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Swarna fights her way into final

By Our Sports Reporter

Tamil Nadu State champion J. Swarna, who fought her way into the girls' singles final of the LIC junior National table tennis championship in Kochi on Monday.

KOCHI DEC. 1. She is quite a chatterbox on court, or rather, across the table tennis table. Muttering to herself, stomping her feet and pumping her fist, Tamil Nadu's J. Swarna makes a very lively picture.

On Monday, the Medimix-Chandra Academy trainee battled her way to the girls' singles final of the 65th LIC junior National table tennis championship at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here. The 16-year-old Chennai girl, seeded No. 4 here, bounced back from a first game loss to down Bengal's Sayantika Kundu with an action-packed attacking game.

The result set up an all-Tamil Nadu final, with the quiet K. Shamini being Swarna's opponent tomorrow.

Centre of Excellence's top-seeded Soumyajit Sarkar will meet PSPBA's seventh-seeded Zubin Kumar in the boys' final. The two boys posted contrasting wins in the semfinals.

The results (prefix denotes seeding):

Boys singles (semifinals): 1-Soumyajit Sarkar (CoE) bt Niloy Basak (Ben) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7; 7-Zubin Kumar (PSPBA) bt 3-R. Abhishek (TN) 10-12, 8-11, 11-6, 14-12, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9.

Quarterfinals: Soumyajit Sarkar (CoE) bt Sarang Bhaya (Mah) 11-8, 11-8, 13-15, 7-11, 11-1, 11-8; Nilay Basak (Ben) bt R.S. Raja (TN) 11-2, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 15-13; R. Abhishek bt Sourav Pradhan (Ben) 13-11, 11-1, 11-3, 11-6; Zubin Kumar bt 2-Aniket Koparkar (Mah) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.

Pre-quarterfinals: Soumyajit bt Sunil Shetty (Mah) 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Sanjay Bhane (Mah) bt N.N. Kishore (AP) 10-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Niloy Basak bt C.P. Karthik (Kar) 12-10, 9-11, 1-11, 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4; R.S. Raja bt Devesh Karia (PSPBA) 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7; R. Abhishek bt Sayan Pal Roy (CoE) 11-6, 11-6, 12-10, 11-4; Sourav Pradhan bt Sameer Prabhu (PSPBA) 13-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8; Zubin Kumar bt Chiranjib (Beng) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4; Anikhet bt Shashis (CoE) 9-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5.

Boys' doubles (final): R. Abhishek/Tarun J. George (TN) bt Anikhet Koparkar/Martand Biniwale (Mah) 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 17-15. Semifinals: Abhishek/Tarun George bt Onkar Torgalkar/Sanil Shetty (Mah) 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8; Anikhet/M. Biniwale bt Tuhin Sinha/Jayanto Sarkar (CoE) 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9.

Girls' singles (semifinals): 4-J. Swarna (TN) bt 8-Sayantika Kundu (Ben) 5-11, 11-3, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6; 7-K. Shamini (TN) bt Munmun Basak (CoE) 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4.

Quarterfinals: Sayantika Kundu bt 1-Madhurika Patkar (Mah) 11-8, 10-12, 13-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9; J. Swarna bt 5-Runa Roy (Ben) 11-7, 15-13, 13-11, 11-3; Munmun Basak bt Pallabi Kundu (CoE) 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-13, 15-13; K. Shamini bt 2-Anushree Saha (CoE) 12-14, 6-11, 11-2, 11-2, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4.

Pre-quarterfinals: Madhurika Patkar bt M. Satyabhama (TN) 13-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; Sayantika Kundu bt Salankara (CoE) 14-16, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2; Runa Roy bt Aslesha Bodas (Mah) 11-6, 11-1, 14-16, 12-14, 11-5, 11-8; J. Swarna bt Neha Agarwal (Del) 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9; Munmun Basak bt 3-S.Sangeetha (TN) 18-16, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6; Pallabi Kundu bt A.V. Nivedita (TN) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4; K. Shamini bt Triparna Biswas (CoE) 11-5, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10; Anushree Saha bt S. Swetha Khatri (TN) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Girls' doubles (final): Anushree Saha/Pallabi Kundu (CoE) bt Madhurika Patkar/Prajakta Tilpale (Mah) 12-10, 9-11, 18-16, 8-11, 11-8. Semifinals: Anushree/Pallabi bt Sayantika Kundu/Munnu Laha (Ben) 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5; Madhurika/Prajakta bt S. Sangeetha/J. Swarna (TN) 12-10, 13-11, 6-11, 4-11, 11-2.

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