Baboor, Soumyadeep advance in contrasting style

By Our Special Correspondent

KOLKATA, AUG. 6. Men's top seed Chetan P. Baboor and second seed and defending champion Soumyadeep Roy, both of Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) won through to the semifinals in contrasting style in the 31st all- India inter-institutional table tennis championship at the Khudiram Indoor Hall here on Monday.

Baboor, beginning to peak at the right time, struck ominous form in beating a tentative left-handed eighth seed Sourav Chakraborty of Railways in straight games. In contrast, Roy, down 1-3, dug deep into his reserve to win the last three games to quell the challenge of seventh seed Bhusan Thakur of Railways by four games to three.

Interestingly. Thakur had beaten Roy in the team championship final on Sunday to help Railways stop PSCB from winning the eighth consecutive title.

Challenging Baboor in Tuesday's semifinals would be unseeded Subham Chowdhury of Railways. Chowdhury stopped fourth seed Shibaji Dutta of PSCB 4-2. Another unseeded Railway player Anirban Nandy qualified to meet Roy in the other semifinals by beating Arup Basak of PSCB 4-0. Nandy had ousted third seed Subhajit Saha of PSCB in the pre-quarterfinals.

In women's singles, it would be an all PSCB semifinals with top seed N.R. Indu eliminating eighth seed Anindita Chakraborty of Railways 4-3. Mantu Ghosh, seed No. 5, who would be Indu's next opponent, upset M.S. Mythili of PSCB by 4-1. Third seed and defending champion Mouma Das downed Vishkha Vijay of Bihar 4-2 but had the mortification of losing a game at 0-11. Mouma's semifinal rival would be seed No. 2 Poulami Ghatak, a fluent winner over seventh seed Kasturi Chakraborty of Bengal.

Tamil Nadu won the first gold medal of the meet when its mixed doubles pair of K. Srivatsa Chakravarthy and T. Pradeepa defeated Jayanta Chandra and Sinjini Mitra of Centre of Excellence, Kolkata, 17-15, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4.

The top men's doubles team of Deepak Thukral and Vineet Chopra of Bank Sports Board and third seeded Railway pair of Ranabir Das and Sourav Chakraborty set up the final clash, while in the women's final, top seeded team of Poulami Ghatak and Mouma Das of PSCB would take on third seeded Railway pair of Mamta Prabhu and Sushmita Roy.

lThe results:

Men's singles (quarterfinals): (1) Chetan P. Baboor (PSCB) bt (8) Sourav Chakraborty (Rly) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7; Subham Chowdhury bt (4) Shibaji Dutta (PSCB) 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-13, 11-8; Anirban Nandy (Rly) bt Arup Basak (PSCB) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, 16- 14; (2) Soumyadeep Roy (PSCB) bt (7) Bhusan Thakur (Rly) 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5.

Men's singles (pre-quarterfinals): Baboor bt Prithiraj Bose (Ben) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3, 11- 3; Chakraborty bt Sunil Babras (BSB) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8; Chowdhury bt (5) Arjun Dutta (PSCB) 12- 10, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; S. Dutta bt K. Srivatsa Chakravarthy (TN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9; Nandy bt (3) Subhajit Saha (PSCB) 5-11, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 14-12, 12-10; Basak bt (6) Ranabir Das (Rly) 11-6, 5-11, 7- 11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 112-10; Thakur bt R. Rajesh (LIC) 11-4, 11- 9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7; Roy bt Souvik Dey (BSB) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7.

Men's singles (second round): Baboor bt A. Sarad Kamal (Rly) 11- 2, 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4; Bose bt Koushik De Sarkar (DASCB) 5- 11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Babras bt Pramod Agarwal (SBIN) 10-12, 11- 4, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Chakraborty bt Amlan Patra (DASCB) 11-5, 11- 8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6; A. Dutta bt Deepak Thukral (BSB) 11-9, 12- 10, 11-13, 11-8, 5-11, 16-18, 11-2; Chowdhury bt Vinay Vaiswade (LIC) 3-11, 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9; K.S. Chakravarthy bt Subhadip Das (Ben) 14-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; S. Dutta bt Vineet Chopra (BSB) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8; Saha bt Kishalay Basak (CRSB) 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6; Basak bt I.N. Bhattacharjee (SBI 11-5, 11-6, 11-3, 3-11, 11-7; Nandy bt Dipankar Adhikari (MPSCB) 13-11, 8-11, 11-4, 3-11, 11-8, 13-11; Thakur bt Amit Mukherjee (MPSCB) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9; R. Das bt Jignesh Jaiswal (BSB) 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9; Rajesh bt Sapneel Joshi 111-4, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9; S. Dey bt Sukanta Das (CoE) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4; Roy bt Anal Kashyap (PSCB-A) 11-9,. 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 11-7.

Women's singles (quarterfinals): (1) N.R. Indu (PSCB) bt (8) Anindita Chakraborty (Rly) 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6; (5) Mantu Ghosh (PSCB) bt (4) M.S. Mythili (PSCB) 12-10, 11-7, 11-3, 2-11, 11-7; (3) Mouma Das (PSCB) bt Vishakha Vijay (Bih) 11-5, 10-12, 14-12, 0-11, 11-6, 11-5; (2) Poulami Ghatak (PSCB) bt (7) Kasturi Chakraborty (PSCB) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8.

Women's singles (pre-quarterfinals): Indu bt Mithu Paul (Rly) 8- 11, 14-12, 11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6; Anindita bt Kanchan Basak (PSCB) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Mantu bt Meenu Dhawan (Rly) 11-4, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 1-11, 11-2; Mythili bt Anushree Saha (Ben) 4- 11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11- 4; Mouma bt Mamta Prabhu (Rly) 11-6, 11-9, 13-11, 12-10; Vishakha bt Nandita Saha (Rly) 13-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-4; Kasturi bt Sushmita Roy (Rly) 11-7, 9- 11, 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-5; Poulami bt Arul Selvi (BSB) 11-3, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4.

Men's doubles (semifinals): (1) Deepak Thukral & Vineet Chopra (BSB) bt Swapan Bose & Amit Mukherjee (MPSCB) 11-9, 12-10, 12-10; (3) Ranabir Das & Sourav Chakraborty (Rly) bt Tanmoy Dutta & Subhadip Das (Ben) 3-11, 11-4, 11-5, 9- 11, 11-8.

Men's doubles (quarterfinals): Thukral & Chopra bt Ajay Jha & Harsh Chopra (FCI) 11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8; Bose & Mukherjee bt Vikram Aditya & Janak Raj (AIESCB) 11-5, 11- 7, 11-3; Das & Chakraborty bt J. Jaiswal & S. Dey (BSB) 11-6, 13- 11, 4-11, 11- 8; Dutta & Das bt Soumik De Sarkar & Anindya Lal Chowdhury (MPSCB) 10-12, 13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6.

Mixed doubles: Final: K.S. Chakravarthy & T. Pradeepa (TN) bt Jayanta Chandra & Sinjini Mitra (CoE, Kolkata) 17-15, 11-3, 10- 12, 11-4. Semifinals: Chandra & Sinjini bt R. Rajesh (LIC) & N.R. Indu (PSCB) 11-7, 5-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-5; Chakravarthy & Pradeepa bt (2) Subhajit Saha & M.S. Mythili (PSCB) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6. Quarterfinals: Chandra & Sinjini bt N. Chawathe & R. Ghatnekar (Mah) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Rajesh & Indu bt Kishalay Basak (CRSB) & Moon Moon Basak (Ben) 11-9, 11-8, 1-11, 8-11, 11- 6; Chakravarthy & Pradeepa bt N. Pandrikar & S. Mahatre (Mah) 11- 4, 3-11, 11-3, 11-9; Saha & Mythili bt Subhadip Das & Moushumi Paul (CoE) 11-1, 13-11, 11-13, 11-4.

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