Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 25, 2023, 22:38 IST
Indian desk tennis star Manika Batra (Twitter)
Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Anusha Kutumbale, Swastika Ghosh and Prapti Sen additionally booked their place within the spherical of 32 on the 84th Senior National Table Tennis Championships
Top-seeded Manika Batra and second-seeded Sreeja Akula, additionally the defending champion, made brief work of their respective opponents in ladies’s singles to enter the Round of 32 within the 84th Senior National Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.
Other seeded gamers, together with Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Anusha Kutumbale, Swastika Ghosh and Prapti Sen scored simple wins to be a part of the leaders within the race for the crown and the highest prize purse.
But what aroused curiosity have been the matches that went down to the wire, together with the one between former nationwide champion Ankita Das from PSPB and Pelf from Chandigarh and between Shamini Kumareshan, additionally a former nationwide champion, and Deshna Vanshika from Karnataka.
Though Ankita superior, Shamini couldn’t.
Ankita didn’t start properly and conceded two of the primary three video games to the Chandigarh qualifier. But the inexperienced Pelf, too, suffered within the subsequent and allowed the Olympian to restore parity.
Yet, Pelf made one other determined try to go forward of her identified rival earlier than succumbing to the stress and yielded.
On the opposite hand, Deshna Vanshika of Karnataka went 2-0 up earlier than the mom of two youngsters inched her method up slowly to take her first sport. But Shamini’s inconsistency helped the Karnataka woman additional strengthen her place.
However, the previous warhorse fought again properly to pull degree at 3-3 and take the problem to the decider. Deshna got here up with trumps to wrap it up 12-10.
Another former nationwide champion and qualifier, Archana Kamath superior, beating Dipanwita Basu of West Bengal, additionally a qualifier, 12-10 11-5 11-4 11-2.
Suhana Saini of Haryana had an in depth struggle with Trisha Gogoi of Assam earlier than shifting forward with a 4-2 win. However, it was a battle for Moumita Datta of West Bengal in opposition to Tamil Nadu’s Deepika Neelakandan.
Moumita led 3-1, however Deepika levelled 3-3 in a robust comeback. Yet, the Bengal woman closed her out on the essential junction to win.
The males’s paddlers, together with the highest 16 seeds, will play their Round of 64 subsequent.
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