Sourav Chakraborty enters last four

Unseeded Sourav Sourav Chakraborty of Petroleum outlasted second-seeded Sanil Shetty of Air India in the quarterfinals of DCPL National-ranking (East Zone) table tennis at the SAI Kaviguru Complex here on Saturday.

Making his first semifinal of the season, Sourav who was unceremoniously dumped from Commonwealth Games team, made a befitting comeback with two good performances. He beat the sixth- seeded G. Sathiyan in the pre-quarterfinals before overcoming Shetty in a gruelling match.

In the women's section, National champion Poulomi Ghatak of Petroleum moved into the semifinals. Poulomi, who scripted a facile win over former National champion Kasturi Chakraborty, will meet Mamta Prabhu of Maharashtra the semifinals.

Men: Quarterfinals: Soumyadeep Roy (PSPB) bt Rajib Ghai (PSPB) 11-7,11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, R. Abhishek (AI) bt Aniket Koparkar (PSPB) 6-11,2-11, 11-8, 11-9, 13-11, 3-11, 11-2, Soumyajit Ghosh (AAI) bt Pathik Mehta (AI) 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, Sourav Chakraborty (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (AI) 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9. Pre-quarterfinals: Soumyadeep bt Souvik Basu Roy (RSPB) 11-7, 10-12, 15-13, 11-5, 11-8, Rajiv bt Souvik Kar (WB) 11-8, 11-6, 3-11, 4-11, 8-11, 11-1, 11-7, Aniket bt L. Sachin (RSPB) 11-5, 10-12, 14-12, 11-3, 11-8; Abhishek bt Noel Pinto (Mah) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2; Soumyajit bt Ranabir Das (PSPB) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-6; Pathik bt Kausik Dey Sarkar (DASCB) 12-10, 11-2, 11-7, 11-6, Sourav bt G. Sathiyan (TN) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 14-12, 12-10, Sanil bt Subham Chowdhury (PSPB) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5.

Youth boys: Quarterfinals: G. Sathiyan (TN) bt S. Prasanna (TN) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4, Sougata Sarkar (WB) bt A.R. Navneet (Kar) 6-11, 11-2, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, V. Nitin (TN) bt Martand Biniwale (RSPB) 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4, Soumyajit Ghosh (AAI) bt Sourav Saha (WB) 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6. Pre-quarterfinals: Sathiyan bt Susovan Das (WB) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 13-11, Prasanna bt Mohit Verma (PSPB-A) 11-9, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8, Navneet bt E. Prabhakaran (TN) 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 13-11, Sougata bt Avik Das (NB) 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, Martand bt L. Satishwaran (DB) 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, Nitin bt Surajit Das (PSPB-A) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8, Sourav bt Susmit Sriram (TN) 1-11, 15-17, 11-6, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, Soumyajit bt Sanmoy Paranjape (AI) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.

Women: Quarterfinals: Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Kasturi Chakraborty (PSPB) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-2, Mamta Prabhu (Mah) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) bt Mouma Das (PSPB) 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, K. Shamini (PSPB) bt Divya Deshpande (PSPB) 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8.

Pre-quarterfinals: Poulami bt Anindita Chakraborty (RSPB) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, Kasturi bt Krittwika Sinha Roy (WB) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, Pooja bt Nandita Saha (PSPB) 12-10, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, Mamta bt Pallavi Kundu (WB) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3, Madhurika bt Sushmita Roy (PSPB) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, Mouma bt Neha Agarwal (Dli) 11-8, 3-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6, Divya bt Moushumi Pal (PSPB) 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 4-11, 5-11, 15-13, 11-4, Shamini bt Medha Moitra (NB) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.

Youth girls: Quarterfinals: Divya Deshpande (PSPB) bt Krittwika Sinha Roy (WB) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, V. Sneha (IB) bt N. Vidya (TN) 8-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, Ankita Das (NB) bt Nikhat Banu (AAI) 17-15, 7-11, 16-14, 11-9, 11-9, Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) bt Kabita Das (NB) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4. Pre-quarterfinals: Divya bt Medha Moitra (NB) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, Krittwika bt Tanya Dutta (NB) 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12, 7-11, 11-7, Vidya bt Esha Monga (Dli) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10.