Date:28/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/28/stories/2008082856832000.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Utkarsh Gupta enters final

NEW DELHI: Utkarsh Gupta defeated Akash Bhalotia 11-3 11-3 11-2 to book a berth in the cadet boys final in the 2nd Jiwan Mal Nahata Memorial Open table tennis tournament here on Wednesday.

In the final, Gupta will meet Piyush Prasad, who beat Himanshu Jindal 4-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.

Other results:

Semifinals: Cadet girls: Riti Shankar bt Harsha Kalra 11-5, 11-9, 11-9; Shelly Khandelwal bt Anchal Malhotra 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6.

Quarterfinals: Boys sub-junior: Harshit Joon bt Piyush Prasad 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Dev Khandelwal bt Arnav Sachdeva 11-5, 11-8, 11-5.

Rishab Sachdeva bt Abhishek Jaggi 11-8, 13-11, 11-5; Utkarsh Gupta bt Sabhay Virmani 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-6.

Cadet: Utkarsh Gupta bt Keshav Sachdeva 11-8, 11-6, 13-11; Akash Bhalotia bt Shiven Banga 3-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5.

Piyush Prasad bt Prakhar Bhatt 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Himanshu Jindal bt Rajat Kharbanda 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.

Girls: Singles: Aashita Jain bt Tina Khurana 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4; Vidushi Vats bt Raveena Mutreja 8-11, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.

Manika Batra bt Pooja Kalra 11-8, 11-4, 11-6, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8; Sanya Sehgal bt Jagriti Virmani 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.

Cadet: Harsha Kalra bt Priyanka Kriplani 6-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Riti Shankar bt Shrishti Gupta 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.

Aanchal Malhotra bt Anshika Khurana 11-8, 11-13, 11-6, 11-4, Shelly Khandelwal bt Maitrey Mahajan 11-5, 12-10, 11-8.