BHUBANESWAR 23-Nov-2011 428
Asif Haque (Cuttack) and Samartha Prusty (Bhubaneswar) continued their supremacy by sharing five out of 10 titles in the State Table Tennis Championship, which concluded at Ispat Indoor Stadium in Rourkela today. Asif clinched a treble by emerging champions in junior boys, youth boys and men`s singles categories, while Samartha bagged a double, winning titles in junior girls and women`s singles sections.
Subhendu Dutta of Nalco (Damanjodi) too achieved a double, claiming top honours in sub-junior boys` singles and double events. The remaining three crowns went to Tithi P Dalai, Krishan Prusty and Anjali Agarwal. Host Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) General Manager Narayana Pati gave away the trophies at the closing ceremony. In the team championship, Cuttack-A clinched a double by claiming both the men`s and junior boys` crowns in the five-day tournament.
RESULTS:
Cadet girls singles: Semifinals: Khusi Ray (Khurda) bt Saloni Pattnaik (Khurda) 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-2); Tithi P Dalai (BBSR) bt Payal Pani (Khurda) 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-7). Final: T Dalai bt K Ray 3-0.
Cadet boys singles: Semifinals: M Eswar (Cuttack) bt Soumya Ranjan Pati (Cuttack) 3-0(11-5,17-15,11-4; Krishan Prusty (BBSR) bt Snehasis Gope (Nalco, Damanjodi) 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-6). Final: K Prusty bt ME Rao 3-2 (10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11).
Sub-junior girls singles: Semifinals: Anjali Agarwal (BBSR) bt Bidisha Pattnaik (BBSR) 4-1 (11-5, 11-1, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8); Taniya Gope (Nalco, Djd) bt Ankita Senapati (BBSR) 4-1 (11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8). Final: A Agarwal bt T Gope 4-0.
Sub-junior boys singles: Semifinals: Subhendu Dutta (Nalco, Djd) bt SS Bhuyan (Khd) 4-2 (10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5); Abhilash Singh (RSP) bt Amrit Chakraborty (BBSR) 4-3 (10-12, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10). Final: S Dutta bt A Singh 4-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7).
Sub-junior boys` doubles (Final): Subhendu Dutta- E Eswar bt J Moharana-Abhilash Singh 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8).
Junior girls singles: Semifinals: Ankita Kha (Khd) bt Upasana Das (BBSR) 4-1 (11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5); Samartha Prusty (BBSR) bt Anjali Agarwal 4-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-6). Final: S Prusty bt A Kha 4-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7).
Junior boys` singles: Semifinals: Asif Haque (Ctc) bt Bikash Singh (RSP) 4-1 (11-4, 11-9, 15-13, 9-11, 11-6); P Sachin (Jharsuguda) bt Sarthak Mishra (BBSR) 4-1 (9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 11-4). Final: A Haque bt P Sachin 4-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-10, 11-8).
Youth boys` singles: Semifinals: Asif Haque bt Mohammad Azhar (Ctc) 4-0 (11-9, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9); Tousif Haque (Ctc) bt Saswat Samal (Khd) 4-1 (11-7, 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 11-2). Final: A Haque bt T Haque 4-3 (5-11, 13-11, 11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-6).
Women`s singles: Samartha Pruty topped the league table to emerge champion, while Ankita Kha finished runner-up.
Men`s singles: Semifinals: Asif Haque bt Kallol Ganguly (AG Odisha) 4-2 (5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5); Tousif Haque bt D Debadutta Mohanty (AG Odisha) 4-1 (12-10, 11-6, 3-11, 11-4, 11-5). Final: A Haque bt T Haque 4-0 (11-9, 15-13, 12-10, 11-5).
Junior boys’ team final: Cuttack-A bt Rourkela 3-1 (Dishant Parida lost to Bikash Singh 1-3, Asif Haque bt J Moharana 3-1; Dishant-Asif bt Bikash-Abhishek 3-0, Asif Haque bt Bikash Singh 3-1.
Men`s team final: Cuttack-A bt AG Odisha 3-2 (Tousif Haque lost to D D Mohanty 1-3, Asif Haque bt Kallol Ganguly 3-0, Dishant Panda lost to Sujit Ray 0-3, Tousif Haque bt Kallol Ganguly 3-2, Asif Haque bt DD Mohanty 3-2).
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PHOTO: Title winners and guests at the presentation function of the State Table Tennis Championship in Rourkela on Nov 23, 2011.
