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Sathiyan springs a surprise on Aniket Koparkar

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INDORE: G. Sathiyan’s giant-killing act came in the wake of more than a third of the elite getting wiped out in the singles competitions of the National youth and junior table tennis championships at the Abhay Prasha indoor stadium on Thursday.

The unseeded Tamil Nadu lad accounted for youth boys’ second seed Aniket Koparkar in the quarterfinals after ousting seventh-ranked Omkar Torgalkar in the first round.

The results:

Boys: Youth singles quarterfinals: R. Abhishek (TN) bt Aman Balgu (Mah ‘A’) 11-3, 11-13, 10-12, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9; Zubin Kumar (PSPBA) bt Harmeet Desai (Guj) 11-8, 11-2, 12-10, 11-8; Devesh Karia (PSPBA) bt Arpit Bhopalkar (MP) 13-11, 11-1, 13-11, 9-11, 12-10; G. Sathiyan (TN) bt Aniket Koparkar (Mah ‘A’) 6-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12.

Doubles semifinals: Aniket Koparkar / Sanil Shetty (Mah ‘A’) bt Soumyajit Ghosh / R. Mondal (NB) 11-6, 11-2, 11-5.

Juniors:

Singles quarterfinals: Soumyajit Ghosh (NB) bt Sarthak Gandhi (Dli) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5; V. Nitin (PSPBA) bt Susovan Das (WB) 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 15-13; Raj Mondal (NB) bt Sourav Saha (PSPBA) 11-4, 8-11, 2-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3; G. Sathiyan (TN) bt Souvik Kar (WB) 10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-7.

Doubles semifinals: Soumyajit / R. Mondal (NB) bt Pranshu Gupta / Kartik Kukreja (Dli) 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6; G. Sathiyan / S. Prasanna (TN) bt V. Nitin / Mohit Verma (PSPBA) 11-3, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8.

Girls:

Youth (quarterfinals): Neha Aggarwal (Dli) bt Ankita Das (NB) 11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Madhurika Patkar bt K. Shamini 11-9, 15-17, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8; Soumi Mondal (RSPB) bt Divya Deshpande (Mah ‘A’) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5; Pooja Sahasrabudhe (Mah ‘A’) bt Ashlesha Bodas (Mah ‘B’) 11-3, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.

Juniors singles quarterfinals: Pooja Sahasrabudhe (Mah ‘A’) bt Anushree Hazra (WB) 13-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5; Shreya Ghosh (WB) bt Nikhat Banu (AP) 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10; Sanya Sehgal (Dli) bt C. Charvi Kawle (Mah ‘A’) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5; Ankita Das (NB) bt Mallika Bhandarkar (Mah ‘A’)12-10, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8. Doubles semifinals: Pooja / Mallika (Mah ‘A’) bt Nikhat / Ch. Praneetha (AP) 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8; Ankita / Medha Moitra (NB) bt K.K. Narmadha / Sumana R. Krishnan (TN) 11-6, 7-11, 12-10, 13-11.

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