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Raman starts campaign in style

By Our Sports Reporter

HYDERABAD SEPT. 20. Top-seeded S. Raman of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board began his campaign in men's singles with an emphatic 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 win over Pramod Agarwal of State Bank of Indore in the 33rd All India Inter-institutional table tennis championship open events which began at the Fateh Maidan Indoor Stadium here today.

Raman was just too good for his opponent as the former unleashed his trademark forehand returns with precision. And, when the situation demanded some aggression, he was not found wanting. Though Pramod put up a semblance of fight in the third game with a neat net game, Raman ensured that there were no escape routes for the rival to wrap up the match in less than 20 minutes.

The results:

Men's singles (Main draw 1st round): S. Raman (PSPB) bt Pramod Agarwal (SB Indore) 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4; Somnath Gosh (COE Kolkatta) bt N. Ravichandran (Central Revenue) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9; Ranbir Das (RSPB) bt L.B. Rana (Coal India) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1, 11-3; N. Senthil (TN) bt A.Bhopalkar (PSPB) 11-13, 11-1, 11-9, 11-7, 1-5.

Women's singles (Main draw 1st round): Shruthi Gokhale (Maha) bt Sweta Srivastava (Chtg) 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; P. Srilaxmi (AP) bt Varsha Solanki (Guj) 10-12, 11-4, 13-11, 11-6, 11-5' Arul Selvi (BSB) bt Manjusha Deshpande (LIC) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6; Leena Madhukar (Maha) bt Rajani Gupta (Postal) 11-8, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8; Sumana Bose (RSPB) bt Swapna Mitra (Def Accounts) 11-5, 11-9, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6; Samyuktha Gogoi (BSNL) bt S.K. Joshi (Postal) 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7; A. Saha (PSPB) bt A.V. Nivedita (IB) 11-6, 11-9, 11-1, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5; S. Crawford (BSB) bt Madhumita Guin (Def Accounts) 11-1, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; K. Naganalini (AP) bt Sami Dastani (LIC) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2; S. Prasanna (BSB) bt Manisha Rana (Central Revenue) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; K. Shamini (BSB) bt Avanti Sinha (LIC) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Manusha Chakraborty (Def Accounts) bt Srilaxmi Desphande (Maha) 11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.

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