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Friday, Jun 18, 2004

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No sweat for Somnath

HYDERABAD, JUNE 17 . Somnath Ghosh of South Central Railway posted a comfortable 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 win over Shreyas Jagirdar in the men's singles prequarter-finals of the YMCA Andhra Pradesh State Open table tennis tournament at Narayanguda YMCA here on Thursday.

The results: Men (pre-quarterfinals): Somnath Ghosh bt Shreyas Jagirdhar 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, M. Deepesh Singh bt G. Ramesh 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, B. Manohar Kumar bt Sami Yousuf Khan 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-13, 12-10, P. Sanjeev Reddy bt A. Manas Reddy 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8, T. Arundhar bt K. Sridhar 11-6, 11-4, 12-10, 11-4, M. Krishna Kiriti bt P. Nagender Reddy 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9, G. Jitender bt A. Umesh Kumar 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, Mohd. Ali bt Md. Ibrahim Khan 11-4, 11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7.

Third round: B. Manohar bt SV Rao 11-6, 11-4, 11-5, K. Sridhar bt N.N. Kishore 11-8, 12-10, 13-11, P. Sanjeev Reddy bt Hitesh Dolwani 11-4, 11-5, 11-9, Somnath Ghosh bt Prasanna Kumar 11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10, Sami Yousuf Khan bt Vishal 11-6, 11-6, 11-5, M. Deepesh bt M.N. Karthik 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, Krishna Kiriti bt Osbert Liu 11-5, 11-9, 12-10, Ibrahim Khan bt A.V. Anish 11-4, 11-9, 11-8, T. Arundhar bt Karan Mutta 11-3, 11-4, 11-8, A. Manas Reddy bt Prem Kumar 11-9, 11-3, 13-11, Mohd. Ali Baba bt Nagender Rao 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, G. Ramesh bt Vishan Gupta 11-5, 11-7, 11-8, A. Umesh Kumar bt D. Ajay Kumar 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, Shreyas Jagirdar bt T. Vaibhav 11-6, 11-5, 12-10, Nagender Reddy bt Mallikarjunudu 13-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Juniors (pre-quarterfinals): M. Arun bt Rafah Khan 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, 11-9, Vishal Kumar Reddy bt Vereen 11-4, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, Osbert Liu bt Elton Savio 11-2, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, A.V. Anish bt Prathik Maru 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, Vishan Gupta bt Goutham Gampa 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4, Shreyas Jagirdar bt P. Vignay Reddy 8-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10.

Cadets (second round): Rushabh K. bt Mony George 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Anvesh Agarwal bt Radha Krishna 11-3, 11-1, 11-3, Muzafar bt Lokesh 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, Vivek Anand bt Shreyas 11-6, 11-1, 11-5, Sakshi Gupta bt Shamsunder 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 14-12, Nischay bt Ankith Mathew 11-8, 11-9, 11-3, Rajeev bt Madhur 11-7, 11-2, 11-9, Pranay bt Nipin 5-11, 13-11, 14-12, 11-5, Sai Praneeth bt Om Srivastav

Women (quarterfinals): P. Srilakshmi bt K. Swathi 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-3, S. Prasanna Devi bt S. Vilasika 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, Anupa Ruth bt Naga Nalini 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, M. Revathy bt K. Samhita 11-4, 13-11, 11-6, 11-8; pre-quarterfinals: Naga Nalini bt K. Kalyani 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-1, K. Swathi bt Sruthi 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, P. Srilakshmi bt B. Bhavani 11-5, 12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, S. Vilasika bt I. Niharika 14-12, 11-9, 11-13, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5, K. Samhita bt Krupali 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, Anupa Ruth bt Nikith Bhanu 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6.

Girls: Juniors (quarterfinals): K. Samhita bt K. Kalyani 11-3, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, K. Videesha bt K. Bhavana 11-4, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2, S. Vilasika bt Nikith Bhanu 11-2, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8, B. Bhavana bt P. Manasa 11-6, 11-0, 11-5, 11-9.

Sub-juniors (quarterfinals): K. Videesha bt Prathusha 11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, Nikith Bhanu bt Samia Afzal 11-8, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5.

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