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Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005

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Field day for Indian paddlers

NEW DELHI: It turned out to be a fruitful day for Indian paddlers as the boys and girls teams registered comfortable wins to move into the quarterfinals of the World junior circuit open table tennis event in Fiji.

In the junior boys' section, India `B' thrashed New Caledonia `B' 3-0 while India `A' defeated Kiribati by similar margin.

India `B' will now take on Korea Republic `A' while India `A' meets Korea Republic `B' for a place in the last four.

In the junior girls' section, India `A' demolished Kiribati 3-0 while India `B' dashed the hopes of Fiji `A' by an identical margin.

The results: Boys: India `B' bt New Caledonia `B' 3-0 (R. Abishek bt Mathieu Gonzalez 11-2, 11-1, 11-5; Sanil Shetty bt Nicolas Ambrosini 11-4, 12-10, 11-6; Sayan Paul Roy / Shetty bt Gonzalez / Ambrosini 11-3, 11-7, 11-7).

India `A' bt Kiribati 3-0 (Aniket Koparkar bt Nooa Takooa 6-11, 3-11, 7-11; Soumyajit Sarkar bt Choy Freddy 11-6, 11-9, 12-10; Koparkar / Devesh Karia bt Takooa / Freddy 11-6, 11-4, 11-5).

Girls: India `A' bt Kiribati 3-0 (Neha Aggarwal bt Atea Tetabo 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; J. Swarna bt Semila Tetau 11-4, 11-5, 11-3; K. Shamini / Swarna bt Tetabo / Tetau 11-5, 11-3, 11-5).

India `B' bt Fiji `A' 3-0 (Madurika Patkar bt Shriti Jeet 11-1, 11-4, 11-1; Pallabi Kundu bt Victoria Muller 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Ashlesha Bodas / Salankara Mahalanobish bt Jeet / Muller 11-4, 11-4, 11-9). — PTI

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