Kolkata: West Bengal’s sub-junior girls were the only exception as they upset runners-up Tamil Nadu to enter the team championship final while their boys bowed out early in the 77th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here on Friday.
In the sub-junior girls’ semifinals, West Bengal defeated runners-up Tamil Nadu 3-1 and earned a final meeting with Maharashtra, who accounted for Delhi. Earlier, title-holders Karnataka girls bowed out in the quarterfinals.
In sub-junior boys’ semifinals, PSPBA boys blanked out Uttar Pradesh 3-0 to meet Gujarat in the final on Saturday. Gujarat handed out a 3-0 drubbing to Telangana in the second semifinals.
In Cadet Girls, West Bengal went down 1-3 in the first semifinal to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu defeated Haryana 3-2 in a hard-fought second semifinal. In Cadet Boys, Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 3-1 while it was Tamil Nadu boys who downed North Bengal 3-1 to enter the final.
Earlier, in the quarterfinals where calculations went topsy-turvy when both last year’s winners Maharashtra A and runners-up Delhi were sent packing. First, Haryana shocked Maharashtra A 3-1 and hosts West Bengal defeated Delhi 3-2 in a tough encounter.
Haryana’s Suhana Saini did the star turn for Haryana winning both her singles and apart from combining with Bishu Gulati to win the doubles. Suhana started her team’s campaign brightly beating her Maharashtra A rival Aeeha D’Souza 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 but Bishu Gulati failed to keep the momentum going as she her singles to Kheya Shah 9-11, 3-11, 1-11. Then both Suhana and Bishu combined well to down Aneeha and Kheya 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 before Suhana downing Kheya Shah 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 to ensure Team Haryana at least the bronze medal.
As for Delhi, they fought really well against the hosts but what made the difference was Prithoki Chakraborty who had to bail out her team. Delhi led 2-1 after Prithoki beat Tamanna Gulshan in her first singles. However, Lakshita Narang and Tamanna came back well to take the doubles in their favour beating Prithoki and Sucheta Prosad 3-1. Prithoki beat Lakshita 3-1 with a bit of struggle but it was Sucheta who finally gave West Bengal a berth in the semifinals when she defeated Tamanna in straight games.
Earlier, in sub-junior girls Tamil Nadu moved into the semifinals while winners at Rajahmundry, Karnataka made a meek 0-3 surrender to Delhi in the quarterfinals. Likewise, in Cadet Boys, PSPBA boys were ousted while Maharashtra A survived to move on. However, Both PSPBA and Telangana boys, the title holders and the second finisher, respectively, in sub-junior boys had no hiccups in the quarters.
Results:
Sub-Junior Boys: Semifinals: PSPBA bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (H. Hejo bt Adarsh Srivastava 3-11, 5-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7, Anukram Jain bt Divyansh Srivastava 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Chinmaya Kapil bt Satyamgiri Gupta 11-9, 11-3, 11-9), Gujrat bt Telangana 3-0 (Soham Pandya bt Amaan Mohammad 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, Manush Shah bt Varun Shankar 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, Soham/Manush bt Amaan/Varun Shankar 11-6, 11-9, 11-8);
Quarterfinals: PSPBA bt Tamil Nadu 3-0 (H. Jeho bt Kannan Srirram 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, Anukram Jain bt Piyush Sagar Gowthaman 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, Jeho/Anukram bt Kanan/Karana Jawahar 11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4), Uttar Pradesh bt Haryana 3-1 (Adarsh Srivastava bt Ritwik Chawla 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 13-15,11-4, Divyansh Srivastava lost to Shakreja Gourang 8-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 5-11, Adarsh/Divyansh bt Ritwik/Shakreja 11-3, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, Adarsh Srivastava bt Shakreja Gourang 11-7, 11-7, 11-9), Gujarat bt Delhi 3-1 (Soham Pandya lost to Shivjit Singh Lamba 12-14, 7-11, 8-11, Manush Shah bt Payas Jain 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-2, Manush/Soham bt Yashansh Malik/Payas 11-6, 1-11, 11-4, 11-5, Manush Shah bt Shivjit Singh Lamba 11-5, 11-5, 11-4), Telangana bt Mharashtra A 3-1 (Amaan Mohammad bt Hrishkesh Malhotra 11-8, 11-9, 12-10, Varun Shankar lost to Ashwin Subramanian 11-7, 4-11, 5-11, 6-11, Amaan/Varun bt Ashwin/Dev Shroff 9-11, 13-11, 14-12, 5-11, 15-13, Amaan Mohammad bt Ashwin Subramanian 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9).
Sub-Junior Girls: Semifinals: Maharashtra A bt Delhi 3-1 (Swastika Ghosh lost to Ishita Gupta 7-11, 6-11, 6-11, Manushree Patil bt Ameisha Dhall 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, Manushree/Diya Chitale bt Ishita/Ameisha 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, Manushree Patil lost to Ishita Gupta 11-6, 4-11, 4-11, 7-11, Swastika Ghosh bt Ameisha Dhall 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9), West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Shrubabati Moita bt Yogashree Sundaram 16-14, 11-9, 11-7, Prapti Sen bt Swetha Steffi 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, Shrubabati/Prapti lost to Yogashree/Kowishika Venkatesan 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 8-11, Prapti Sen bt Yogashree Sundaram 11-8, 11-3, 11-2;
Quarterfinals: Delhi bt Karnataka 3-0 (Ishita Gupta bt Aditi Nandi 13-11, 11-5, 11-5, Amiesha Dhall bt Anargya Manjunath 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6, Ishita/Amiesha bt Anargya/Yashaswini 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5), Maharashtra A bt Madhya Pradesh 3-1 (Swastiak Ghosh lost to Anusha Kutumbale 11-4, 7-11, 11-13, 5-11, Manushree Patil bt Khusi Jain 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Diya Chitale/Manushree bt Anusha/Khushi 11-13, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, Manushree Patil bt Anusha Kutumbale 11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 14-12), West Bengal bt North Bengal 3-1 (Shrubabti Moitra bt Diksa Biswas 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, Prapti Sen bt Nikita Sarkar 5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, Shrubabti/Prapti lost to Nikita/Diksa 14-16, 4-11, 9-11, Shrubabati Moitra bt Nikita Sarkar 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6), Tamil Nadu bt Gujarat 3-0 (Swetha Steffi bt Fagun Bhatt 11-4, 13-15, 11-9, 11-6, Yogashree Sundaram bt Malpani Sanskruti 11-3, 11-5, 11-5, Yogashree/Kowshika Venkateshan 11-5, 11-6, 11-8).
Cadet Boys: Semifinals: Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh 3-1 (Tejas Narang lost to Divyansh Srivastava 8-11, 2-11, 6-11, Payas Jain bt Vibhor Garg 11-6, 11-3, 11-9, Tejas/Payas bt Divyansh/Vibhor 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6, Payas Jain bt Divyansh Srivastava 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 10-12, 11-7), Tamil Nadu bt North Bengal 3-1 (Vishwas Deenadayalan bt Shreyangshu Sen 11-2, 11-5, 11-7, Varun Ganesh bt Soumyadeep Sarkar 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, Vishwa/Varun lost to C. Kaushik/Soumyadeep 14-12, 9-11, 9-11, 8-11, Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Soumyadeep Sarkar 11-2, 15-13, 10-12, 11-4);
Quarterfinals: Uttar Pradesh bt West Bengal 3-2 (Vibhor Garg bt Rudranarayan Ghosh 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 7-11, Divyansh Srivastava bt Swarnava Saha 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, Vibhor/Divyansh lost to Runak Roy/RN Ghosh 11-5, 12-14, 9-11, 8-11, Divyansh Srivastava bt Rudranarayan ghosh 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, Vibhor Garg bt Swarnava Saha 13-11, 11-6, 11-7), Delhi bt Telangana 3-1 (Payas Jain bt Karthik Sai Krishana 11-9, 11-3, 11-7, Narang Tejas lost to Kesavan Kannan 10-12, 3-11, 9-11, Payas/Tejas bt Karthik/Kesavan 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, Payas Jain bt Kesavan Kannan 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8), Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-0 (Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Marcose Gigu 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2, Varun Ganesh bt Sujan Bharadwaj 14-12, 11-8, 4-1, 11-8, Vishwa/Varun bt Marcose/Sujan 11-7, 11-2, 11-5, North Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-1 (Soumyadeep Sarkar bt Dhruv Das 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Kaushik Chhetri lost to Rajveer Shah 7-11, 9-11, 14-16, Soumyadeep/Kaushik bt Thirumalai Kumaran/Dhruv 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, Soumyadeep Sarkar bt Rajvee Shah 11-2, 11-5, 11-3).
Cadet Girls: Semifinals: Tamil Nadu bt Haryana 3-2 (Kavyasree Baskar bt Bishu Gulati 11-3, 11-8, 11-5, Shreya Shivakumar lost to Suhana Saini 7-11, 7-11, 8-11, Kavyasree/Shreya bt Suhana/Bishu 11-5, 12-10, 11-3, Kavyasree Baskar lost to Suhana Saini 3-11, 6-11, 7-11, Shreya Shivakumar bt Bish Gulati 11-4, 11-5, 11-8); Karnataka bt West Bengal 3-1 (Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Prithoki Chakraborti 11-13, 11-4, 11-2, 9-11, 8-11, Anargaya Manjunath bt Sucheta Prosad 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5, YashaswiniAnargaya bt Prithoki/Sucheta 11-9, 11-9, 13-11, Anrgaya Manjunath bt Prithoki Chakraborti 11-4, 11-6, 11-6);
Quarterfinals: Haryana bt Maharashtra A 3-1 (Suhana Saini bt Aeeha D’Souza 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, Bishu Gulati lost to Kheya Shah 9-11, 3-11, 1-11, Suhana/Bishu bt Aneeha/Kheya 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, Suhana Saini bt Kheya Shah 11-5, 11-3, 11-6), Tamil Nadu bt Telangana 3-1 (Kavyasree Baskar bt Ruchira Reddy 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4, Shreya Sivakumar lost to Bhaavitha Nagulapalli 10-12, 4-11, 8-11, Kavyasree/Shreya bt Bhaavitha/Ruchira 11-5, 11-3, 11-3, Kavyashree Baskar bt Bhaavitha Nagulapalli 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5), Karnataka bt Uttar Pradesh 3-1 (Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Ambika Gupta 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 7-11, Anargya Manjunath bt Reedhi Bhaskar 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, Yashaswini/Anargyana bt Ambika/Reedhi 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, Anargya Manjunath bt Ambika Gupta 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-5), West Bengal bt Delhi 3-2 (Sucheta Prosad lost to Lakshita Narang 4-11, 5-11, 7-11, Prithoki Chakraborty bt Tamanna Gulshan 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11, Sucheta/Prithoki lost to Lakshita/Tamanna 7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, Prithoki Chakraborty bt Lakshita Narang 11-9, 11-7, 13-15, 12-10, Sucheta Prosad bt Tamanna Gulshan 12-10, 11-7 12-10).
