Saha, Kamal advance to national table tennis quarters

By IANS

Siliguri : Subhajit Saha and Achintya Sharath Kamal of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) sailed into the men’s quarterfinals of the 69th Senior National Table Tennis tournament here Friday.


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In the pre-quarterfinals, Subhajit Saha defeated Andhra Pradesh’s Jitendra Kumar 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, 11-2 while Sharath Kamal beat Gujarat’s Jignesh Jaiswal 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 at the Municipal Indoor Stadium.

In the mixed doubles, Subhajit Saha and Sharath Kamal will be facing each other in the title clash.

Subhajit Saha and Nandita Saha defeated Zubin Kumar and Vishakha Vijay of Rajasthan 12-10, 14-12, 11-9, 13-11 in the semi-final. In the other semi-final, Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak defeated Sanil Shetty and Madhurika Patkar of Maharashtra A 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9.

The other results of the day are as follows:

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Subhajit Saha (PSPB) bt G. Jitendra Kumar (AP) 4-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-4, 11-2); (8) Sourav Chakraborty (RSPB) bt Subhadeep Das (WB) 4-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9); Aman Balgu (MHR-A) bt Raj Mondal (NB) 4-2 (11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 12-14, 15-13, 11-7); (4) A. Amal Raj (RSPB) bt Ranbir Das (WB) 4-1 (11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10); (3) A. Sharath Kamal (PSPB) bt Jignesh Jaiswal (GUJ) 4-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8); Sanil Shetty (MHR-A) bt (6) Anirban Nandi (RSPB) 4-2 (11-5, 11-9, 2-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8); Sayan Paul Roy (RSPB) bt (7) Zubin Kumar (PSPB) 4-2 (4-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9); (2) Soumyadeep Roy (PSPB) bt Aniket Koparkar (MHR-A) 4-2 (7-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4)

Women’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): (1) Mouma Das (PSPB) bt Mansi Bhagwat (MHR-B) 4-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10); Anindita Chakraborty (RSPB) bt (8) Susmita Ray (WB) 4-3 (5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10); (5) Divya Deshpande (MHR-A) bt Vishakha Vijay (RAJ) 4-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9); (4) Mantu Ghosh (PSPB) bt Ankita Das (NB) 4-1 (11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 15-13); (3) K Shamini (PSPB) bt Mousumi Paul (WB] 4-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5); (6) Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Mamta Prabhu BSB] 4-1 (11-13, 12-10, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4); Madhurika Patkar (MHR-A) bt (7) Kasturi Chakraborty (NB) 4-3 (11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6); (2) Neha Aggarwal (PSPB) bt Soumi Mondal (WB) 4-3 (12-10, 4-11, 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 12-10)

Mixed Doubles (semi-finals): A Sharath Kamal/Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty/Madhurika Patkar (MHR-A) 4-2 (8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9); Subhajit Saha/Nandita Saha (PSPB) bt Zubin Kumar/Vishakha Vijay (RAJ) 4-0 (12-10, 14-12, 11-9, 13-11)

Men’s doubles (semi-final): A. Sharath Kamal/Subhajit Saha (PSPB) bt Devesh Karia/Zubin Kumar (RAJ) 4-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6); Sourav Chakraborty/Anirban Nandi (RSPB) bt Aniket Koparkar/Sanil Shetty (MHR-A) 4-3 (9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10)

Women’s doubles (semi-finals): Susmita Ray/Mousumi Paul [WB] bt Neha Aggarwal/K. Shamini (PSPB) 4-2 (11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3, 7-11, 13-11); Mouma Das/Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar/Pooja Sahasrabudhe (MHR-A) 4-0 (11-1, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7)

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