Date:23/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/23/stories/2008082361372100.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Sushmit ousts Vasu

CHENNAI: Sushmit Sriram (MVM) knocked out experienced V. Vasu of Indian Bank 11-3, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 to enter the quarterfinal round of the Buildcraft interior-State ranking table tennis tournament here on Friday.

Sushmit had edged out the second seed R.S. Raja in the second round.

Other results:

Men: pre-quarterfinals: Sivananda Seshadri (LTTA) bt Ajay S. Bharadwaj (MVM) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10; K. Sudhakar (ICF) bt N. Aditya (SDAT-Akg) 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9; E. Prabhakaran (SDAT-Akg) bt R. Venkataramanan (LTTA) 11-3, 11-6, 11-9, 10-12, 11-13, 11-8; T. Raghuram (SDAT-C) bt R.Rajesh (LIC) 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 11-9, 1-11, 13-11; M. Subash (SRSA) bt N. Senthil (ICF) 11-7, 10-12, 4-11, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-9; G. Sathiyan (SDAT-C) bt J. Selvakumar (IB) 11-7, 11-4, 12-10, 11-6; K. Srivatsa (AGORC) bt S. Prasanna (PSBB) 11-12, 13-11, 11-3, 11-6, 14-12.

Junior boys: quarterfinals: R.Venkataramanan (LTTA) bt S. Siddarth (LTTA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; G. Sathiyan (SDAT-C) bt S. Sudharshan (LTTA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 12-10; Ajay Bhardwaj ( MVM) bt R. Anandhraj (SDAT-Akg)11-7, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10; S. Prasanna (PSBB) bt VasanthChristy (CHAMPS) 11-6, 11-8, 14-12, 11-9.

Women: quarterfinals: U.V. Agni (SDT-Akg) bt Swetha Kumaravel (IB) 13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9; N. Arul Selvi (IB) bt N.Sathyabama (SDAT Akg) 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-2, 11-4; Nishanthi Kumaravel (MVM) bt D.V. Sneha (IB ) 11-9, 1-6, 11-6, 11-8; A.V. Niveditha (IOC) bt K.K. Narmadha (IB)11-7, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8.

Junior girls: quarterfinals: K.K. Narmadha (IB) bt S. Krithicka (RANSA) 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-7; Sumana R Krishnan (RANSA) bt P.D. Subadra (KGI) 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8; S. Narasimya Priya (PSBB) bt Divya Rajaram 11-9, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5; V. Snaha (RANSA) bt N. Vidya (SDAT-Akg) 3-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-1, 11-7.