Date:13/12/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/13/stories/2004121307821800.htm

Sport - Bills & Acts

CoE paddlers corner glory

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, DEC. 12. The paddlers from the Centre of Excellence, Kolkata, reigned supreme in the sub-junior section of the South Zone National ranking table tennis championship at the Sree Kanteerava indoor stadium here on Sunday.

CoE's Souvik Das rallied superbly to beat an irrepressible Soumyojit Ghosh 6-11, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-5 and claim the sub-junior boys' singles title. Shreya Ghosh, also of CoE, defeated the top seed, Pooja Sahastrabhude of Maharashtra, in a well-contested sub-junior girls' final at 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7.

The results: Men: singles: quarterfinals: Sharath Kamal (PSPB) bt Anirban Nandi (RSPB) 14-12, 7-11, 14-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6; Shubham Choudhry (PSPB) bt Ranbir Das (PSPB) 12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 10-12, 11-6; Subhajit Saha (PSPB) bt Sourav Chakraborty (RSPB) 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8; Soumyadeep Roy (PSPB) bt Arup Basak (PSPB) 11-7, 13-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4.

Pre-quarterfinals: Kamal bt Rajeev Ghai (Del) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8; Nandi bt Uday S. Athreya (Kar) 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8; Choudhry bt Jignesh Jaiswal (Guj) 14-12, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5; Das bt Jitender G. (RSPB) 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3; Basak bt Amarnath Das (CoE) 11-6, 11-2, 11-4, 11-4; Roy bt Sapnil Namjoshi (Mah) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6; Chakraborty bt Pathik Mehta (Guj) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Saha bt Somyajit Sarkar (CoE) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10.

Women: singles: quarterfinals: Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Anandita Chakraborty (RSPB) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4, 11-5; Nandita Saha (PSPB) bt N.R. Indu (PSPB) 9-11, 11-6, 13-11, 12-10, 11-7; Neha Agarwal (Del) bt Mamta Prabhu (Del) 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Mouma Das (PSPB) bt Montu Ghosh (PSPB) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8, 11-7.

Pre-quarterfinals: Poulomi bt Sumana Bose (RSPB) 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5; Anandita bt Shayanthika Kundu (Ben) 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Nandita bt B. Bhuvaneshwari (PSPB) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9; Indu bt Kasturi Chakraborty 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-6; Mamta bt Sushmita Roy (PSPB) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Neha bt J. Swarna (TN) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8; Montu bt Minu Dhawan (RSPB) 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-9; Mouma bt Moushimi Paul (PSPB) 15-13, 11-6, 14-12, 11-7.

Junior boys: singles: quarterfinals: Zubin Kumar (PSPB) bt C.P. Karthik (Kar) 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9; Sanil Shetty (Mah) bt Shubham Sharma (AP) 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9; Soumyajeet Sarkar (CoE) bt Devesh Karia (PSPB) 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8; Arpit Bopalakar (CE) w/o Amarnath Das (CoE).

Junior girls: singles: quarterfinals: K. Shamini (IB) bt Pallavi Kundu (CoE) 11-3, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Shayanthikha Kundu (Ben) bt Ashlesha Bodas (Mah) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 3-11, 13-15, 11-2; Neha Agarwal (Del) bt Salankara M. (Sili) 11-4, 13-11, 11-3, 11-7; Anushree Saha (CoE) bt Pooja S. (Mah) 10-12, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7.

Sub-junior boys: singles: Final: Souvik Das (CoE) bt Soumyojit Ghosh (Sili) 6-11, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-5.

Semifinals: Das bt G. Sathiyan (TN) 11-9, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Ghosh bt Preetam Bose (Ben) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9.

Sub-junior: girls: final: Shreya Ghosh (CoE) bt Pooja S. (Mah) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7.

Semifinals: Pooja bt Jaita Pushilal (CoE) 11-3, 14-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Shreya bt Roma Dutta (Mah) 11-5, 7-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-8.