Sameer sails through

By Our Sports Reporter

NEW DELHI, OCT. 30. Local-lad Sameer Sahni capped off a memorable day with a straight games win over PSCB Academy's L. Sachin in the final qualifying round of the boys section in the National ranking North Zone table tennis tournament at the NDMC Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

Left-handed Sameer, playing only in his second National ranking tournament, progressed to the main draw for the first time with a 11-5, 11-5, 12-10 verdict.

Sameer, who surprised his opponent with fluent drives in the first game, looked in control as he surged ahead 2-0. It was only in the third game when Sachin managed easy points on his serve. But Sameer pulled it off when he converted his third match point by forcing an error.

The other qualifiers included four Bengal players Rohan Chakraborty, Diptarko Biswas, Sudipta Ghosh and Anirban Roy Chowdhary. Rohan came back from a 1-2 deficit against Adish Rana of PSCB Academy on his way to a 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-5 win.lThe results: Boys (final qualifying round):Akash Deshpande (Del) bt Nitin Garg (Del) 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6; Onkar Tugalkar (Mah) bt Varun Jindal (Del) 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Sameer Sahni (Del) bt L. Sachin (PSCBA) 11-5, 11-5, 12-10; Rohan Chakraborty (Ben) bt Adish Rana (PSCBA) 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-5; Diptarko Biswas (Ben) bt Kunal Puri (Del) 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11- 13, 11-7; Sudipta Ghosh (Ben) bt R. S. Raja (TN) 11-6, 11-7, 13- 11; Anirban Roy Chowdhary (Ben) bt E. Prabhakar (TN) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7.

Girls (final qualifying round):Triparna Biswas (Ben) bt Arpila Bannerjee (Ben) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Shikha Sharma (Del) bt Sabana Parveen (Ben) 17-15, 11-7, 3-11, 11-8; Sweta Modak (Ben) bt Ahna Paul (Ben) 11-7, 10-12, 6-11, 17-15, 11-8; Ria Das Gupta (Ben) bt K. Swathi (TN) 11-5, 11-8, 12-14, 5- 11, 11-5.

Sub-junior boys (final qualifying round):

Anirban Roy Chowdhary (Ben) bt N. Aditya (TN) 11-2, 11-6, 13-11; Martand Biniwali (Mah) bt Nandit Passey (UP) 17-15, 11-9, 11-4; Rohan Gupta (Uttranchal) bt Sherry Sagan (Del) 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Adish Rana (PSCBA) bt Harmeet Desai (PSCBA) 11-6, 9-11, 11- 7, 11-7.

Sub-junior girls (main draw first round):

Meenakshi (Har) w. o. S. Nivedita (TN); Deepshikha Verma (Del) w. o. Sapdipa Ghosh (Ben); Sidhi (Har) w. o. Manisha Sharma (Pun); Sushimita Paul (Ben) w. o. Manisha Mahajan; K. P. Anila Rao (TN) bt Amala S. M. (Pon) 11-3, 11-1, 11-7; Nadia Saini (Har) bt Nancy Khanna (MP) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2; Sharmila Paul (Ben) w. o. Nikita Kumar (Del); Shikha Sharma (Del) w. o. Nupur Kumar (Del); Bhawana Harbola (Uttranchal) w. o. Monica Singhal (Har); K. S. Nishanthi (TN) bt Kapa Shreeti (Pon) 11-4, 11-9, 11-5; Sweta Modak (Ben) bt Ritika Dhanda (Del) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2; N. Nirupama (TN) bt Sanya Sehgal (Del) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Ahna Paul (Ben) bt Manya Kumar (Del) 12-10, 11-8, 11-6; Mehak Aggarwal (Del) w. o. Meenu (Har); Sukanya Bose (Ben) w. o. Yashreet Gulati (Del); K. Swetha (TN) bt J. Susan (Pon) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Steffi (Har) w. o. Suajata Dey (Ben); Nida Pasha (MP) bt Aanchal Batra (Del) 11- 1, 6-11, 11-3, 11-9; Salankara Mahalanebish (Ben) w. o. Pallavi Joshi; N. Sathya Sama (TN) w. o. Ankita Kumari (Pun); Rashu (Har) w. o. Juli Inamdar (Har); Soumi Mandal (Ben) bt Smridhi Ahuja 11- 2, 11-3, 11-2; Aprita Bannerjee (Ben) w. o. Neha Sharma; Mrinalini Mondal (Del) bt Richa Sharma (Har) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Saptdipa Ghosh (Centre of Excellency) bt Priyamvada Mehra 11-0, 11-4, 11-6; Vinita Bhatt (Uttranchal) w. o..V. V. Agni (TN); Sabana Parveen (Ben) bt Esha Monga (Del) 11-6, 11-9, 11-4; Neha (Har) bt S. Kavitha (TN) 3-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; G. Shruthi (Pon) w. o. Kuhu Anand (UP).

Cadet boys (prequarterfinals):Dev Saini (Har) bt Akash Verma (Del) 13-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; Mohit Verma (PSCBA) bt Kunal Kathuria (Del) 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 3-11, 11-4; Rohit Verma (Har) bt Harmeet Desai (PSCBA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4; E. Prabhakaran (TN) bt Simran Pal Singh (Uttranchal) 11-5, 11-9, 11- 7; Veeshan Gupta (PSCBA) bt Dhruv Arora (Del) 11-3, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5; Kundan Ghimri (Uttranchal) bt Kartik Sharma (Del) 11-6, 11- 5, 11-9.

Cadet girls (prequarterfinals): J. Susan (Pon) bt S. Kavitha (TN) 11-4, 11-4, 11-9; Nishtha Garg (Del) bt Samriti Ahuja (Del) 11-7, 11-7, 12-10; K. P. Anila Rao (TN) bt Kapa Shruti (Pon) 11-8, 11- 7, 11-6.

Kids (final): Harmeet Desai (PSCBA) bt Sanmay Paranjpe (Mah) 11- 3, 5-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-2; semifinals: Harmeet bt Lovekesh Chawla (Del) 11-9, 11-4, 11-6; Sanmay bt Dipesh Tekchandani (Del) 11-8, 11-7, 11-3.

Men (final qualifying round): David Zodinpuia (PSCB `A') bt Rohit Mahajan (Pun) 11-8, 11-7, 12-10; Amit Das (Rlys) bt Amal Raj (PSCB) 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Vikram Aditya (Pun) bt Pramod Soni (State Bank of Patiala) 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5; Amlan Patra (Defence Accounts) bt Janak Raj (Pun) 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 11-1; Subhadit Das (Ben) bt Aniket Koparkar (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11- 9; Dupinder Singh (Pun) bt Dhaival Pandya (Guj) 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7; Vikas Sharma (Pun) bt Abhishek Puri (Del) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Kaushik De Sarkar (Defence Accounts) bt D. Surinder Nath (TN) 7- 11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7.

Women (final qualifying round): M. Aparna (TN) bt Munmun Basak (Ben) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8; Shijnee Mitra (Rlys) bt Shweta Hira (Har) 11-6, 11-5, 12-10; Runa Roy (Ben) bt Arpita Banerjee (Ben) 11-2, 11-9, 5-11, 11-4; K. Shamini (TN) bt Madhumita Chakraborty (Ben) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.

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