The high seeds in the males’s and girls’s sections, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cruised into the ultimate of the UTT-Senior National and Inter-State desk tennis championships right here on Wednesday.
PSPB eased previous Delhi 3-0 with Manav Thakkar, G. Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai going about their enterprise in a ruthless vogue. RBI overcame Delhi 3-1 in the girls’s semifinals.
Manav was constant and relentless in block and assault as he defeated Payas Jain 11-9, 11-4, 11-5. The 18-year-old Payas fought in the first sport however in the subsequent two, Manav didn’t yield an inch.
Sudanshu Grover has seldom troubled Sathiyan in their earlier encounters, and it was no totally different on the day. Barring a blip in the third sport, Sathiyan was his dominant self.
Harmeet, who had misplaced to Jeet Chandra earlier in the quarterfinals, was a lot sharper and scientific in his 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3 in the third rubber.
RBI had a setback in the first tie towards Delhi when Sreeja Akula was shocked by Lakshita Narang. Lakshita was very aggressive in the fifth sport and took a 5-1 lead. When Sreeja attacked with rigour, Laskhit was equal to the process as she emerged triumphant 5-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.
Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitaleshowed their mettle whereas Sreeja returned with a vengeance to defeat Vanshika Bhargava.
Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu upsethigher-ranked West Bengal 3-2 in the quarterfinals
The outcomes(Semifinals): Men: PSPB bt Delhi 3-0 (Manav Thakkar bt Payas Jain 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; G. Sathiyan bt Sudanshu Grover 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-1; Harmeet Desai bt Yashansh Malik 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3).
Women: RBI bt Delhi 3-1 (Sreeja Akula misplaced to LakshitaNarang 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 5-11, 4-11; Ayhika Mukherjee bt Vanshika Bhargava 11-6, 11-4, September 11, 11-8; Diya Chitale bt Saini Tammana 11-3, 11-6, 11-8;’ Sreeja bt Vanshika 11-6, 11-9, 11-7).
