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Anirban scrapes past Harsh
By Ritesh Gupta

NEW DELHI, FEB. 28. Anirban Tarafdar of Tripura scraped past Food Corporation of India's Harsh Chopra 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 14-12 to qualify for the main draw in the men's section of the 63rd National and inter-State table tennis championship at the NDMC Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

Tarafdar led 10-7 in the decider before Harsh worked his way back with three winners. After saving his fourth match point with a forehand winner, Harsh surged ahead for a 13-12 lead. But Tarafdar managed to pull it off by forcing errors from his experienced opponent.

Harsh, who managed four successive winners from 4-4 in the first game, paid for his inconsistency. Up against an opponent who struggled with his blocks, the Delhi-based Harsh committed too many unforced errors after gaining a 2-1 lead. In other final qualifying matches, N. Ravichandran defeated Delhi's Ajay Jha 11-9, 12-14, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7 while U.P.'s Zabarjeet Singh overcame State Bank of India's 11-6, 11- 13, 14-12, 8-11, 20-18.

lThe results: Men (final qualifying round): Tanmoy Dutta (Ben) bt Joginder Singh Bisht (Del) 11-4, 11-9, 11-5; Zabarjeet Singh (U.P.) bt Indranath Banerjee (SBI) 11-6, 11-13, 14-12, 8-11, 20- 18; Dhaiwat Pandya (Guj) bt Pramod Soni (SBI) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8; A. Neelesh Pandrikar (Mah) bt Alkesh Saini (India Post) 11- 3, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Somnath Ghosh (Centre of Excellency) bt M. V. Parthasarthy (Jhar) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3; N. Ravichandran (Goa) bt Ajay Jha (Del) 11-9, 12-14, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7; Subroto Roy (FCI) bt Mohammad Ibrahim (SBI) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; V. Chandrachud (AP) bt George Joseph (Mah) 11-8, 14-12, 5-11, 11-5; Anirban Tarafdar (Tri) bt Harsh Chopra (FCI) 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 14-12; Vikas Mahajan (Pun) bt Rajdeep Sarkar (Rly) 10-12, 11-5, 6-11, 13-11, 11-2; Vijay Baiswade (Chattisgarh) bt V. Ramaswamy (PSCB) 11-2, 13-11, 11-4; Nupur Santra (Rly) bt Sanjeeva Reddy (AP) 11-9, 11- 5, 11-7.

Women (final qualifying round): P.A. Parikh (Indian Post) bt Vinita Bhatt (Uttranchal) 11-6, 11-4, 11- 6; M.S. Bindu (Ker) bt Jayanti Dutta (Tri) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3; Leena Madekar (Mah) bt M. Prasana (TN) 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-7; Varsha Daveer (MP) bt Moushmi Bhuyav (Asm) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11- 5; Smita Choudhary (Ors) bt Neharika (AP) 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 13- 11; Rajshree Saha (Ben) bt Papavi Bora (Asm) 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8; Shikha Ghai (Pun) bt V. Anita (Kar) 11-6, 11-6, 15-13; Rajni Gupta (India Post) bt K.C. Barkha (Chd) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Shaimali Matre (Mah) bt Vinita Singh (UP) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; Kaushiki Wagle (MP) bt Shradha Shastri (Mah) 10-12, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12, 11-9.

Mixed doubles (semifinals): Ranabir Das and Anandita Chakraborty (Rly) bt Sourav Chakraborty and Moushmi Pal (Rly) 11-6, 13-11, 8-11, 11-5; Arup Basak and Mouma Das (PSCB) bt Deepak Thukral and Kanchan Basak (Pun) 11-8, 11-6, 11- 5.

Quarterfinals: Ranabir and Anandita bt K. Srivasta Chakraborty and T. Pradeepa (TN) 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11; Sourav and Moushmi bt Subhajit Saha Sr. and M.S. Mythili (PSCB) 13-11, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9; Deepak and Kanchan bt Amit Das and Avanti Sinha (Rly) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Arup and Mouma bt R. Rajesh and N. Arul Selvi (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 11-8.

Pre-quarterfinals: Ranabir and Anandita bt Prithiraj Bose and Sumana Bose (Rly) 11-0, 11-9, 11-5; K. Srivasta and T. Pradeepa bt A. Sharath Kamal and Mamta Prabhu (Rly) 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 13-11; Sourav and Moushmi bt Himansh P. Kala and Ekta Bhambri (Del) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5; Subhajit and Mythili bt Vaneet Chopra and Shikha Ghai (Pun) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3; Deepak and Kanchan bt Bhushan Thakur and Nandita Saha (Rly) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10; Amit and Avanti bt Ravi Shankar and Divya Nagaraj (Kar) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5; Rajesh and Arul Selvi bt Shubham Chowdhary and Sushmita Roy (Rly) 13-11, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11; Arup and Mouma bt Amit Mukherjee and Moon Moon Basak (Ben) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.

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