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National badminton: PSPB teams in finals

Kalyan Ashok

BANGALORE: The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board teams once again made the title rounds in both the men's and women's sections in the National inter-State championship at the Karnataka Badminton Association courts here on Thursday.

In the men's title contest, PSPB takes on Kerala and for the women's crown it clashes with Railways.

In the men's semifinals, PSPB, despite resting its top guns Anup Sridhar and Chetan Anand, proved good for Maharashtra and won 3-0. Former National champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta, after a tentative start, defeated Himanshu Thakkar 13-15, 15-3, 15-7.

Later, Arvind Bhat trounced Rituparna Kulkarni 15-5, 15-1 and left Jaseel P. Ismail and Chetan Anand to complete the formalities for PSPB in the doubles.

Kerala's smooth passage

In the other semifinal, Sachin Ratti's win against Joy T. Antony of Kerala kindled Railways' hopes, but Thomas Kurian and Sanave Thomas ensured Kerala's smooth passage to the final.

PSPB made a short work of Assam 2-0 in the women's semifinals. Trupti Murgunde, had to sweat it out in the first game against Abantika Deka but found her rhythm to take the second game easily.

Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien, the National champions, wrapped up the tie for PSPB winning the doubles. In the other semifinal, Railways prevailed over Kerala 2-1 in a prolonged, but a lacklustre contest.

The results:

Men (for Rahimtoola Cup): Semifinals: PSPB beat Maharashtra 3-0 (Abhinn Shyam Gupa bt Himanshu Thakkar 13-15, 15-7, 15-3; Arvind Bhat bt Rutuparna Kulkarni 15-5, 15-1; Jaseel P. Ismail & Chetan Anand bt Amrish Shinde & Mayur Tawde 15-0, 15-2).

Kerala beat Railways 3-1 (Joy T. Antony lost to Sachin Ratti 11-15, 11-15; Thomas Kurian bt Hemant Duggal 15-3, 15-6; Anish & Sanave Thomas bt Mitesh Hazarika & Manyank Behl 15-8, 15-13; Sanave bt Arup Baidya 15-0, 17-15).

Quarterfinals: PSPB beat Haryana 3-0; Maharashtra beat Assam 3-1; Railways beat Uttar Pradesh 3-2; Kerala beat BSNL 3-0.

Women (for Chadha Cup): PSPB beat Assam 2-0 (Trupti Murgunde bt Abantika Deka 13-10, 11-3; Jwala Gutta & Shruti Kruien bt Bibari Basumatary & Oli Deka 15-2, 15-11).

Railways beat Kerala 2-1 (Dhanya Nair bt Aparna Balan 11-8, 11-7; Dhanya & Barnali lost to Aparna & Merit George 13-15, 15-11, 12-15; Neha Makwana bt Merit 11-8, 11-4).

Quarterfinals: PSPB beat Delhi 2-0; Assam beat West Bengal 2-0; Railways beat Maharashtra 2-0; Kerala w/o LIC.

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