Fifth seed G Sathiyan had to bright out his best against Haryana's Sarthak Gandhi to enter the men's singles quarterfinals in the 77th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the Kotla Vijay Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here today.
The PSPB paddler won 4-2 but sixth and seven-seeded Devesh Karia of Gujarat and Rajasthan's Sudhanshu Grover, respectively, made their exit in the pre-quarterfinals. Haryana's Jubin Kumar accounted for Grover with a 4-1 verdict while PSPB's Subhajit Saha thumped Karia 4-0.
Making a mockery of the seeding, both unseeded Reeth Rishya and Krittwika Sinha Roy sent No. 3 and 4 seeds K. Shamini (PSPB) and Divya Deshpande (Mah) packing in the pre-quarters. Sixth seed Pooja Sahasrabuddhe struggled to overcome West Bengal's Ayhika Mukherjee 4-2 and No. 7 Madhurika Patkar and No. 2 Mouma Das both had easy quarterfinal passages beating Delhi's Neha Agarwal and RBI's Shweta Parte, respectively, with 4-1 margins.
Results: Men's Singles: Pre-quarterfinals: A. Sharath Kamal bt Lalrin Puia (Miz) 4-1 (12-14, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4), Sanil Shetty bt Sourav Saha (PSPB) 4-1 (11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 12-10), G. Sathiyan bt Sarthak Gandhi (Har) 4-2 (12-10, 11-5, 14-16, 11-4, 11-13, 11-8), Harmeet Desai bt R. Abhishek (TN) 4-1 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4), Soumyajit Ghosh bt Arjun Ghosh (WB) 4-1 (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2), Subhajit Saha bt Devesh Karia (Guj) 4-0 (11-4, 15-13, 17-15, 14-12), Jubin Kumar (Har) bt Sudhanshu Grover (Raj) 4-1 (11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5), Anothony Amalraj bt Subash Mani (IAAD) 4-0 (11-9, 11-7, 14-12, 11-3).
Women's Singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Manika Batra bt Senhora D'souza (Mah) 4-3 (7-11, 11-5, 11-13, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8), Mousumi Paul bt Nikhat Banu (Telg) 4-3 (11-8, 8-11, 10-12, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-4), Ankita Das bt Pallabi Kundu (RBI) 4-3 (6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6), Krittwika Sinha Roy bt Divya Deshpande (Mah) 4-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-4, 14-12), Reeth Risha bt K. Shamini (PSPB) 4-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-8, 12-10), Pooja Sahasrabudhe bt Ayhika Mukherjee (WB) 4-2 (11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3), Madhurika Patkar bt Neha Agarwal (Del) 4-1 (4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3, 11-4), Mouma Das bt Shweta Parte (RBI) 4-1 (11-13, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8).
