Date:15/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/15/stories/2008011555032000.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Abhishek posts win

NEW DELHI: R. Abhishek of Indian Bank upset second seeded Soumyadeep Roy, the former National champion, in the first round in the men’s section and made it to the pre-quarterfinals of the National ranking North Zone table tennis championship here on Monday.

The results: Men: First round: Subhajit Saha bt Sivananda Seshadri 11-8, 11-1, 11-7, 8-11, 11-3; Omkar Torgalkar bt Rajesh R. 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Anirban Nandi bt Soumya Nandi 11-7, 11-9, 12-10, 11-7; Jignesh Jaiswal bt Arunava Ganguly 3-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-4; Subham Choudhary bt Somnath Ghosh 11-7, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7; Devesh Karia bt Kaushik Phukan 11-5, 11-3, 11-2, 11-7; Amal Raj A. bt Subhadeep Das 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9; Pathik Mehta bt Mohit Verma 14-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Pajiv Ghai bt Anal Kashyap 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-4; Sanil Shetty bt Vaneet Chopra 11-2, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; Sourav Chakraborty bt Rajath Kamal A 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 13-11; Zubin Kumar bt Gaurav Brahmachari 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Arpit Bhopalkar bt Aniket Koparkar 11-9, 11-8, 13-11, 11-5; Abhishek R. bt Soumyadeep Roy 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8.

Women: Pre-quarterfinals: Mouma Das bt Soumi Mondal 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-4; Mamta Prabhu bt Divya Deshpande 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; Kasturi Chakraborty bt Madhurika Patkar 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Susmita Ray bt Soumona Bose 11-8, 11-6, 11-3, 11-1; Mantu Ghosh bt Pooja Sahasrabuddhe 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7; Mansi Bhagwat bt Vishakha Vijay 11-1, 11-3, 11-9, 11-13, 7-11, 11-8; Anandita Chakraborty bt Runa Roy 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, Neha Aggarwal bt Janhavi Deshpande 11-2, 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.