The highest two seeds in girls’s singles have been made to sweat within the second spherical of the senior Nationwide desk tennis championships right here on Saturday. It was additionally a day when all the ladies high eight seeds superior to the third spherical (Rd-32).
PSPB’s Manika Batra and Diya Chitale of Maharashtra, seeded No. 1 and No. 2 right here, needed to exert themselves to beat Riti Shankar (Haryana) and Divya Deshpande of PSPB respectively.
Manika misplaced the primary two video games however went on to bag the remaining 4 to win in six video games, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-1 and advance to the spherical of 32.
Manika and Riti have been clubmates for a few years, and sparring companions, underneath the steering of coach Sandeep Gupta; Riti nonetheless trains underneath Sandeep.
With each using lengthy pimples on their backhand, there have been fairly a number of lengthy rallies. Manika made many unforced errors early on, however obtained every part underneath management halfway within the fifth sport.
Rollercoaster experience: Diya had the higher earlier than Divya made a fist of it. However the former had the final snicker.
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Main 3-1, Diya was using excessive, earlier than Divya fought again placing relentless stress on Diya’s backhand, backed by stable counter-attacks to win the following two video games. Nonetheless, within the decider, Diya upped the ante working up an 8-0 lead and triumphed 13-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-3.
Making a comeback after three years, Mouma Das (PSPB) eased previous Ruja Paul (Bengal-B) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9, 11-9.
In the meantime, the Choice Committee shaped by CoA will meet on April 25 (Monday) after the championships.
The outcomes (second spherical): Girls: Manika Batra bt Riti Shankar (Har) 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-1; Diya Chitale (Mah-A) bt Divya Deshpande (PSPB) 13-11,7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-3; Mouma Das (PSPB) bt Ruja Paul (Ben-B) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9, 11-9; Swastika Ghosh (Mah-A) bt Suhana Narjinary (UP) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9; Prapti Sen (RSPB) bt V.S. Kokila (TNTTA) 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-, 11-8; Anusha Kutumbale (MP) bt Charvi Kawle (FCI) 11-2, 7-11, 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5; Akula Sreeja (RBI) bt Prajakta Tipale (LIC) 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 12-14, 11-7, 11-9; Reeth Rishya (PSPB) bt Tisha Kohli (Del) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4; Takeme Sarkar (RSPB) bt Shailu Noorbasha (MC & IT) 2-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4.
Males: Soham Bhattacharya (Ker) bt Arjun Ghosh (RSPB) 4-11, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Ok. J. Akash bt Payas Jain (Del) 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5.
