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Andhra in final

HYDERABAD: Defending champion, Andhra Pradesh men, moved into the team championship final with a 3-1 win against Tamil Nadu in the 21st all-India postal table tennis tournament at Fateh Maidan Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

However, AP women's team suffered a reverse in the team event losing to Gujarat 0-3.

The results:

Team championship:

Men:

Semifinals: AP bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Ramesh Kumar lost to Raj Kumar 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 4-11; Deepesh Singh bt Jai Kumar 11-4, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8; Sreedhar bt S. Swaminathan 11-4, 11-6, 11-8; Deepesh Singh bt Raj Kumar 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 13-11).

Madhya Pradesh bt Maharashtra 3-0 (Amit Kotia bt M.S. Lahore 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9; Rupesh Singh bt N.V. Chiplunkar 11-3, 11-7, 13-11; Pradeep Bhatia bt C.K. Lanjekar 8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-9).

Women:

Semifinals: Gujarat bt AP 3-0 (Prasanna Parekh bt H. Vakula Mala 11-3, 11-6, 11-6; Sonal Joshi bt R. Krishna Veni 11-7, 11-2, 11-6; Prasanna Parekh & Sonal Joshi bt H. Vakula Mala & R. Krishnaveni 11-4, 11-8, 11-4).

Madhya Pradesh bt Punjab 3-2 (Hemang Boikar lost to Rajni 6-11, 5-11, 4-11; Shangi Abbasi bt Monika Pankjli 11-2, 11-5, 11-1; Hemang Boikar & Shangi Abbasi bt Rajni & Monika Panjla 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Shangi Abbasi lost to Rajni 7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 8-11; Hemang Boikar bt Monika Panjla 11-5, 11-3, 11-2).

Easy for AOC

AOC Centre drubbed MCH Red Hills 9-0 in the MCH annual open hockey tournament at Begumpet Police Stadium on Thursday.

Ramesh, Satyanarayana, Manoj and Kiran netted a brace each while Ramaswamy scored one to complete the tally for the winners.

In another match, Nav Bharat outplayed MCH Ameerpet 12-2 with Raghunandan scoring three, Prakash Singh, Chandan Singh, Prahlad Singh striking twice each and Sanjay, Jagadeesh and Narayan Rao one each.

For the loser, Kushwanth Singh's brace provided some consolation.

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