Date:28/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/28/stories/2007102861791800.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Venkatramanan and Bharadwaj advance

Tirupur: R. Venkatramanan (LTTA) and Ajay Bharadwaj (MVM) from Chennai had to squeeze that extra bit to enter the junior boys’ singles semifinals of the Tamil Nadu State table tennis championship here on Saturday.

Venkatramanan carved out a 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 win over V.K. Vivek Prasad (Santhome, Chennai) and Bharadwaj posted a 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 win over C. Pradeep (SDAT C, Chennai).

The results (quarterfinals): Boys: Mini cadets: Sachin Viswanath (SDAT AKG, Chennai) bt R. Koushik (ICF EC, Chennai) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2; Venkatesh Pakkirisamy (SDAT AKG) bt D. Ananth (Ransa, Chennai) 12-10, 11-9, 11-4; Rahul Krishna (RTTA, Chennai) bt Suraj (Ransa) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4; J. Rakkesh (RTTA) bt S. Abishek (RTTA) 13-11, 11-8, 11-9.

Sub-juniors: S. Sudarshan (LTTA, Chennai) bt R. Anandaraj (SDAT AKG) 11-1, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; J.K. Bhuvabalagaan (LTTA) bt Shreyas Chander (LTTA) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7; D. Sameera Kumar (Cuddalore) bt Ganapathy Subramanian (Krishnagiri) 11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-13, 11-9, 11-9; Sashank S. Yogesh (MVM, Chennai) bt M.N. Anish (SDAT AKG) 11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7.

Juniors: R. Venkatramanan (LTTA) bt V.K. Vivek Prasad (Santhome, Chennai) 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; Ajay Bharadwaj (MVM) bt C. Pradeep Chander (SDAT C, Chennai) 13-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; E. Prabhakaran (SDAT AKG) bt R. Senthil Kumar (Santhome) 11-9, 12-14, 11-5, 10-12, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8; S. Prasanna (SDAT C) bt Shreyas Chander 11-9, 15-13, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7.

Girls: Cadets: R.Ke. Yukti Roshni (Ransa) bt Harsha Vardhini (Ransa) 11-1, 11-3, 11-3; Sneha Ankita (Madurai) bt C. Antara (SBOA, Chennai) 8-11, 2-11, 11-3, 11-6, 12-10; P. Divya (SBOA, Chennai) bt S. Lalitha (VVV, Chennai) 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Amrutha Pushpak (SDAT AKG) bt Abhinaya Ramesh (Erode) 11-8, 15-13, 11-6.

Sub-juniors: T. Reeth Rishya (St. Joseph’s, Chen) bt R.Ke. Yukti Roshini 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5; Priyanka Rajendran (RTTA, Chennai) bt Amrutha Pushpak 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7; S. Narasimha Priya (SDAT AKG) bt Anu Nisha (Madurai) 12-10, 11-5, 11-2, 11-7; S. Krithicka (SDAT AKG) bt V.T. Anubharathi (Cuddalore) 8-11, 15-13, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4.

Juniors: Reeth Rishya (St. Joseph’s) bt S. Krithika (SDAT, Chennai) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4; S. Narasimha Priya (SDAT) bt N. Vidya (SDAT) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 1-11, 11-6; Sumana R. Krishna (Ransa) bt Divya Rajaram (SDAT) 11-3, 11-9, 11-5, 11-8; V. Sneha (VVV, Chennai) bt Kavya Kumar (Ransa) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6.