/Amlan Patra [DASCB] bt Samar Gauri/Satyajeet Ghosh [MP] 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-4)
Sanil Shetty/Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Anirban Tarafder/Samson Selvakumar D [KNT] 3-0 (11-5, 13-11, 11-6)
Devesh Karia/Zubin Kumar [PSPB] bt Roopesh Singh/Oza C K [Postal] 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6)
Sameer Sahni/Himansh P. Kala [DLI] bt Sourav Saha/Tarun Verma [RAJ] 3-2 (14-12, 11-9, 12-14, 6-11, 11-9)
Arunava Ganguly/Saugata Sarkar [W B] bt Md. Azar/Tohid Haque [ORS] 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-9)
Raja R S/Sathiyan G [TN] bt Karthik C P/Sagaya Raj [KNT] 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-5)
Aman Balgu/Omkar Torgalkar [MHR - A] bt Sagar Ghatge/Santosh A [CG] 3-1 (9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7)
Zabarjeet Singh/Anil Sen [U P] bt Harmeet Desai /Hardik Bhatt [GUJ] 3-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-5, 13-11, 11-8)
Soumyajit Ghosh /Raj Mondal [NB] bt Adarsh P/Rajesh R [KRL] 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6)
Sourav Chakraborty/Anirban Nandi [RSPB] bt Hitesh Dogra/Rohit Mahajan [PNJ] 3-1 (11-1, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6)
Men’s Doubles 1st Round
Subhajit Saha/Amal Raj A [PSPB] bt Neeraj Kumar/Samrat Mukherjee [JKD] 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-3)
Amit Thanvi/Gurpreet Singh [RAJ] bt Dheeraj Arora/Jagat Singh Bisht [RBI] 3-2 (7-11, 13-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6)
Birupakha Saha/Rajdeep Sarkar [NB] bt Munish Bhardwaj/Vikas Sharma [CHD] 3-2 (3-11, 12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-4)
Mohit Verma/Rajiv Ghai [HRN] bt Sahil Jolly/Ravish Vaid [J&K] 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9)
Pathik Mehta /Jignesh Jaiswal [GUJ] bt Vikram Aditya/Ashok Kumar [PNJ] 3-0 (14-12, 11-5, 11-8)
Shubham Sharma /Arundhar T [A P] bt Gaurav Bisht/Santosh Kumar Sati [UTL] 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-7)
Parvesh Kumar/Digari M S [AFSCB] bt Deepak Gomte/Ankur Behl [H P] 3-1 (11-5, 3-11, 11-6, 11-4)
Sivananda Seshadri/Abhishek R [TN] bt Srinivas Raju G/Ravi Kumar G [A&N] 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8)
Ranbir Das/Subham Choudhary [W B] bt Lekh Raj/Ani Raj [BHR] 3-1 (12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7)
Eric Fernandes/Sourav Mohite [MHR - B] bt Sunal Jain/Sanjay Khurana [DLI] 3-1 (11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 11-8)
Anshul Garg/Swarn Singh Thakur [U P] bt Tousif Haque/Debadutta Mohanty D [ORS] 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
Arpit Bhopalkar/Sayan Paul Roy [RSPB] bt Subhajit Saha/PK Sugumaran [OFSCB] 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-8)
Samar Gauri/Satyajeet Ghosh [MP] bt Anal Kashyap /Amitabh Sarma Kaushik [ASM] w/o
Koushik De Sarkar/Amlan Patra [DASCB] bt Vijay Baiswade/Vinay Baiswade [CG] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-7)
Anirban Tarafder/Samson Selvakumar D [KNT] bt Sarwan Gereri/Shabong R [MEG] 3-1 (11-3, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Sanil Shetty/Aniket Koparkar [MHR - A] bt Gaurav Karnatak /Yogesh Pandey [UTL] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
Devesh Karia/Zubin Kumar [PSPB] bt Arnold Anil Reddy/Iftiquar Ali Ahmed [A&N] w/o
Roopesh Singh/Oza C K [Postal] bt Jaswant Gangta/Tarun Sharma [H P] 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-8)
Sameer Sahni/Himansh P. Kala [DLI] bt Kaushik Phukan/Saidul Alam Ahmed [ASM] 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-8)
Sourav Saha/Tarun Verma [RAJ] bt Basanta Meisnam/Zorema [MIZ] 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-6)
Arunava Ganguly/Saugata Sarkar [W B] bt Gaurav Sharma/Aditya Puri [HRN] 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-6)
Md. Azar/Tohid Haque [ORS] bt Rajesh R/Rajan Chakraborty [LIC] 3-2 (11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 15-13)
Karthik C P/Sagaya Raj [KNT] bt Rachit Chopra/Amod Dixit [CHD] w/o
Raja R S/Sathiyan G [TN] bt Parthasarathy M V /Samarjeet Singh [JKD] 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-8)
Aman Balgu/Omkar Torgalkar [MHR - A] bt Prashant Aher/Heera Goswami [MP] 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-8)
Sagar Ghatge/Santosh A [CG] bt Deepak Meitei TH/Ranjan Singh L [MNP] 3-2 (11-6, 5-11, 11-5, 14-16, 11-3)
Zabarjeet Singh/Anil Sen [U P] bt Vignay Reddy P/Umesh Kumar A [A P] 3-1 (11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9)
Harmeet Desai /Hardik Bhatt [GUJ] bt Rohit Chaudhary/Mahendra Chiplunkar [MHR - B] 3-2 (11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12)
Soumyajit Ghosh /Raj Mondal [NB] bt Sandeep Khadotra/Nitin Kesar [J&K] 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-7)
Adarsh P/Rajesh R [KRL] bt Jiten Gereri/Kyrshanbor Ranee [MEG] 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-8)
Hitesh Dogra/Rohit Mahajan [PNJ] bt Somnath Roy/Kishan Raj [BHR] 3-2 (10-12, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8)
Sourav Chakraborty/Anirban Nandi [RSPB] bt Nitra Singh N/Rajesh Singh RK [MNP] 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-8)
Women’s Doubles 2nd Round
Neha Aggarwal/Shamini K [PSPB] bt Vinita Bhatt/Babita Singh [UTL] 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-1)
Runa Roy/Mallika Bhandarkar [MHR - B] bt Himani Bhatt/Sapna Sharma [GUJ] 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)
Ankita Das/Sukanya Bose [NB] bt Sanjana Sarma/Sanjukta Gogoi [ASM] 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5)
Niveditha A V/Vidhya N [TN] bt Deepika Aggarwal/Manisha [H P] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)
Divya Deshpande/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Rajni Gupta/Sonal Joshi [POSTAL] 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5)
Kritika Sinha Roy/Sayantika Kundu [W B] bt Prasanna Devi S/Praneetha CH [A P] 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-6)
Anona Agarwal/MrIdula Vyas [RAJ] bt Swapna Mitra/Madhumita Guin [DASCB] 3-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9)
Sita Verma/Tripty Pandey [U P] bt Anindita Chakraborty/Sumona Bose [RSPB] w/o- (wo-, -, -)
Poulomi Ghatak /Mouma Das [W B] bt Sumila Devi L/Pooja Kohli [U P] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)
Swetha Kumaravel/Nishanthi Kumaravel [TN] bt Swati Sharma /Bhawana Harbola [UTL] 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-4)
Prajakta Tipale/Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] bt Bhawana/Gurvinder Kaur [CHD] 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Soumi Mondal/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Poonam Sharma/Shilpi Purohit [RAJ] 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)
Kasturi Chakraborty/Nandita Saha [NB] bt Divya Gohil /Nargis Malubhai [GUJ] 3-1 (10-12, 11-2, 11-9, 11-5)
Shalmali Mhatre/Mansi Bhagwat [MHR - A] bt Nikita Routela/Sakshi Khandelwal [DLI] 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
Mamta Prabhu /Agni U V [DB] bt Karishma Ajmi/Murchana Gohain [ASM] 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6)
Susmita Ray/Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Kriti Gupta/Sakshi Jaryal [H P] 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-1)
Women’s Doubles 1st Round
Vinita Bhatt/Babita Singh [UTL] bt Bhavana/Manya [HRN] w/o
Himani Bhatt/Sapna Sharma [GUJ] bt Mandakini Sharma/Charu [PNJ] 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5)
Runa Roy/Mallika Bhandarkar [MHR - B] bt Swati Kadam/Shobha Ghate [RBI] 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-4)
Sanjana Sarma/Sanjukta Gogoi [ASM] bt Anindita Basak/Khushboo [JKD] 3-1 (11-4, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9)
Deepika Aggarwal/Manisha [H P] bt Shikha Mahadik/Apeksha Bhagwat [MP] w/o
Rajni Gupta/Sonal Joshi [POSTAL] bt Suparna Joshi/Chumki Mondal [BHR] 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)
Prasanna Devi S/Praneetha CH [A P] bt Tombisana Devi H/Romita K [MNP] 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-2)
Anona Agarwal/MrIdula Vyas [RAJ] bt Rakhi Jain/Sarita Choudhary [CG] 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9)
Sita Verma/Tripty Pandey [U P] bt Anjali Vasudevan/Aparna Sanil [KRL] 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)
Sumila Devi L/Pooja Kohli [U P] bt Bhavna K/Harshita K [A P] 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-2)
Swati Sharma /Bhawana Harbola [UTL] bt Anuradha/Meenakshi [HRN] w/o
Bhawana/Gurvinder Kaur [CHD] bt Priyanka P S Nair/Praveena P S Nair [KRL] 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-4)
Poonam Sharma/Shilpi Purohit [RAJ] bt Priya Kumari/Dipali Sarkar [BHR] 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-4)
Divya Gohil /Nargis Malubhai [GUJ] bt Vidhi Mehta/Janhavi Tare [MP] 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-3)
Nikita Routela/Sakshi Khandelwal [DLI] bt Payal Hansapure/Neha singh [CG] 3-1 (11-3, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7)
Karishma Ajmi/Murchana Gohain [ASM] bt Nirdosh/Akanksha [PNJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-7)
Kriti Gupta/Sakshi Jaryal [H P] bt Sona Prabhakar/Kuhu Anand [UP] 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-5)
Mixed Doubles 3rd Round
Shubham Sharma /Bhavna K [A P] bt Amal Raj A/Shamini K [PSPB] 3-0 (11-5, 16-14, 11-7)
Birupakha Saha/Sukanya Bose [NB] bt Kaushik Phukan/Murchana Gohain [ASM] 3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6)
Subham Choudhary/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Hardik Bhatt/Papori Bora [POSTAL] 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-5)
Sivananda Seshadri/Niveditha A V [TN] bt Mahipal Gohil/Sapna Sharma [GUJ] 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
Sanil Shetty/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Mahendra Chiplunkar/Runa Roy [MHR - B] 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-5)
Anal Kashyap /Sanjukta Gogoi [ASM] bt Prasanna S/Nishanthi Kumaravel [TN] 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
Raj Mondal/Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] bt Heera Goswami/Janhavi Tare [MP] 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6)
Devesh Karia/Susmita Ray [PSPB] bt Santosh A/Payal Hansapure [CG] 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 12-14, 11-6)
Zubin Kumar/Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Raja R S/Arul Selvi N [TN] 3-2 (11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10)
Soumyajit Ghosh /Ankita Das [NB] bt Sourav Saha/Anona Agarwal [RAJ] 3-1 (11-13, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9)
Eric Fernandes/Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] bt Saidul Alam Ahmed/Sanjana Sarma [ASM] 3-2 (6-11, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
Aniket Koparkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Vinay Baiswade/Rakhi Jain [CG] 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 12-10)
Ranbir Das/Soumi Mondal [W B] bt Vikram Aditya/Mandakini Sharma [PNJ] 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-5)
Rohit Chaudhary/Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] bt Sathiyan G/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-6)
Harmeet Desai /Himani Bhatt [GUJ] bt Niloy Basak/Shalmali Mhatre [MHR - A] 3-1 (5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5)
Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha [PSPB] bt Lekh Raj/Rinki Ghosh [BHR] 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
Mixed Doubles 2nd Round
Amal Raj A/Shamini K [PSPB] bt Gladyson Correya/Priyanka P S Nair [KRL] 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-6)
Shubham Sharma /Bhavna K [A P] bt Prashant Aher/Apeksha Bhagwat [MP] 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9)
Kaushik Phukan/Murchana Gohain [ASM] bt Amlan Patra/Madhumita Guin [DASCB] 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 14-12, 16-14)
Birupakha Saha/Sukanya Bose [NB] bt Gurpreet Singh/MrIdula Vyas [RAJ] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-2)
Subham Choudhary/Mousumi Paul [W B] bt Deepak Gomte/Kriti Gupta [H P] 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-4)
Hardik Bhatt/Papori Bora [POSTAL] bt Anshul Garg/Pooja Kohli [U P] 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9)
Mahipal Gohil/Sapna Sharma [GUJ] bt Rajesh R/Chandrani Dey [LIC] 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10)
Sivananda Seshadri/Niveditha A V [TN] bt Vijay Baiswade/Sarita Choudhary [CG] 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
Sanil Shetty/Ashlesha Bodas [MHR - A] bt Vishal/Harshita K [A P] 3-0 (12-10, 11-2, 11-5)
Mahendra Chiplunkar/Runa Roy [MHR - B] bt Abu Rijwan/Kritika Sinha Roy [W B] 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-4)
Anal Kashyap /Sanjukta Gogoi [ASM] bt Ankur Behl/Sakshi Jaryal [H P] 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-8)
Prasanna S/Nishanthi Kumaravel [TN] bt Jignesh Jaiswal/Nargis Malubhai [GUJ] 3-2 (7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9)
Raj Mondal/Kasturi Chakraborty [NB] bt Sunal Jain/Nikita Routela [DLI] 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10)
Heera Goswami/Janhavi Tare [MP] bt Mohit Verma/Manya [HRN] w/o- (wo-, -, -)
Santosh A/Payal Hansapure [CG] bt Neeraj Kumar/Khushboo [JKD] 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 15-13)
Devesh Karia/Susmita Ray [PSPB] bt Ashok Kumar/Nirdosh [PNJ] 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-9)
Zubin Kumar/Madhurika Patkar [PSPB] bt Rajesh R/Anjali Vasudevan [KRL] 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-4)
Raja R S/Arul Selvi N [TN] bt Sameer Sahni/Sakshi Khandelwal [DLI] 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-7)
Sourav Saha/Anona Agarwal [RAJ] bt Arundhar T/Prasanna Devi S [A P] 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-8)
Soumyajit Ghosh /Ankita Das [NB] bt Samar Gauri/Vidhi Mehta [MP] 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-8)
Eric Fernandes/Prajakta Tipale [MHR - B] bt Vikas Sharma/Gurvinder Kaur [CHD] 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7)
Saidul Alam Ahmed/Sanjana Sarma [ASM] bt Pathik Mehta /Divya Gohil [GUJ] 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-13, 15-13, 12-10)
Vinay Baiswade/Rakhi Jain [CG] bt Jaswant Gangta/Deepika Aggarwal [H P] 3-0 (11-9, 15-13, 11-8)
Aniket Koparkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe [MHR - A] bt Rohit Mahajan/Charu [PNJ] 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5)
Ranbir Das/Soumi Mondal [W B] bt Amitabh Sarma Kaushik/Karishma Ajmi [ASM] 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-3)
Vikram Aditya/Mandakini Sharma [PNJ] bt Rajiv Ghai/Bhavana [HRN] w/o- (wo-, -, -)
Rohit Chaudhary/Priti Mokashi [MHR - B] bt Amit Thanvi/Shilpi Purohit [RAJ] 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10)
Sathiyan G/Swetha Kumaravel [TN] bt Koushik De Sarkar/Swapna Mitra [DASCB] 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9)
Niloy Basak/Shalmali Mhatre [MHR - A] bt Gandhi M B/Parekh P J [Postal] 3-2 (7-11, 11-1, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9)
Harmeet Desai /Himani Bhatt [GUJ] bt Zabarjeet Singh/Sumila Devi L [U P] 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-3)
Lekh Raj/Rinki Ghosh [BHR] bt Adarsh P/Aparna Sanil [KRL] w/o- (wo-, -, -)
Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha [PSPB] bt Gaurav Karnatak /Swati Sharma [UTL] 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-5)
Mixed Doubles 1st Round
Gladyson Correya/Priyanka P S Nair [KRL] bt Aditya Puri/Meenakshi [HRN] w/o
Kaushik Phukan/Murchana Gohain [ASM] bt Kishan Raj/Suparna Joshi [BHR] 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-8)
Gurpreet Singh/MrIdula Vyas [RAJ] bt Gaurav Bisht/Vinita Bhatt [UTL] 3-0 (11-9, 14-12, 11-7)
Deepak Gomte/Kriti Gupta [H P] bt Hitesh Dogra/Akanksha [PNJ] 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 12-10)
Vijay Baiswade/Sarita Choudhary [CG] bt Samarjeet Singh/Soma Kundu [JKD] w/o
Vishal/Harshita K [A P] bt Mandeep Singh/Ujwala Udare [RBI] 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 12-10)
Ankur Behl/Sakshi Jaryal [H P] bt Rachit Chopra/Bhawana [CHD] w/o
Prasanna S/Nishanthi Kumaravel [TN] bt Yogesh Pandey/Bhawana Harbola [UTL] 3-1 (11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Sunal Jain/Nikita Routela [DLI] bt Somnath Roy/Chumki Mondal [BHR] 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)
Heera Goswami/Janhavi Tare [MP] bt Tarun Verma/Poonam Sharma [RAJ] 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-4)
Ashok Kumar/Nirdosh [PNJ] bt Deepak Meitei TH/Romita K [MNP] 3-2 (11-3, 9-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7)
Rajesh R/Anjali Vasudevan [KRL] bt Rajesh Singh RK/Tombisana Devi H [MNP] 3-2 (7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6)
Arundhar T/Prasanna Devi S [A P] bt Samrat Mukherjee/Anindita Basak [JKD] 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 13-11)
Samar Gauri/Vidhi Mehta [MP] bt Deepak Malik/Anuradha [HRN] w/o
Vikas Sharma/Gurvinder Kaur [CHD] bt Anil Sen/Sita Verma [U P] 3-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-1, 11-5)
Saidul Alam Ahmed/Sanjana Sarma [ASM] bt Francis/Dipali Sarkar [BHR] 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-5)
Rohit Mahajan/Charu [PNJ] bt Santosh Kumar Sati/Babita Singh [UTL] 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7)
Amitabh Sarma Kaushik/Karishma Ajmi [ASM] bt Sudheer Kesarwni/Geeta Rani [RBI] 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)
Koushik De Sarkar/Swapna Mitra [DASCB] bt Sagar Ghatge/Neha singh [CG] 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-6)
Gandhi M B/Parekh P J [Postal] bt Satyajeet Ghosh/Anisha Mehta [MP] 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9)
Zabarjeet Singh/Sumila Devi L [U P] bt Ranjan Singh L/Ibeyaima devi A [MNP] 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5)
Gaurav Karnatak /Swati Sharma [UTL] bt Vignay Reddy P/Praneetha CH [A P] 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8)

Photo Caption: Achinta Sharat Kamal in action during his men's singles match of the Sr national TT in Patna on Friday.

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Time for Litti Chokha

Organising Committee chiarman of the 70th Senior National table tennis championships, Sanjay Singh (third from right), Bihar Table Tennis Association secretary, Mukesh Roy (extreme right) and other officials enjoying Bihar's delicious food Litti Chokha in Patna on Thursday.

Battling for glory

Sayan Paul Roy (Railways), Sourav Chakraborty (Railways) and Achinta Sharat Kamal (PSPB) in action during their team event final matches of the Senior National table tennis championships in Patna on Thursday.

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Sr National TT: Day Four Photo Gallery

Neha Agrawal (PSPB), Nandita Saha (North Bengal) and Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) in action during their respective team event final matches of the Sr National table tennis championships in Patna on Thursday.

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Sr National TT: Action, action more actions

Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB), Ankita Das (North Bengal), Anirban Nandi (Railways) and Amal Raj (PSPB) in action during their respective matches of team event final of the Sr National TT in Patna on Thursday.

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Sr National TT: PSPB retain team titles

Patna, January 8, 2009
PSPB men and women retained the Vizag Steel 70th National and inter-state table tennis championships titles like a flash flood sweeping away whatever comes its way at the Secretariat Sports Club Hall here on Thursday evening.

PSPB women trounced North Bengal 3-0 while PSPB men outclassed Railways Sports by an identical margin to wear the crowns.

Poulomi Ghatak led the PSPB onslaught after facing early inroads against Ankita Das of North Bengal. Ankita was all set for an upset win after winning the first two games 11-7, 11-8. But she faltered in the next three games as Poulomi found her feet as well as much-needed rhythm to nullify the challenges posed by junior India number one Ankita. Poulomi won the three games in a row 11-8, 11-7 11-8 to bag the first singles for her team.

In the second singles Neha Agrawal crushed Nandita Saha 13-11, 11-7,11-6 while Madhurika Patkar completed the formalities with great élan and comfort drubbing Kasturi Chakraborty 11-5,11-4,11-6 in the straight games to create a champagne moment for her team.

The men's final too proved to be an anti-climax as India number one Achinta Sharat Kamal slammed Anirban Nandi, who displayed a little bit resistance in the first game before bowing down 7-11, 6-11, 4-11.

India number two, Subhajit Saha of PSPB made it 2-0 in no time beating Sourav Chakraborty of Railways Sports 11-6, 11-9, 11-9. Railways Sayan Pual Roy delayed the PSPB victory for a while winning the second game 11-9. Sayan lost the first game at 8-11. Amal Raj fought back and won the next two games 11-5, 11-3.

Earlier Petroleum Sports Promotion Board men and women teams booked their berths in the finals winning their semi-final matches. PSPB men defeated Gujarat 3-0 and PSPB women beat Maharashtra A 3-0. North Bengal women blasted West Bengal 3-0 to join PSPB in the final. Railways Sports outclassed North Bengal men 3-0 to set up summit showdown with PSPB.
Results:
Men’s team championships final:
Petroleum Sports beat Railways' Sports (3-0)
Sharath Kamal A beat Anirban Nandi- 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-4); Subhajit Saha beat Sourav Chakraborty- 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-9); Amal Raj A beat Sayan Paul Roy- 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3).

Women's team championships final:
Petroleum Sports beat North Bengal (3-0)
Poulomi Ghatak beat Ankita Das- 3-2 (7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8); Neha Aggarwal beat Nandita Saha- 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-6); Madhurika Patkar beat Kasturi Chakraborty- 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6).

Men's semi-finals
Petroleum Sports beat Gujarat (3-0)
Sharat Kamal A beat Pathik Mehta- 3-0 (17-15, 11-8, 11-9); Amal Raj A beat Jignesh Jaiswal – 3-1 (11-5, 6-11, 11-2, 11-9); Subhajit Saha beat Harmeet Desai – 3-1 (5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-7)

Railways’ Sports beat North Bengal (3-0)
Anirban Nandi beat Soumyojit Ghosh – 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 15-13); Sourav Chakroborty beat Raj Mondal – 3-0 (11-3, 14-12, 11-7); Sayan Paul Roy beat Rajdeep Sarkar – 3-1 (11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6)

Women's semi-finals
Petroleum Sports beat Maharashtra – 'A' (3-0)
Poulomi Ghatak beat Pooja Sahastrabuddhe – 3-0 (11-3, 12-10, 11-6) Shamini K beat Divya Deshpande – 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-8) Neha Aggarwal beat Ashlesha Bodas – 3-2 (11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9)

North Bengal beat West Bengal (3-0)
Ankita Das beat Soumi Mondal – 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9); Nandita Saha beat Mouma Das – 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8) Mantu Ghosh beat Mousumi Pal – 3-1 (11-9, 6-9, 11-13, 11-6, 11-9).

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) men and women teams enjoying their moments of glory after winning the 70th senior National table tennis champiomships titles in Patna on Thursday.

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She is Divya Gohli, not Sania Mirza

Gujarat's ace TT player Divya Gohli, quite looks alike Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, enjoying her spare time in talks, talks and more talks through her cell phone at the sidelines of 70th Senior National table tennis championships in Patna on Wednesday.

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Made For Each Other

Star table tennis player Montu Ghosh of North Bengal (right) with her husband and team coach Subrato Roy at Sr National TT championships in Patna on Wednesday
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