There wasn’t any doubt concerning the class of the Petroleum Sports activities Promotion Board (PSPB) groups within the senior Nationals and inter-State desk tennis championships right here, however solely concerning the margin of victory within the summit conflict.
The lads’s group retained the title (twenty fifth total) whereas its ladies’s (sixteenth) regained the crown with an identical 3-0 victories over Maharashtra-A groups.
The Maharashtra ladies’s group, it was believed, would give PSPB a troublesome combat, however it turned out to be utterly one-sided. Furthermore, PSPB hadn’t received the title within the final two editions (2018 & 2019), ending runner-up and third respectively
None of them, be it Diya Chitale, India joint No. 1 in home rankings, Swastika Ghosh, or Annanya Basak would make a match out of it towards PSPB.
Within the first tie, Archana Kamath outclassed Diya in three straight video games and Manika Batra was troubled by Swastika Ghosh briefly, earlier than the Nationwide champion got here down onerous on the latter. Reeth Rishya accomplished the formalities with a hard-fought win over Annanya.
Although the PSPB males’s group received 3-0, the primary two matches did go far.
The primary match involving G. Sathiyan and Deepit Rajesh Patil was the very best of the lot, and will have been the upset of the championships had the 18-year-old Deepit received the vital moments within the tie. There have been no indicators of Deepit’s fightback within the first recreation as Sathiyan received first 11-0. However, halfway within the second, the teen began to point out his mettle.
Deepit’s reverse top-spin serves and forehand strokes matched Sathiyan level for level. However the 29-year-old reigning Nationwide champion received again in cruise management when it mattered.
Within the second tie, Harmeet Desai fought onerous to outwit Siddhesh Pande earlier than Manav Thakkar put it throughout Jash Modi. Sharath Kamal was rested for the match.
The outcomes (finals):Males: PSPB bt Maharashtra-A 3-0 (G. Sathiyan bt Deepit Rajesh Patil 11-0, 10-12, September 11, 11-5, 11-8, Harmeet Desai bt Siddhesh Pande 11-3, 11-3, 2-11, 11-7, Manav Thakkar bt Jash Modi 10-12, 11-1, 11-4, 12-10).
Girls: PSPB bt Maharashtra-A 3-0 (Archana Kamath bt Diya Chitale 11-2, 11-7, 11-5, Manika Batra bt Swastika Ghosh 11-4, 11-7, 15-13, Reeth Rishya bt Anannya Basak 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7).
