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PSPB in both finals

By Abhijit Sen Gupta

HYDERABAD, JAN. 17. Hot favourites Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) inched closer towards retaining both the men's and women's titles in the 59th inter-State and 68th senior National badminton championship at the KVBR indoor Stadium in Yosuufguda here on Saturday. In the men's section, PSPB defeated Delhi 3-0 in the quarterfinals and then trounced Uttar Pradesh by a similar margin in the semifinals played in the evening.

In the women's section it was a similar story. PSPB first thrashed Haryana 2-0 and then blanked Kerala by a similar margin in the semifinals.

In the final, the PSPB women will clash with Assam, which defeated Maharashtra 2 - 1 in the other semifinal.

The Assam women put up a good display of fighting spirit and came from behind to win.

The results: Men's semifinals: PSPB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Abhinn Shyam Gupta bt Ravinder Singh 12-15, 15-9, 15-6; Arvind Bhat bt Utsav Misra 15-13, 15-6; Gopi Chand/Marcus Bristow bt Jai Singh/Srikant Bakshi 15-5, 15-6).

Men's quarterfinals: Railways bt Nagaland 3-0; Andhra Pradesh bt Maharashtra 3-1; PSPB bt Delhi 3-0; Uttar Pradesh bt Banks Sports Board 3-0.

Women's semifinals: PSPB bt Kerala 2-0 (Aparna Popat bt M. George 11-0, 11-0; G. Jwala/Shruti Kurien bt Fathima Mohd/Aparna Balan 15-5, 15-8).

Assam bt Maharashtra 2-1 (Krishan Deka Raja lost to Trupti Murugunde 4-11, 4-11; Krishna Deka Raja/Oli Deka bt Trupti Murugunde Archana Deodhar 12-15, 17-15, 17-14; Bibari Basumatari bt S. Gatnekar 11-6, 7-11, 11-5).

Women's quarterfinals: Assam bt West Bengal 2-0; PSPB bt Haryana 2-0; Kerala bt Railways 2-1; Maharashtra bt LIC 2-0.

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