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This is an archive article published on July 17, 1998

Solanki shocks Kundu

NAGPUR, July 16: Kunal Solanki of Western Railway caused the biggest upset in the 46th All- India Inter-Railway Table Tennis Championship...

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NAGPUR, July 16: Kunal Solanki of Western Railway caused the biggest upset in the 46th All- India Inter-Railway Table Tennis Championship, being played here at the YMCA Robertson hall, stunning second seed and former Inter-Railway champion Ganesh Kundu of Eastern Railway in the second round today.

In another upset, Prasanjeet Sarkar of South-Eastern Railway shocked eighth seed Bona Thomas John of Southern Railway 21-19, 16-21, 21-18.

Kundu went down in straight games, 20-22, 19-21. In the women8217;s section, Avanti Sinha ER sidelined Poorna Giridhar SR 21-16, 21-18 and Rani Chandrima WR routed Alpana Ghosh Metro Railway 21-12, 21-11.

RESULTS: MEN8217;S second round: N R Shrinivasan ICF bt Tushar Kantidas ER 21-11, 21-12, Rahul Prakash NR bt Pradeep Samanta ER 21-19, 21-14, Nupur Santra SER bt Nishant Kulkarni CR 21-13, 17-21, 21-13, Rajesh Shelar WR bt Suresh Kumar ICF 21-13, 21-15, Amrish Chatterjee SER bt James Joseph ICF 21-15, 21-11, Nachiket Chawate WR bt AtinRastogi NR 18-21, 22-20, 21-13, Chirag Channa WR bt Jugo Rao SR 21-18, 21-14, Kishalya Basak SER bt Rahul Dutta WR 21-15, 21-14, Rohit Chaudhary CR bt M Thirunavukkarasu ICF 21-14, 21-12, Debbrata Sana SER bt Bimal Paul NFR 21-11, 21-13, Shivaji Dutta ER bt George Joseph WR 18-21, 21-14, 21-19, Prasannajeet Sarkar bt Bona Thomas John SR 21-19, 16-21, 21-18, Nilesh Vaid CR bt Souvik Basu Roy ER 21-15, 18-21, 21-15, Kaushik Das SER bt Amit Thanvi NR 21-8, 21-11, Kunal Solanki WR bt Ganesh Kundu ER 22-20, 21-19.

WOMEN8217;S first round: Renuka Devi SR bt Monica Henry NE 21-10, 21-11, Moumita Dutta SER bt S Sen NFR 21-18, 22-20, Meenu Dhawan ER bt Prasanna Devi SR 21-18, 21-11, Shalmali Mhatre WR bt Prajeetha SR 21-15, 21-13, Radhika Ghatnekar CR bt Gayatri Dware NFR 21-16, 21-13, Sonali Bhattacharjee Metro Railway bt Mitali Dutta NR 22-20, 21-18, Shruti Kanade CR bt Sonia Deshpande WR 21-16, 22-20, Avanti Sinha ER bt Poorna Giridhar SR21-16, 21-18, Rani Chandrima WR bt Alpana Ghosh Metro Railway 21-12, 21-11.

 

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