NEW DELHI, Septembr 18: The women's singles events in the Airtel Deen Dayal Upadhyay Prize Money Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora Stadium here witnessed a number of surprises, including the ouster of second seed N R Indu (TN), third seed Anindita Chakraborty (Rly), fourth seed M S Mythili (TN) and eighth seed N Arul Selvi.Similarly, men's second seed Sunil Babras was ousted by seventh seed Subhajit Saha of Bengal in five games in the quarter-finals.
Top seed Sushmita Roy and second seed Saurabh Chakroborty scored hard-fought victories to claim the sub-junior girls and boys titles, respectively.
In the all-Bengal finals, Sushmita overcame a first game loss to down second seed Nandita Saha 15-21, 21-19, 21-17, 21-19 to win the sub-junior girls title. Saurabh Chakroborty also survived first game loss to team-mate and top seed Jayant Chandra before winning 19-21, 21-17, 21-17, 21-14 in the sub-junior boys final.
In the boys section final, fourth seed Shubham Chaudhary (Bengal) will take on Soumyadeep Roy (PSCB Academy) tomorrow. Shubam Chaudhary shocked top seed Subhajit Saha in the all-Bengal semifinal 21-23, 21-10, 23-21, 21-16. Soumyadeep ousted second seed Ranbir Das (Bengal) 19-21, 21-15, 21-17, 15-21, 21-13 in a marthon semi-final.
The girls final will also be a Bengal affair with top seed Kasturi Chakroborty taking on second seed Poulomi Ghatak.
Kasturi defeated fourth seed Mouma Das 13-21, 21-17, 21-17, 21-16 while Poulomi accounted for third seed Sushmita Roy 21-16, 21-12, 21-16 in the semifinals.
In the men's quarter-finals, seventh seed Subhajit Saha (Ben) upset second seed Sunil Babras (Mah) 21-14, 15-21, 21-13, 17-21, 21-17. Top seed Arup Basak (Ben) prevailed over Ganesh Kundu (Rly) 21-17, 21-17, 21-18. Third seed Bhushan Thakur (Mah) edged out sixth seed Nupur Santra (Rly) 21-19, 12-21, 21-10, 21-13 and completing the semifinal line-up was fifth seed Deepak Thakural (Pun). He defeated Anal Kashyap (PSCBA) 21-19, 21-18, 21-18.
In women's singles quarterfinals, top seed Kasturi Chakroborty beat N.Arul Selvi (IB) 18-21, 21-18, 21-18, 21-18; Mantu Ghosh beat Kanchan Basak (IOC) 21-13, 21-16, 21-11; Poulumi Ghatak (Ben) beat Anindita Chakroborty (Rly) 21-4, 21-18, 21-14; Mouma Das beat N.R.Indu (IB) 23-21, 21-19, 21-13.
Results
Sub-junior boys (final): Saurabh Chakraborty (Bng) bt Jayant Chandra (Bng) 19-21, 21-17, 21-17, 21-14.
Sub-junior girls (final): Sushmita Roy (Bng) bt Nandita Saha (Bng) 15-21, 21-19, 21-17, 21-19.
Men's singles (quarter-finals): Arup Basak (HPCL) bt Ganesh Kundu (Rly) 21-17, 21-17, 21-18; Deepak Thukral (Dena Bank) bt Anal Kashyap (PSCBA) 21-19, 21-18, 21-18; Bhushan Thakur (Mah) bt Nupur Santra (Rly) 21-9, 12-21, 21-10, 21-13; Subhajit Saha Sr (Bng) bt Sunil Babras (Dena Bank) 21-14, 15-21, 21-13, 17-21, 21-17.
Pre-quarter-finals: Nupur Santra bt Souvik Roy (Bng) 21-14, 15-21, 19-21, 21-16, 21-15; Anal kashyap (PSCBA) bt S Sriram (HPCL) 21-18, 17-21, 23-21, 11-21, 21-18; Bhushan Thakur bt Harsh Chopra (Dli) 21-15, 21-10, 19-21, 21-13; Sunil Babras bt B Sana (Rly) 18-21, 17-21, 21-13, 21-16, 22-20; Subhajit Saha bt Soumyadeep Roy (PSCBA) 21-16, 24-22, 17-21, 21-17; Ganesh Kundu bt S Ramaswamy (HPCL) 21-11, 21-12, 21-12; Arup Basak bt Ambrish Chatterjee (Rly) 21-12, 21-13, 21-15; Deepak Thukral bt Saurabh Sen Gupta 21-16, 21-8, 21-13.
Women's singles (quarter-finals): Kasturi Chakraborty (Bng) bt N Arul Selvi (IB) 18-21, 21-18, 21-18, 21-18; Mantu Ghosh bt Kanchan Basak (IOC) 21-13, 21-16, 21-11; Poulmi Ghatak (Bng) bt Anindita Chakraborty (Rly) 21-4, 21-18, 21-14; Mouma Das (Rly) bt N R Indu (IB) 23-21, 21-19, 21-13.
Pre-quarter-finals: kasturi Chakraborty bt Radhika Ghatnakar (Mah) 21-10, 21-10, 21-10; N Arul Selvi bt Debmita Das (Bng) 21-17, 21-12, 21-14; Mantu Ghosh bt Archana Vishwanath (Knt) 21-18, 21-9, 21-8; Kanchan Basak bt M S Mythili (TN) 18-21, 16-21, 22-20, 21-15, 21-19; Anindita Chakraborty bt Shardha Shastri (mah) 14-21, 21-11, 21-9, 21-8; Poulmi Ghatak bt Ekta Bhambri (Dli) 21-5, 21-8, 21-15; Mouma Das bt Mallika Parikh (IA) 18-21, 14-21, 21-17, 21-19, 21-16; NR Indu bt T Pradeepa (IA) 21-12, 11-21, 21-16, 21-15.
Boys singles (semifinals): Shubham Chaudhary (Bng) bt Subhajit Saha (Bng) 21-23, 21-10, 23-21, 21-16; Soumyadeep Roy (PSCBA) bt Ranbir Das (Bng) 19-21, 21-15, 21-17, 15-21, 21-13.
Quarter-finals: Subhajeet Saha (Bng) bt Anal Kashyap (PSCBA) 21-15, 21-18, 21-10; Shubham Chaudhary (Bng) bt Saurabh Chakraborty (Bng0 15-21, 21-17, 21-14, 25-23; Ranbir Das (Bng) bt Prith Raj Bose (Bng) 18-21, 21-15, 21-19, 21-15; Soumyadeep Roy (PSCBA) bt Amit Das (Bng) 21-15, 21-10, 18-21, 21-12.
Girls singles (semifinals): Kasturi Chakraborty (Bng) bt Mouma Das (Bng) 13-21, 21-17, 21-17, 21-16; Poulmi Ghatak (Bng) bt Sushmita Roy (Bng) 21-16, 21-12, 21-16.
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