Young Soumyajit Ghosh of Petroleum continued his dominance in men’s table tennis, winning both the senior and youth titles in the DCPL National-ranking East Zone table tennis tournament at SAI Indoor Hall, Bolpur on Thursday.
It was also a bad day for the reigning men’s and women’s National champions, who lost to younger opponents.
Soumyajit overcame a deficit at the start (1-2) to beat Petroleum colleague and National champion Anthony Amalraj (4-2) in the men’s final.
By doing so, Soumyajit also kept his record intact against Amalraj, whom he had beaten in the men’s semifinals before winning the inter-institutional title earlier in the season.
Soumyajit beat his India teammate Harmeet Desai in the youth boys’ final to complete his double. The women’s section also saw a reversal of fortunes as Pooja Sahasrabudhe of Petroleum won the title making a spectacular comeback against National champion Poulomi Ghatak. Sutirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal was the most prominent performer in the age-group category, where she annexed a double crown — the youth and junior girls’ titles.
The results: Men (final) : Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 15-13, 11-8. Semifinals : Soumyajit bt Soumyadeep Roy (PSPB) 10-12, 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Amalraj bt Sourav Chakraborty (PSPB) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9. Women (final) : Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) bt Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) 7-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 16-14, 11-4. Semifinals : Pooja bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 10-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Poulomi bt Krittwika Sinha Roy (AAI) 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9.
Youth boys (final) : Soumyajit bt Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7. Semifinals : Harmeet bt G. Sathiyan (PSPB) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 4-11, 13-11, 11-7; Soumyajit bt Raj Mondal (AAI) 11-5, 15-13, 11-8, 11-9.
Youth girls (final) : Sutirtha Mukherjee (WB) bt Krittwika Sinha Roy (AAI) 14-12, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3. Semifinals : Krittwika bt T. Reeth Rishya (PSPB) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Sutirtha bt Ankita Das (PSPB) 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 12-10, 11-5.
