Inter-State carrom: Pardeshi sent packing

The men’s top seed, Yogesh Pardeshi, and the women’s second seed, Ilavazhaki, were toppled in the pre-quarterfinals in the S.P. Sampathy memorial 43rd senior National and inter-State carrom championships here on Thursday.

Bijoy Rabha of Assam and Tamil Nadu’s P. Jayasree accounted for Yogesh and Ilavazhaki.

The results:

Men: Quarterfinals: Yogesh Dongre (Vid) bt Bijoy Rabha (Asm) 11-25, 19-14, 25-18; Riaz Akbar Ali (AI) bt Sandeeep Deo Rukhkar (PSPB) 25-1, 25-7; Md. Gufran (AI) bt C. Bharathidasan (TN) 25-1, 18-25, 24-7; K. Srinivas (PSPB) bt K. Sagaya Bharathi (TN) 25-15, 17-23, 25-8.

Pre-quarterfinals: Bijoy bt Yogesh Pardeshi (PSPB) 3-25, 25-8, 21-19; Yogesh bt Pankaj Pawar (Jain Irrigation) 20-15, 8-25, 25-18; Akbar bt Irshad Ahmed (Vid) 21-23, 25-10, 17-15; Sandeep bt Shivananda Reddy (Central Civil Services) 9-25, 24-25, 25-0; Bharathidasan bt Imran Shaik (Guj) 21-19, 25-15; Gufran bt Jaiprakash Dash (Odi) 16-13, 8-25, 25-17; Sagaya Bharathi bt Anil Munde (Mah) 25-9, 13-25, 25-9; Srinivas bt Anwar Kamal (UP) 25-1, 17-16.

Women: Quarterfinals: Rashmi Kumari (PSPB) bt Kushboo Rani (Bihar) 25-0, 25-6; Tuba Sehar (Chan) bt Kajal Kumari (PSPB) 25-4, 8-17, 22-10; Kavitha Somanchi (RBI) bt M. Parimala Kumari (PSPB) 25-0, 9-17, 19-14; Vinitha (PSPB) bt P. Jayasree (TN) 25-0, 16-8.

Pre-quarterfinals: Rashmi bt Shilpa Palnetkar (LIC) 25-0, 25-0; Khusboo Rani bt Khusboo Kumari (PSPB) 18-13, 20-16; Tuba bt G. Revathi (TN) 20-6, 25-16; Kajal bt Ayesha Md. Sajid (JI) 13-12, 23-15; Kavita bt S. Lalitha (LIC) 19-24, 24-8, 17-12; Parimala bt A. Ponnarasi (TN) 14-25, 25-15, 25-15; Vinitha bt Nagajyothi (Kar) 19-23, 25-0, 13-12.