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TN women triumph

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THE CHAMPIONS: Tamil Nadu women put it across West Bengal to clinch the gold.

GUWAHATI: West Bengal men and Tamil Nadu women won the table tennis gold in the 33rd National Games at the Tarunram Phookan Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

The Tamil Nadu women recorded a 3-1 win over West Bengal, but the men lost to West Bengal 3-0.

J. Swarna gave a perfect start defeating Nandita Saha losing just one game.

In the second tie, K. Shamini, the India No.2, made it 2-0 defeating Mousami Paul. With M. Aparna losing the third match to Sushmita Roy, the onus was on Swarna to prevent the match from going into the decider.

Playing her customary aggressive game, she put it across Mousami Paul in three straight games. After being runner-up twice in the last two editions of the Games, this win for Tamil Nadu came as a much-needed relief.

Meanwhile, in the men's badminton final, top seed Andhra Pradesh was shocked 3-2 by Kerala.

The results: Table tennis: Men: Final: West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-0 (Subhajit Saha bt R. Abishek 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10; Soumyadeep Roy bt A. Amalraj 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8; Sourav Chakraborty bt K. Srivatsa 11-4, 11-8, 11-6. Semifinals: West Bengal bt Rajasthan 3-2; Tamil Nadu bt Gujarat 3-1.

Women: Final: Tamil Nadu bt West Bengal 3-1 (J. Swarna bt Nandita Saha 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-3; K. Shamini bt Mousami Paul 12-10, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9; M. Aparna lost to Sushmita Roy 3-11, 9-11, 3-11; J. Swarna bt Mousami Paul 11-5, 11-7, 11-4). Semifinals: West Bengal bt Maharashtra 3-1; Tamil Nadu bt Assam 3-0.

Badminton: Men: Final: Kerala bt Andhra Pradesh 3-2 (Rupesh Kumar lost to Chetan Anand 21-10, 21-20; Thomas Kurien bt J.B.S. Vidyadhar 21-16, 21-19; V. Diju/ Jaseel P. Ismail bt T. Dinesh/ Jayan James 21-15, 21-16; Sanave Thomas lost to P. Kashyap 21-4, 21-9; Rupesh Kumar/ Sanave Thomas bt Chetan Anand/ J.B.S. Vidyadhar 21-11, 21-12). Semifinals: Andhra Pradesh bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0; Kerala bt Maharashtra 3-0.

Women: Final: Andhra Pradesh bt Maharashtra 2-0 (Saina Nehwal bt Aditi Mutatkar 21-10, 21-9; Jwala Gutta/ Shruti Kurien bt Aditi Mutatkar/ Sayali Gokhale 21-12, 21-12). Semifinals: Andhra Pradesh bt Karanataka 2-0; Kerala bt Maharashtra 3-0.

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