CHANDIGARH, NOV 21: Strong contenders in the boys category West Bengal and Petroleum Sports Control Board Academy (PSCB `A') moved into the semifinals of the team event in the ongoing 61st Stroh's National and Inter-State table tennis championship here at the Sector 23 Indoor Table Tennis Hall.Defending champions W Bengal made short work of Maharashtra `B' 3-0 while PSCB `A' blanked Delhi 3-0.
Maharashtra `A' however made amends to reach the last four stage by beating Gujarat 3-0. In another match Tamil Nadu also blanked Uttar Pradesh 3-0, to become the last team to reach the semifinals.
As expected in the girls section Bengal outplayed Karnataka 3-0 in the quarterfinals, today. In another quarterfinal match Tamil Nadu stunned Delhi 3-0 to get a berth in the semifinal.
Results: Team championship: Boys: Quarterfinals: Bengal bt Maharashtra B 3-0 (Ranbir Das bt Nimith P 21-16, 21-13; Subham bt Santosh 21-17, 21-9; Anirban bt Manas 21-14, 21-4). PSCB `A' bt Delhi 3-0 (Soumyadeep Roy bt Nitin Mahajan 21-8, 21-14; Suvaji Saha bt Abhishek Puri 21-11, 21-16; Anal Kashayap bt Ansh Adhlakha 21-15, 21-16). Maharashtra A bt Gujarat 3-0 (Aditya M bt Dhavait Panday 21-18, 21-11; Eric Fernandez bt Patik Mehta 21-15, 21-19; Ankur M bt Kedar Dave 21-10, 21-9). Tamil Nadu bt UP 3-0 (G Vinodh bt SS Thakur 21-17, 21-8; V Abhinav bt Ankur Kapoor 21-16, 21-19; N Senthil bt Sameer K 21-17, 21-17).
Group A: UP bt Kerala 3-1 (Ankur Kapoor bt CJ Balaji 21-12, 21-17; Swarn S Thakur bt Adrash p 21-10, 21-19; Sanjeev Kumar lost to Ajo Joseph 19-21, 22-24; SS Thakur bt CJ Balaji bt 12-21, 21-19, 21-16). Pondicherry bt Meghlaya 3-0 (SS Muthu Kumar bt Ramanuj 21-11, 21-12; H Kumar bt Tanging Singh 21-14, 21-11; VA Praveen bt Dipangkar 21-13, 21-11). Bengal bt Assam 3-0 (Sourav bt Alkesh Dass 19-21, 21-15, 21-14; Anirban bt AS Kaushik 21-15, 21-19; Subham bt JJ Changkakoty 21-15, 21-11). Group B: Maharashtra B bt Haryana 3-2 (Santosh bt Sunil 22-20, 21-17; Nimish bt Neeraj Kumar 21-16, 19-21, 22-20; Aditya lost to Neeraj Mani 22-20, 20-22, 16-21; Santosh lost to Neeraj Kumar 16-21, 13-21; Nimish bt Sunil 21-16, 21-12). Group C: Rajasthan bt Goa 3-2 (Devesh Karia lost to Irwin Cardo 15-21, 18-21; Sujay bt S Kazi 21-14, 19-21, 21-16; Manish Chaudhary bt S Chede 21-18, 21-11; Sujay lost to Irwin Cardo 21-23, 15-21; Devesh bt S Kazi 21-18, 13-21, 21-16). Tamil Nadu bt Punjab 3-0 (Vinod bt Disney 21-9, 20-22,21-12; V Abhinav bt Sumit 21-9, 21-12; S Senthil bt Kanish 21-13, 21-15). Group D: Maharashtra A bt AP 3-1 ( Aditya M lost to T Arundar 13-21, 20-22; Eric Fernandez bt TV Ramakrishna 21-16, 22-20; Ankur Majahan bt An Kumar 21-12, 21-8; Eric Fernandez bt T Arundar 21-12, 21-17). Delhi bt HP 3-1 (Ansh Adhlakha bt Ravi 21-14, 21-7; Abhishek Puri bt Ritesh 14-21, 10-21; Nitin Majahan bt Manoj 21-13, 21-19; Ansh Adhlakha bt Ritesh 21-13, 19-21, 21-17).
Chandigarh bt J&K 3-1 (Varun Kassal bt Anil Dutta 21-11, 18-21, 21-14; Mandeep Singh lost to Nikhil Kesar 21-12, 19-21, 17-21; Rohit Singla bt Nitin Kesar 21-14, 21-14; Varun Kassal bt Nikhil Kesar 16-21, 21-13, 21-15).Group B: PSCB bt Maharashtra `B' 3-0 (Anal Kashyap bt Nimish 21-12, 21-11; S Roy bt Santosh 21-10, 21-11; S Saha bt Manash M 12-21, 21-15, 21-13). Group D: Maharashtra A bt Delhi 3-0 (Aditya bt Nitin Majahan 21-15, 21-14; Eric Fernandez bt Ansh Adhalkha 16-21, 21-12, 21-15; Ankur Mahajan bt Amit Jain 21-9, 24-22.
Girls: Quarterfinals: Bengal bt Karnataka 3-0 (Poulomi Ghatak bt S Prasad 21-8, 21-9; Mouma Das bt Madhuri KS 21-18, 21-13; Sushmadta Roy bt BM Ashwini 21-17, 19-21, 21-16). Tamil Nadu bt Delhi 3-0 (A Aprana bt Divya Jairam 21-13, 21-9; S Prasanna bt Pooja Malik 21-8, 21-15; K Ramya bt Anshu Sharma 21-11, 21-13). Group B: Assam bt Delhi 3-0 (Annanya Gogoi bt Anshu Sharma 21-18, 21-18; Smita Roy bt Pooja Malik 21-13, 21-13; Prerona bt Divya 21-7, 21-16). Group C: Maharashtra B bt Karnataka 3-1 (Kshipra Gogle lost to BM Ashwini 17-21t, 2t1-17, 18-21; Mamta Prabhu bt Jyoti Keshvan 21-8, 21-15; Madhurika Patkar bt Smruthi Prasad 21-10, 21-13; Mamta A Prabhu bt BM Ashwini 21-17, 21-9). Group D: Chandigarh bt Rajasthan 3-0 (Amarpreet bt Pallavi 21-19, 21-19; Nadia bt A Sphurthi 21-15, 22-20; Ruchi Gautam bt Neha 22-20, 18-21). Group A: Bengal bt AP 3-0 (Poulomi Ghatak bt MS Tanuja 21-10, 21-11; Mauma Das bt P Sri Laxmi 21-10, 21-10; Sushmita Roy bt J Niharika 21-7, 21-8). Group D: Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra A3-2 (Aprana bt Sherry Crawford 14-21, 21-19, 21-15; S Prasanna lost to S Inamdar 19-21, 14-21; K Ramaya bt Rujuta Rege 21-12, 21-19; M Aparna lost to S Inamdar 12-21, 13-21; S Prasanna bt Sherry Crawford 21-14, 21-12).
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