Santra, Mantu champs

The men8217;s final was a battle of experience and young blood. Santra, who has a number of titles under his belt, won the first game 21-14. Dutta, who had won the SAARC Table Tennis Championship for Juniors held at Dhaka last year, exhibited some excellent shots to take the game 21-11 and level 1-1.

But, Santra kept cool and forced Dutta to commit errors in the third and fourth games. Dutta had no answer for Santra8217;s service variations and his superb ball control.

Santra had earlier sprung a major surprise by outplaying top seed Bhushan Thakur of Central Railway 3-0 21-19, 18-21,21-17, 21-15 in the quarters.Mantu Ghosh won the women8217;s title with ease. Kasturi struggled a bit in the second game but the match was totally dominated by Mantu.

Earlier in the semifinals, Santra defeated his teammate Amrish Chatterjee 21-18, 21-12, 21-13 and Dutta outwitted Nilesh Vaid Central Railway 21-9, 22-20, 21-9.

Mantu brushed aside Mitu Paul NFR 21-10, 21-11, 21-10 and Kasturi beat Moumita Dutta SER 21-17, 21-13, 21-10 to set up the women8217;s summit clash.