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CHANDIGARH, NOV 21: Strong contenders in the boys category West Bengal and Petroleum Sports Control Board Academy (PSCB A’) moved into the semifinals of the team event in the ongoing 61st Stroh’s National and Inter-State table tennis championship here at the Sector 23 Indoor Table Tennis Hall.
Defending champions W Bengal made short work of Maharashtra B’ 3-0 while PSCB A’ blanked Delhi 3-0.
As expected in the girls section Bengal outplayed Karnataka 3-0 in the quarterfinals, today. In another quarterfinal match Tamil Nadu stunned Delhi 3-0 to get a berth in the semifinal.
Results: Team championship: Boys: Quarterfinals: Bengal bt Maharashtra B 3-0 (Ranbir Das bt Nimith P 21-16, 21-13; Subham bt Santosh 21-17, 21-9; Anirban bt Manas 21-14, 21-4). PSCB A’ bt Delhi 3-0 (Soumyadeep Roy bt Nitin Mahajan 21-8, 21-14; Suvaji Saha bt Abhishek Puri 21-11, 21-16; Anal Kashayap bt Ansh Adhlakha 21-15, 21-16). Maharashtra A bt Gujarat 3-0 (Aditya M bt Dhavait Panday 21-18, 21-11; Eric Fernandez bt Patik Mehta 21-15, 21-19; Ankur M bt Kedar Dave 21-10, 21-9). Tamil Nadu bt UP 3-0 (G Vinodh bt SS Thakur 21-17, 21-8; V Abhinav bt Ankur Kapoor 21-16, 21-19; N Senthil bt Sameer K 21-17, 21-17).
Group A: UP bt Kerala 3-1 (Ankur Kapoor bt CJ Balaji 21-12, 21-17; Swarn S Thakur bt Adrash p 21-10, 21-19; Sanjeev Kumar lost to Ajo Joseph 19-21, 22-24; SS Thakur bt CJ Balaji bt 12-21, 21-19, 21-16). Pondicherry bt Meghlaya 3-0 (SS Muthu Kumar bt Ramanuj 21-11, 21-12; H Kumar bt Tanging Singh 21-14, 21-11; VA Praveen bt Dipangkar 21-13, 21-11). Bengal bt Assam 3-0 (Sourav bt Alkesh Dass 19-21, 21-15, 21-14; Anirban bt AS Kaushik 21-15, 21-19; Subham bt JJ Changkakoty 21-15, 21-11). Group B: Maharashtra B bt Haryana 3-2 (Santosh bt Sunil 22-20, 21-17; Nimish bt Neeraj Kumar 21-16, 19-21, 22-20; Aditya lost to Neeraj Mani 22-20, 20-22, 16-21; Santosh lost to Neeraj Kumar 16-21, 13-21; Nimish bt Sunil 21-16, 21-12). Group C: Rajasthan bt Goa 3-2 (Devesh Karia lost to Irwin Cardo 15-21, 18-21; Sujay bt S Kazi 21-14, 19-21, 21-16; Manish Chaudhary bt S Chede 21-18, 21-11; Sujay lost to Irwin Cardo 21-23, 15-21; Devesh bt S Kazi 21-18, 13-21, 21-16). Tamil Nadu bt Punjab 3-0 (Vinod bt Disney 21-9, 20-22,21-12; V Abhinav bt Sumit 21-9, 21-12; S Senthil bt Kanish 21-13, 21-15). Group D: Maharashtra A bt AP 3-1 ( Aditya M lost to T Arundar 13-21, 20-22; Eric Fernandez bt TV Ramakrishna 21-16, 22-20; Ankur Majahan bt An Kumar 21-12, 21-8; Eric Fernandez bt T Arundar 21-12, 21-17). Delhi bt HP 3-1 (Ansh Adhlakha bt Ravi 21-14, 21-7; Abhishek Puri bt Ritesh 14-21, 10-21; Nitin Majahan bt Manoj 21-13, 21-19; Ansh Adhlakha bt Ritesh 21-13, 19-21, 21-17).
Chandigarh bt J&K 3-1 (Varun Kassal bt Anil Dutta 21-11, 18-21, 21-14; Mandeep Singh lost to Nikhil Kesar 21-12, 19-21, 17-21; Rohit Singla bt Nitin Kesar 21-14, 21-14; Varun Kassal bt Nikhil Kesar 16-21, 21-13, 21-15).Group B: PSCB bt Maharashtra B’ 3-0 (Anal Kashyap bt Nimish 21-12, 21-11; S Roy bt Santosh 21-10, 21-11; S Saha bt Manash M 12-21, 21-15, 21-13). Group D: Maharashtra A bt Delhi 3-0 (Aditya bt Nitin Majahan 21-15, 21-14; Eric Fernandez bt Ansh Adhalkha 16-21, 21-12, 21-15; Ankur Mahajan bt Amit Jain 21-9, 24-22.
Girls: Quarterfinals: Bengal bt Karnataka 3-0 (Poulomi Ghatak bt S Prasad 21-8, 21-9; Mouma Das bt Madhuri KS 21-18, 21-13; Sushmadta Roy bt BM Ashwini 21-17, 19-21, 21-16). Tamil Nadu bt Delhi 3-0 (A Aprana bt Divya Jairam 21-13, 21-9; S Prasanna bt Pooja Malik 21-8, 21-15; K Ramya bt Anshu Sharma 21-11, 21-13). Group B: Assam bt Delhi 3-0 (Annanya Gogoi bt Anshu Sharma 21-18, 21-18; Smita Roy bt Pooja Malik 21-13, 21-13; Prerona bt Divya 21-7, 21-16). Group C: Maharashtra B bt Karnataka 3-1 (Kshipra Gogle lost to BM Ashwini 17-21t, 2t1-17, 18-21; Mamta Prabhu bt Jyoti Keshvan 21-8, 21-15; Madhurika Patkar bt Smruthi Prasad 21-10, 21-13; Mamta A Prabhu bt BM Ashwini 21-17, 21-9). Group D: Chandigarh bt Rajasthan 3-0 (Amarpreet bt Pallavi 21-19, 21-19; Nadia bt A Sphurthi 21-15, 22-20; Ruchi Gautam bt Neha 22-20, 18-21). Group A: Bengal bt AP 3-0 (Poulomi Ghatak bt MS Tanuja 21-10, 21-11; Mauma Das bt P Sri Laxmi 21-10, 21-10; Sushmita Roy bt J Niharika 21-7, 21-8). Group D: Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra A3-2 (Aprana bt Sherry Crawford 14-21, 21-19, 21-15; S Prasanna lost to S Inamdar 19-21, 14-21; K Ramaya bt Rujuta Rege 21-12, 21-19; M Aparna lost to S Inamdar 12-21, 13-21; S Prasanna bt Sherry Crawford 21-14, 21-12).
