The Hindu : Indian women top group

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Saturday, Mar 06, 2004

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Indian women top group

NEW DELHI, MARCH 5 . Indian women blanked Austria 3-0 in their final league encounter to lead Group E with a cent percent record while the men kept alive their hopes to reach the top spot with a win over Portugal in the World team table tennis championship at Doha, Qatar.

The women now play Group F winner Spain in the positional match to decide the second division champion, according to information received here. Only the winner of the India-Spain encounter would qualify for the first division in the next edition of the championship.

The Indian women ensured there were no last minute hiccups as they dominated Austria from the word go and took themselves within striking distance for a place in the higher division.

The men also fared well overcoming the disappointment of the loss against Slovakia to trounce Portugal 3-0. They are now second in the Group behind the Slovaks and face Egypt in their last league encounter.

The results: Women: India bt Austria 3-0 (Poulami Ghatak bt M. Petzner 11-6, 11-6, 11-8; Mouma Das bt V. Heine 16-14, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10; Nandita Saha bt K. Wolf 11-3, 11-0, 11-9).

Men: India bt Portugal 3-0 (Chetan Baboor bt E. Mendes 11-8, 11-8, 11-5; Achanta Sharath Kamal bt J. Monteiro 13-11, 11-7, 11-7; Soumyadeep Roy bt T. Apolonia 11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 11-4). — PTI

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