Kasturi shocks Mouma Das

By S. Sabanayakan

CUTTACK, JAN. 10. Kasturi Chakraborty caused the major upset of the 62nd senior National table tennis championship at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday. The 19-year-old from Bengal ousted the defending champion and seed No. 2 Mouma Das of Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) in the quarterfinals of the women's singles event. Kasturi, en route to the semifinals, won 13-21, 20-22, 21-17, 21-17, 21-16.

Kasturi from Siliguri in North Bengal and employed with Indian Oil there could not find a place in the PSCB squad because she did not have enough points to be in the reckoning for a place. Yet, Kasturi, who won her maiden singles title at the Jammu Nationals, showed remarkable resilience to survive, fight and win the showdown. Kasturi was down two games and 5-10 from where she clawed her way back to triumph.

The results: Men's singles (seedings in brackets), quarterfinals: (1) Chetan P. Baboor (PSCB) bt (8) Ranabir Das (Rly) 21- 18, 21- 12, 18-21, 21-4; (4) Subhajit Saha Sr. (PSCB) bt (5) Shibaji Dutta (Rly) 21-19, 19-21, 21-19, 21-14; (3) S. Raman (PSCB) bt Sourav Chakraborty (Ben) 16-21, 21-17, 21-9, 13-21, 21- 18; (2) Soumyadip Roy (Raj) bt Arjun Dutta (PSCB) 21-17, 21-18, 16-21, 21-15.

Pre-quarterfinals: Baboor bt Anal Kashyap (Raj) 21-18, 21-18, 21- 15; Das bt Sunil Babras (DB) 21- 15, 21-14, 22-24, 21-12; S. Dutta bt Anirban Nandy (Ben) 21-15, 21-13, 21-17; Saha Sr bt Mukul Boro (Asm) 21-13, 21-18, 21-18; Raman bt Subham Chowdhury (Rly) 21-13, 21-12, 21-16; S. Chakraborty bt (6) Bhusan Thakur (Rly) 21-11, 21-14, 21-18; A. Dutta bt Indiboor Chatterjee (Ben) 21-15, 21-14, 21-17; Roy bt Ganesh Kundu (Rly) 21-12, 21-10, 16- 21, 21-16.

Second round: Baboor bt Raj S. Subramanium (Ori) 21-11, 21-13, 22-20; Kashyap bt Himanshu P. Kala (Del) 23-21, 21-18, 21-14; Babras bt Zabarjeet Singh (UP) 21-17, 21-18, 22-24, 21-12; Das bt Vineet Chopra (Pun) 22-20, 21- 13, 21-13; S. Dutta bt Prithiviraj Bose (Ben) 21-17, 21-10, 8-21, 21-15; Nandy bt G. Ravisankar (Kar) 21-13, 21-17, 20-22, 21-12; Boro bt K. Srivatsa Chakravarthy (TN) 21-18, 21-19, 11-21, 21-18; Saha Sr bt Nupur Santra (Rly) 21-17, 21-5, 22-20; Raman bt Rohit Choudhury (Mah) 21-11, 21-6, 21-16; Chowdhury bt Ranjan Chakraborthy (LIC) 21-19, 13-21, 21-16, 21-19; Chakraborty bt A. Sharath Kamal (TN) 17-21, 21-10, 18-21, 21-16, 22-20; Thakur bt Pankaj Satpathy (Ori) 21- 19, 21-18, 21-8; Chatterjee bt (7) R. Rajesh (TN) 21-6, 21-19, 19-21, 15-21, 21-19; A. Dutta bt Subhajit Saha Jr (CoE) 21-13, 21-10, 21-13; Kundu bt Souvik Dey (BSB) 21-10, 20-22, 21-8, 21- 17; Roy bt Sanjay Nemlekar (Mah) 21- 8, 21-15, 21-12.

Men's doubles, quarterfinals: R. Ghai/J. Vashit (Del) bt (1) S. Chowdhury/R. Das (Rly) 18-21, 21-14, 25- 23; R. Rajesh/A. S. Kamal (TN) bt N. Kulkarni/G. Joseph (Mah) 23- 21, 21-18; K.S. Chakravarthy/M. Bhargav (TN) bt Z. Singh/R. Prakash (UP) 16-21, 21-7, 21-18; (2) S. Roy/S. Saha Sr (PSCB) bt K. Basak/D. Adhikari (CRSB) 21-19, 21-14.

Pre-quarterfinals: (1) Subham Chowdhury/Ranabir Das (Rly) bt R. Choudhury/S. Nimlekar (Mah) 21- 18, 21-13; Rajeev Ghai/J. Vashit (Del) bt A. Kashyap/S. Saha Jr (PSCB-A) 21-14, 14-21, 21-11; R. Rajesh/A. Sharath Kamal (TN) bt K. De Sarkar/V. Kohili (UP) 21- 15, 21-18; N. Kulkarni/G. Joseph (Mah) bt (4) S. Chakraborty/A. Nandy (Ben) 21-19, 14-21, 21-7; K. S. Chakravarthy/M. Bhargav (TN) bt V. Vasu/R. Babu (IB) 21-13, 21-18; Z. Singh/R. Prakash (UP) S. Roy/K.V.P.R. Rao (Ori) 21-18, 21-23, 21-19; K. Basak/D. Adhikari (CRSB) bt A.M. Warunkar/Balachandran (Tel) 21-17, 21-10; (2) S. Roy/S.Saha Sr (PSCB) bt M. Boro/A.Kanwar (Asm) 21-19, 22- 20.

Women's singles (seedings in brackets), quarterfinals: (1) N.R. Indu (PSCB) bt (8) Mallika Parekh (Rly) 21-14, 21-16, 21-6; (4) M.S. Mythili (PSCB) bt (5) Mantu Ghosh (PSCB) 21-15, 18-21, 21- 11, 20-22, 21-12; (6) Paulomi Ghatak (PSCB) bt (3) Anindita Chakraborty (Rly) 21-14, 21-8, 10- 21, 21-15; (8) Kasturi Chakraborty (Ben) bt (2) Mouma Das (PSCB) 13-21, 20-22, 21-17, 21-17, 21-16.

Pre-quarterfinals: Indu bt Visakha Vijay (Raj) 21-12, 12-21, 21- 12, 12-21, 21-13; Mallika bt Avanti Sinha (LIC) 16-21, 21-17, 17- 21, 23-21, 21-9; Mantu bt Meenu Dhawan (Pun) 21-18, 21-7, 21-14; Mythili bt Sushmita Roy (Rly) 21-13, 21-17, 19-21, 21-17; Anindita bt Madhurika Patkar (Mah) 21-15, 21-23, 21-13, 21-19; Paulomi bt Ekta Bhamri (Del) 21-14, 21-11, 18-21, 21-11; Kasturi bt T. Pradeepa (TN) 21-19, 11-21, 21-19, 21-16; Mouma bt Mamta Prabhu (Rly) 21-17, 21-18, 21-17.

Second round: Indu bt Mithu Pal (Rly) 21-6, 21-13, 21- 8; Vishakha bt Deepali Zaveri (Mah) 21-11, 22-24, 21-11, 21-14; Avanti bt Saptaparni Guha (CoE) 21-11, 21-16, 20-22, 21-17; Mallika bt Lavanya Ratnam (TN) 21-13, 21-15, 21-13; Mantu bt Nandini Kulkarni (Del) 21-14, 20-22, 21-14, 21-9; Meenu bt Deepali Purania (MP) 21-14, 21-15, 21-10; Sushmita bt Shalmali Mahatre (Mah) 21-12, 21-7, 21-17; Mythili bt Mousumi Pal (Ben) 21-16, 21-15, 21-16; Anindita bt Parvati Bhankhawal (Utr) 21-15, 21-11, 21-10; Madhurika bt Sinjinee Mitra (Ben) 21-19, 17-21, 21- 15, 15-21, 21-13; Paulomi bt Leena Medhakar (Rly) 21-11, 21-12, 21-13; Ekta bt Sumona Bose (Ben) 21-18, 21-19, 19-21, 12-21, 21- 17; Kasturi bt Kanchan Basak (Pun) 19-21, 25-23, 21-19, 10-21, 21-18; Pradeepa bt Rujuta Rege (Mah) 21-16, 21-16, 21-15; Mamta bt Jupi Borthakur (Asm) 21-18, 14-21, 22-20, 21-5; Mouma bt Radhika Suresh (Ker) 21-16, 21-16, 21-15.

Women's doubles, semifinals: (1) N.R. Indu/M.S. Mythili (PSCB) bt (4) Anindita Chakraborty/Mantu Ghosh (Rly/PSCB) 21-17, 23-25, 21- 12; (2) Paulomi Ghatak/Mouma Das (PSCB) bt Kanchan Basak/Meenu Dhawan (Pun) 21-13, 21-18.

Quarterfinals: (1) N.R. Indu/M.S. Mythili (PSCB) bt Sushmita Roy/Mithu Pal (Ben) 10-21, 21-16, 21- 15; (4) Anindita Chakraborty/Mantu Ghosh (Rly/PSCB) bt T. Pradeepa/ Lavanya Ratnam (TN) 21-16, 13-21, 21-18; Kanchan Basak/Minu Dhawan (Pun) bt (3) Mallika Parikh/Mamta Prabhu (Rly) 21-10, 21-14; (2) Paulomi Ghatak/ Mouma Das (PSCB) bt Sarojini Dhoundyial/Parvati Bankhwal (Utr) 21-11, 21-17.

Mixed Doubles, quarterfinals: Swapanil Manjoshi/Rujuta Rege (Mah) bt (1) Subhajit Saha Sr/M.S. Mythili (PSCB) 21-15, 11-21, 21-17; Ranabir Das/Anindita Chakraborty (Rly) bt K.Srivatsa Chakraborty/Sudeshna Biswas (TN) 21-15, 15- 21, 21-14; Soumyadip Roy/Mouma Das (PSCB) bt Himanshu Kala/Ekta Bhambri (Del) 21-12, 21-16; Subham Chowdhury/Mallika Parikh (Rly) bt Amit Das/Sinjini Mitra (Ben) 21-11, 21-19.

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