Mousumi Paul shocks Saptaparni

By Our Sports Reporter

VIJAYAWADA, AUG. 23 Rank outsider Mousumi Paul of Bengal stunned fourth seeded Saptaparni Guha 21-16, 21-11, 21-18 in the junior girls' semifinals of the National ranking table tennis tournament, sponsored by Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd., and Coca- Cola, at the DRMC indoor stadium here on Wednesday.

Third-ranked Madhurika Patkar of Maharashtra ousted second seeded S. Sangeetha 21-19, 21-18, 21-16 in the last four stage of the sub-junior girls' category. On Tuesday, P. Nagender Reddy, D. Saha, Arunava Ganguly, Somnath Ghosh, Jayanta Chandra, Kaustav Banerjee, G. Vinod and Pranav Kuber made it to the main draw of the men's competitions.

The results:

Boys: Sub-juniors (semifinals): Saurav Pradhan bt Snehasish Bhattacharjee 17-21, 21-17, 21-13, 21-19; Amarnath Das bt Jayanta Sarkar 23-21, 21-12, 21-19. Quarterfinals: Saurav Pradhan bt Subhadeep Das 22- 20, 24-22, 16-21, 22-20; Snehasish Bhattacharjee bt Omkar Torgalkar 21-17, 16-21, 22-20, 25-23; Amarnath Das bt Nikhil Bhandari 21-17, 21-16, 21-14; Jayanta Sarkar bt Somnath Das 21- 19, 20-22, 21-19, 21-19.

Juniors (semifinals): Arunava Ganguly bt Tonmoy Dutta 21-11, 22- 24, 21-10, 19-21, 21-9; Jayanta Chandra bt Anirban Tarafdar 21- 15, 12-21, 21-8, 21-18. Quarterfinals: Tonmoy Dutta bt Birupaksha Saha 21-18, 19-21, 21-14, 15- 21, 21-18; Arunava Ganguly bt Aditya Mahagaonkar 21-18, 13-21, 14-21, 21-19, 21-16; Anirban Tarafdar bt A. Amalraj 21-18, 21-13, 14-21, 21-11; Jayantha Chandra bt Soumyajit Karji 21-8, 23-21, 21-17.

Men (second round): S. Raman bt James Joseph 21-9, 21-10, 21-14; Nilesh Vaid bt Subhajit Saha Jr. 21- 10, 21-17, 22-20; Ganesh Kundu bt N. Ravichandran 14-21, 23-21, 21-17, 21-11; Subhajit Saha Sr. bt S. Raja 21-19, 21-12, 21-12; Nupur Santra bt D. Sana 18-21, 21-16, 21-17, 21-14; Chirag Channa bt Anal Kasyap 21-18, 21-13, 23-21; Arup Basak bt A. Sarat Kamal 21-10, 21-12, 21-17; Soumyadeep Chowdhary bt Aruna Ganguly 21-14, 19-21, 18-21, 21-17, 21-8; K.S. Chakravarthy bt G. Vinod 21-15, 21-19, 21-10; Bhushan Thakur bt Anirban Tarafdar 21-9, 17-21, 21- 9, 21-16; Shivaji Dutta bt Indeebar Chatterjee 16-21, 21-10, 21- 15, 21-8; R. Rajesh bt Rajiv Ghai 12-21, 21-23, 23-21, 21-15, 21- 16.

First round: Nilesh Vaid bt Kaustav Banerjee 21-18, 13-21, 21-9, 21-12; N. Ravichandran bt Jayant Chandra 21-18, 21-19, 21-15; Anirban Nandi bt G. Jitender 21-15, 21-5, 14-21, 21-13; Chirag Channa bt P. Nagender Reddy 21-15, 21- 19, 21-11; A. Sharat Kamal bt Karthik M. Urs 21-17, 21-11, 21-10; Nachiket Chawate bt Santanu Saha 21-11, 21-18, 21-17; Arunava Ganguly bt Kaushik Dey Sarkar 21-19, 21-19, 16-21, 21-17; G. Vinod bt Saurav Sengupta 18-21, 21-15, 21-17, 19-21, 21-18; Rajiv Ghai bt Tonmoy Dutta 21- 10, 21-10, 17-21, 13-21, 21-10; Souvik Basu Roy bt Somnath Ghosh 21-15, 21-15, 22-20; Kishalay Basak bt Pranav Kuber 21-10, 21-17, 17-21, 21-16; Indeebar Chatterjee bt A. Amalraj 21-18, 21-12, 16- 21, 21-19.

Girls: Sub-juniors (semifinals): J. Swarna bt Runa Roy 18-21, 21- 17, 21-7, 21-8; Madhurika Patkar bt S. Sangeetha 21-19, 21-18, 21-16. Quarterfinals: J. Swarna bt Sarabi Mondal 10-21, 21-11, 21-17, 21-7, Runa Roy bt Dhanitri Dalvi 21-12, 21-14, 21-11, Madhuri Patkar bt Moon Moon Basak 21-15, 19-21, 21-19, 16-21, 21- 17; S. Sangeetha bt Swetha Joshi 27-29, 21-19, 21-12, 21-16.

Juniors (semifinals): Pratima Sayal bt S. Sangeetha 13-21, 21-14, 21-7, 21-11; Mousumi Paul bt Saptaparni Guha 21-16, 21-11, 21-18. Quarterfinals: Pratina Sayan bt Shinjinee Mitra 17-21, 18-21, 21- 17, 21- 16, 21-15; S. Sangeetha bt Moon Moon Basak 21-14, 21-17, 21-14; Mousumi Paul bt M. Aparna 19-21, 21-16, 21-19, 21-9; Saptaparni Guha bt Anushri Saha 21-16, 17-21, 21-12, 21-16.

Women (second round): Mouma Das bt K.C. Barkha 21-12, 21-10, 21- 9; A. Radhika bt Rajashri Shah 21-11, 21- 16, 17-21, 20-22, 21- 12; Montu Ghosh bt Mrigaki Bordoloi 21-19, 21-12, 21-12; Anindita Chakraborty bt S. Sangeetha 16-21, 21-13, 21-7, 21-15; N.R. Indu bt Jhanvi Deshpande 21-11, 21-14, 21-11; Debasmita Das bt J. Swarna 21-17, 21-11, 21-14; Kasturi Chakraborty bt Aparna D. Nair 21-12, 21-12, 21-7; Avanti Sinha bt Shinjinee Mitra 21-13, 21-10, 21-13; T. Pradeepa bt Moon Moon Basak 22-20, 21-10, 21-13; Paulami Ghatak bt Pratima Sayal 20-22, 21-8, 21-9, 21-13.

First round: Rajashri Shah bt Shika Ghai 21-8, 21-17, 21-4; Mrigaki Bardoloi bt Saptaparni Guha 21-16, 11- 21, 21-15, 21-14; Sudheshna Biswas bt Madhumita Guin 19-21, 21- 17, 21-11, 21-19; Jhanvi Deshpande bt M. Aparna 21-12, 23-21, 21- 8; Meenu Dhawan bt Manisha Chakraborty 21-18, 21-18, 21-19; J. Swarna bt Sonal Joshi 21-7, 21-10, 21-12; Shinjinee Mitra bt Anupa Ruth 21-13, 21-10, 21-18; Pratima Sayal bt Mousumi Paul 21- 16, 21-17, 21-12; Sumana Bose bt Tanya Naz 21-14, 23-21, 21-7; Aparna D. Nair bt S. Prasanna 21-18, 21-18, 19-21, 19-21, 24-22; S. Sangeetha bt Tapasi Chakraborty 21-17, 21-14, 22-20; Bisakha Bijay bt Madhurika Patkar 21-13, 17-21, 21-14, 18-21, 21-19.

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