Date:20/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/20/stories/2008082061232500.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Kalvath in semifinals

Chennai: M.H. Kalvath of Loyola came through a closely-fought six-game match against R.S. Raja of SSN to win 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8 in the singles quarterfinal of the Bertram Memorial table tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

The results: Singles (quarterfinals): Sivanandha Sesadri (Loyola) bt Ajay Bharadwaj (PSBB) 11-2 ,11-2, 11-6, 10-12,14-16, 11-3; E. Prabhakaran (Loyola) bt N. Adithya (Loyola) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, 12-14, 9-11, 11-5; S. Prasanna (PSBB) bt Vivek Prasad (Santhome) 16-18, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; M.H. Kalvath (Loyola) bt R.S. Raja (SSN) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8.

Doubles: Prasanna and Ajay (PSBB) bt Kalvath and Adithya (Loyola) 11-13, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Venkat and Shreyas (St. John’s) bt Raja and Raghuram (SSN) 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8; Sivanandha and Prabhakaran (Loyola) bt Teja and Koushik (PSBB) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5; Senthil and Vivek (St. Joseph’s) bt Arun and Vishal (Loyola) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8. — Sports Reporter