Bengal, Assam sail into quarters

CHENNAI, JAN 7: There was no perceptible change in the script as fancied teams won their matches with a measure of comfort, and quarter-f...

CHENNAI, JAN 7: There was no perceptible change in the script as fancied teams won their matches with a measure of comfort, and quarter-finalists were spotted in the Indian Oil Servo 60th Senior Nationals and Inter-state Table Tennis Championship here today.

As the league phase drew to a close, defending champions Bengal and Assam in the women8217;s section qualified for the knock out quarterfinals from Group A, while Petroleum Sports Control Board PSCB and Madhya Pradesh Group B and hosts Tamil Nadu and Delhi Group C made it to the second stage.

However, the picture was not not clear in Group D, though star-studded Railways have virtually assured themselves of a berth. It would be toss up between Punjab and Maharashtra A for the second spot.

In the men8217;s section Punjab and Bengal Group C, Bengal and Tamil Nadu Group D made it to the last eight grade. In Group B title holders PSCB have assured themselves of a berth, while Assam or Delhi would complete the quarter-final line up.

Strong contenderRailways, comprising Kasturi Chakraborty, Anindita Chakraborty and Montu Ghosh, survived a scare before edging out Maharashtra 3-0 for their second win in two matches.

RESULTS

Team Men: Delhi bt Haryana 3-0; PSCB bt Goa 3-0 Arup Basak bt Amit Naik 21-11, 21-5; Chetan Baboor bt Ajit Ghatkat 21-14, 21-16; S Sriram bt Arun Naik 21-16, 21-13; Kerala bt Himachal Pradesh 3-1; Karnataka bt Tripura 3-0; Railways bt Manipur 3-0; Chandigarh bt Pondicherry 3-2; Uttar Pradesh bt Orissa 3-0; Maharashtra B bt Bihar 3-0 R Chowdhury bt Rahul Das 24-22, 21-16; S Mehra bt S Karmarkar 21-17, 21-19; U Mulay bt Santanu Banerjee 22-20, 17-21, 21-19; Punjab bt Rajasthan 3-1; Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-0 Subhajit Saha bt Kunal Solanki 21-12, 21-16; Subham Chowdhury bt Nachiket C 21-17, 21-13; Souvik Dey bt Ganadeep B 21-10, 25-23; Andhra Pradesh bt Madhya Pradesh 3-2; PSCB bt Kerala 3-0 S Raman bt Rajesh R 21-9 21-12 Arjun Datta bt Sreenivasan 21-10 21-18 Arup Basak bt Sreekumar M 21-14 21-12; Delhi bt Goa 3-0;Assam bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0; Karnataka bt Manipur 3-2; Railways bt Chandigarh 3-0; Gujarat bt Pondicherry 3-2; Rajasthan bt Orissa 3-1; UP bt Bihar 3-0; Punjab bt Maharashtra B 3-0 Deepak Thukral bt S Mehra 21-8 21-11 Vineet Chopra bt R Chowdhary 21-2 16-21 21-9 Ramakanth bt V Mulay 21-11 10-21 21-17; AP bt Jamp;K 3-0; Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-0; Maharashtra A bt MP 3-1 Ramaswamy bt Sameer Sarkar 21-12 21-11 Nachiket C lost to Vinay Biswade 16-21 21-15 17-21 Kunal S bt Premraj Jhacak 21-16 12-21 21-16 Ramasamy bt Vinay Biswade 21-14 21-16.

Team Women: Bengal bt Chandigarh 3-0 Mouma das bt Shikha Sharma 21-11, 21-12; Poulami Ghatak bt Bharka KC 21-11, 21-10; Avanti Sinha bt Shallu Kapoor 21-7, 21-12; Assam bt Kerala 3-0; Haryana bt Jamp;K 3-0; Manipur w/o Himachal Pradesh; PSCB bt Rajasthan 3-0 MS Mythili bt Rani Chandrima 21-9, 21-10; B Bhuvaneswari bt Poonam Sharma 21-12, 21-13; Kanchan Basak bt Pooja Rawat 21-1, 21-6; Madhya Pradesh bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0; Delhi bt Maharashtra B 3-1 Nandini Kulkarni btMamta Prabhu 21-10, 21-13; Ekta Bhambri bt Leena Medheker 22-24, 21-18, 21-16; Ishani Barua lost to Sonia Deshpande 11-21, 13-21; Ekta Bhambri bt Mamta Prabhu 21-18, 19-21, 21-9; Gujarat bt Pondicherry 3-0; Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-0, Maharashtra A w/o Tripura; Punjab bt Bihar 3-0; Andhra Pradesh bt Orissa 3-0; Chandigarh bt Haryana 3-0; Assam bt Jamp;K 3-0; Bengal bt Kerala 3-0; Madhya Pradesh w/o Himachal Pradesh; PSCB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 Bhuvaneswari bt Mun Mun Mukherjee 21-7, 21-14; M S Mythili bt Sarojini Negi 21-7, 21-6; Kanchan Basak bt Parvathi B 21-17, 21-15; Rajasthan bt Manipur 3-2; Karnataka bt Gujarat 3-1; Delhi bt Pondicherry 3-0; Tamil Nadu bt Maharashtra B 3-0 NR Indu bt Mamata Prabhu 21-9, 21-9; N Arul Selvi bt Sonia Deshpande 21-13, 21-18; T Pradeepa bt Leena Medhekar 21-23, 21-12, 21-14; Bihar w/o Tripura; Punjab bt Orissa 3-0; Railways bt Maharashtra A 3-0 Kasturi Chakraborty bt Shalmali Mhatre 17-21, 21-9, 21-11; Anindita Chakraborty bt Mallika Parekh 13-21, 23-21, 21-13; Montu Ghoshbt Jhanvi Deshpande 21-12, 21-15.