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Sharath Kamal to meet Soumyadeep in final

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, DEC. 7. The men's National champion, Sharath Kamal of IOC set up a title clash with team-mate Roy in the 25th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board's inter-unit table tennis championship here on Tuesday.

Sharath stifled a late challenge from former National champion Arup Basak of the HPCL at 11-6, 11-9, 9-11,11-5,12-14,11-9 while Soumyadeep had it easy against ONGC'S Subham Choudhry to win 11-8,11-4,11-4,11-4, 6-11,11-8.

Reeling big points while playing away from the table, Sharath faced stubborn resistance from Basak in the fifth game. The Bengal paddler, however, failed to sustain the tempo and ran out of steam after that spirited effort.

In women's singles, National champion and holder, Pouolmi Ghatak of BPCL scored a facile 11-7, 13-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 win over T. Pradeepa of OIL.

She takes on Mouma Das of OIL, who beat former champion, B. Bhuvaneshwari of BPCL, 11-9,11-9,11-9,12-10.

Polulomi was in control of the tie, despite dropping a game, and cut down her rival with her strong top-spin drives.

The results:

Men's singles: Semifinals: Sharath Kamal (IOC) bt Arup Basak (HPCL) 11-6,11-9,9-11,11-5,12-14,11-9; Soumyadeep Roy (IOC) bt Subham Choudhry (ONGC) 11-8,11-4,11-4,6-11,11-8.

Quarterfinals: Sharath bt Arnav Ganguly (ONGC) 12-10,10-12,11-6,11-4,11-7; Arup bt Rajeev Ghai (IOC) 9-11,11-5,11-5,11-5,11-6; Soumyadeep bt Subahjith Saha (OIL) 4-11,6-11,11-7,11-6,11-8,11-5; Shubham bt S. Das (ONGC) 11-7,9-11,11-7,11-9,11-3.

Veterans' singles: Final: Tripathi (IOC) bt A. Sethia (IOC) 11-8,11-2,6-11,11-6. Semifinals: Tripathi bt G.S. Mathur (EIL) 11-7,7-11,11-5,11-9; Sethia bt K. Ravisharma 11-6,9-11,7-11,11-7,11-9.

Veterans' doubles final: Sethia & Tripathi (IOC) bt I.P. Singh & T.R. Mahajan (IOC) 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-3.

Women's singles: Semifinals: Poulomi Ghatak (BPCL) bt T. Pradeepa 11-7,13-11,11-4,9-11,11-8; Mouma Das (OIL) bt B. Bhuvaneshwari (BPCL) 11-9,11-9,11-9,12-10.

Quarterfinals: Poulomi bt J. Swarna (ONGC) 11-9,11-5,8-11,9-11,11-9, 11-9; Pradeepa bt Sushmitha Rai (BPCL) 7-11,11-9; Bhuvaneshari bt Moushmi Pal (ONGC) 13-11,7-11,11-5,8-11,11-3,4-11,12-10; Mouma bt Kanchan Basak (IOC) 11-7,11-8,11-7,9-11,11-5.

Women's doubles semifinals: Poulomi & Bhuvaneshwari bt Pradeepa & N.R. Indu (IOC) 11-6, 8-11,5-11,11-6,11-9; Mouma & Nandita saha bt Vishaka Vijay & Moushmi Pal (ONGC) 11-9,11-9,11-9.

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