Santra stuns Thakur in semis

NAGPUR, July 17: Top seed Bhushan Thakur (Central Railway), third seed Kishalya Basak (South-Eastern Railway) and seventh seed Debabrata Sana (South-Eastern Railway) were the upset victims in the men’s singles event on the penultimate day of the 46th All India Inter-Railway Table Tennis Championship being played here. Nupur Santra (South-Eastern Railway), who is looking for a comeback in the country’s table tennis scenario, stunned the top seed Thakur 21-19, 18-21, 21-17, 21-15 to make it to the last four stage.

RESULTS

Men’s (pre-quarter-finals): Nupur Santra (SER) bt Rahul Prakash (NR) 21-9, 21-13, 21-11, N R Shrinivasan (ICF) bt Nachiket Chawate (WR) 8-21, 21-11, 21-14, 21-10, Bhushan Thakur (CR) bt Rajesh Shelar 21-12, 21-17, 21-16, Amrish Chatterjee (SER) bt Chirag Channa (WR) 20-22, 21-16, 9-21, 21-10, 22-20, Kishlay Basak (SER) lost to Rohit Choudhary (CR) 15-21, 20-22, 12-21, Nilesh Vaid (CR) bt Prasanjit Sarkar (NE) 21-12, 21-16, 21-16, S Dutta (ER) bt Debabrata Sana (ER)15-21, 23-21, 11-21, 21-18,22-20, K Das (SER) lost to Kunal Solanki (WR) 21-16, 15-21, 16-21, 15-21.