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Rich haul for Maharashtra ‘A’

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The side wins the youth boys, girls and junior girls titles
North Bengal takes junior boys’ title

INDORE: It was a golden treble for Maharashtra ‘A’ when it claimed the youth boys, girls and junior girls team championship titles in the National youth and junior table tennis championships at the Abhay Prashal indoor stadium on Tuesday.

The lone crown that eluded it was that of the junior boys, which went to North Bengal.

The results:

Boys: Youth: Final: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt PSPBA 3-1 (Sanil Shetty bt Zubin Kumar 12-14, 11-1, 7-11, 11-8, 13-11, Aniket Koparkar bt Devesh Karia 11-9, 11-2, 11-7, Sanil Aman Balgu lost to Zubin& Devesh 5-11, 6-11, 2-11, Aniket beat Zubin 11-8, 12-14, 11-2, 7-11, 11- 9).

Semifinals: PSPBA bt Tamil Nadu 3-0 (Devesh bt R Abhishek 13-11, 11-6, 15-13, Zubin bt R S Raja 11-7, 11-4,11-6, Zubin & Devesh beat R.S. Raja & Sivananda Seshadri 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10), Maharashtra bt North Bengal 3-1 (Sanil bt Soumyajit 11-7, 11-9, 12-14,11-9, Aniket beat R. Mondal 11-6, 11-6, 11-4, Aniket & Sanil lost to Soumyajit R. Mondal 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 10-12, Aniket beat Soumyajit 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11,11-9). Quarterfinals: Tamil Nadu bt West Bengal 3-0, PSPBA bt MP 3-1, North Bengal bt Railways 3-0, Maharashtra ‘A’ bt AP 3-0.

Juniors: Final: North Bengal bt PSPBA 3-2 (Raj Mondal bt Mohit Verma 14-12, 11-8, 11-6, Soumyajit Ghosh bt Sourav Saha 11-5, 13-11, 13-11, Arnab Adhikari lost to V. Nitin 5-11, 6-11, 9-11, Soumyajit G. bt Sourav 11-8, 4-11, 8-11, 8-11, R. Mondal bt Mohit 12-10, 11-7, 11-4).

Semifinals: PSPBA bt Delhi 3-0 (Sourav Saha bt Sarthak Gandhi 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 13-15,11-7, V. Nitin bt Pranshu Gupta 5-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5, Mohit Verma bt Utkarsh Gupta 11-5, 11-5, 11-3), North Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Soumyajit Ghosh bt R. Venkitaramanan 11-4, 12-10, 11-8, Raj Mondal bt G. Sathiyan 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, Arnab Adhikari lost to E Prabhakaran 11-7, 4-11, 11-8, 6-11, 3-11, Soumyajit Ghosh bt G. Sathiyan 11-3, 7-11, 11-7,11-7).

Quarterfinals: PSPBA bt Gujarat 3-2, Delhi bt Maharashtra ‘A’ 3-2, Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-0, North Bengal bt West Bengal 3-0.

Girls: Youth: Final: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Railways 3-1 (Madhurika Patkar lost to Soumi Mondal 10-12, 9-11, 10-12, Divya Deshpande bt Prajakta Tipale 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, Divya & Pooja Sahasrabudhe beat Soumi Mondal& Pallavi Kundu 11-2, 6-11, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7).

Semifinals: Railways bt Maharashtra ‘B’ 3-1 (Soumi lost to Ashlesha Bodas 4-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, Prajakta bt Priti Mokashi 11-9, 11-4, 11-8; Pallavi & Soumi bt Ashlesha & Priti 11-9, 11-4, 8-11,11-3, Soumi bt Priti 11-7, 11-3, 13-11.), Maharashtra ‘A’ bt North Bengal 3-1 (Madhurika bt Sukanya Bose 12-10,11-9,11-9, Divya lost to Ankita Das 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 5-11, Madhurika & Divya bt Sukanya & Ankita 11-4, 8-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6, Madhurika bt Ankita 13-15, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, Prajakta lost to Madhurika 11-7, 10-12, 3-11).

Quarterfinals: Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Delhi 3-2, Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Gujarat 3-0, North Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-2, Railways bt West Bengal 3-0.

Juniors: Final: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt North Bengal 3-0 (Pooja Sahasrabudhe bt Kabita Das 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, Mallika Bhandarkar bt Ankita Das 9-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, Shruti Talnikar bt Tonoya Dutta 11-7, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5).

Semifinals: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt West Bengal 3-1 (Pooja Sahasrabudhe bt Jayeeta Pushilal 14-12, 12-10, 11-9, Mallika Bhandarkar lost to Shreya Ghosh 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, Shruti Talnikar bt Kritika Sinha Roy 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, Pooja Sahasrabudhe bt Shreya Ghosh 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9), North Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Kabita Das lost to K.K. Narmada 8-11, 6-11, 9-11, Ankita Das bt Sumana R. Krishnan 11-7, 11-3, 11-8, Tonoya Dutta bt N Vidhya 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, Ankita Das bt K.K. Narmada 11-7, 12-10, 12-10).

Quarterfinals: Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra ‘B’ 3-1; North Bengal bt Karnataka 3-0.

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