Withdrawal syndrome

MUMBAI, Aug 30: The Bombay YMCA Major State Ranking Table Tennis tournament has been hit by withdrawals.

The pull outs, that came after the organisers completed the seedings and draw, took away much of competitive edge. The players who have withdrawn are second seed Bhushan Thakur and seventh seed Rohit Choudhary.

Bhushan, pulling out on medical grounds, came all the way from Pune where he is based to hand over a medical certificate to the organisers. Rohit Coudhary has also submitted a medical certificate. Choudhary was fit while winning the State Ranking tournament at Anushakti Nagar on Saturday evening.

Two of the leading seeds 8212; Sunil Babras and S Ramaswamy 8212; will clash in the semi-finals in an encounter which will bear the look of a final.