The Hindu : Kamalakara-Inderpal pair in lead

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Sunday, Dec 15, 2002

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Kamalakara-Inderpal pair in lead

By Bobby Sinha

KANPUR DEC. 14. The scratch pair of Y. Kamalakara Rao (Hyderabad) and Inderpal Singh (Delhi) took the top spot in the list of competitors surpassing the tally of the top placed Delhi pair of Mrs. Kiran Nadar and B. Satyanarayana scoring 370 VP at the end of 11th round of matches in all-India Sir Padampat Singhania bridge here today.

Kiran Nadar and Satyanarayana of Delhi held the sway from round 5 to 10. In the11th round the Delhi pair lost to Subhash Gupta and Paresh Gupta, also from Delhi. This defeat cost Mrs. Nadar and Satyanarayana 49 out of available 50 VPs. Nadar and Satyanarayana scored only one and with that the Hyderabad and Delhi combination overtook the Delhi duo having scored 32 VPs in their match. The Delhi pair of Nadar and Satyanarayana remained second with 367 VPs.

The Maharashtra pair of Ajit Chakradeo and Rajendra Gokhale, who began well remained at the third place with a tally of 349 VPs. By the dint of its meritorious 49-1 win against Kiran Nadar and B. Satyanarayana - Subhash Gupta and Paresh Gupta from Delhi surged ahead and stood 4th having 329 VPs.

The next leading pairs at the end of 11th round were R. Krishna Kumar (Chennai) and Puneet Gangal (Rajasthan) - 315 VPs. Kumar and Gangal did well in unaccustomed partnership..R.D. Sequerra and Raju Bhiandkar (Maharashtra) - 293 VPs Manas Mukherjee and Rana Roy (Railways) - 291 VPs.Alok Sadhu and Sumit Mukherjee (Kolkata) - 291 VPs, B. Bhattacharya and S. Roy (Railways) - 288 VPs, Kamal Mukherjee and Vibash Todi (Kolkata) - 280 VPs.

The defending champion Kushari and Debashis after a dismal beginning improved later and scored 270 VPs whereas the new partnership of Bathra and Bhandari of U.P. had 279 VPs.

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