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PSPBA upset

Principal Correspondent

VIJAYAWADA: Uttarakhand paddlers created a flutter defeating the top seed Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Academy (PSPBA) 3-2 in a Group ‘A’ encounter of the cadet boys’ team championship in the 70th sub-junior inter-State table tennis championship here on Tuesday.

With both teams locked two-all, Uttarakhand’s Suraj Rana, playing the second reverse single, defeated Rahul 11-9, 10-12, 11-1, 11-4 to give his team a memorable victory.

The day also witnessed a couple of matches going the full distance in all four segments. In the sub-junior girls’ segment, Uttar Pradesh scored a 3-2 win over Tripura, while Gujarat outplayed AP 3-2 in the sub-junior boys’ category. In the cadet girls’ section, Meghalaya defeated Goa 3-2.

The results:

Second round: Cadet Boys: Group A: Uttarakhand bt PSPBA 3-2, Bihar bt Meghalaya 3-0; Group B: WB bt UP 3-0, MP bt Chhattisgarh 3-0; Group C: Delhi bt Assam 3-1, Goa bt Sikkim 3-0; Group D: Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Karnataka 3-2, Manipur bt Tripura 3-1.

Group E: AP bt Punjab 3-1, Rajasthan bt HP 3-0; Group F: TN bt Gujarat 3-2, Chandigarh bt J&K 3-0; Group G: N. Bengal bt Kerala 3-0, Puducherry bt Jharkhand 3-0; Group H: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Orissa 3-0, Haryana bt Mizoram 3-0.

Cadet Girls: Group A: N. Bengal bt Punjab 3-0; Group B: AP bt Sikkim 3-0, UP w/o Bihar; Group C: TN bt Gujarat 3-1, Meghalaya bt Goa 3-2; Group D: Kerala bt Karnataka 3-1, Orissa w/o Mizoram.

Group E: WB bt Uttarakhand 3-0, Jharkhand bt MP 3-1, Group F: Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Rajasthan 3-0, Haryana bt Manipur 3-0; Group G: Tripura bt Delhi 3-1, Assam bt Chhattisgarh 3-0; Group H: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Puducherry 3-0, Chandigarh bt HP 3-1.

Sub-junior Boys (first round): Group A: N. Bengal bt Jharkhand 3-0, Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Meghalaya 3-0; Group B: PSPBA bt Chandigarh 3-0, Orissa bt J&K 3-1; Group C: Delhi bt Punjab 3-0, Kerala bt Chhattisgarh 3-0; Group D: TN bt Haryana 3-0, Puducherry bt Uttarakhand 3-1.

Group E: WB bt MP 3-1, Mizoram bt Bihar 3-1; Group F: Gujarat bt AP 3-2, UP bt Sikkim 3-0; Group G: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Manipur 3-0, Assam bt Tripura 3-0; Group H: Karnataka bt Goa 3-0, Rajasthan bt HP 3-0.

Sub-junior girls: Group A: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Goa 3-0; Group B: Delhi bt Chhattisgarh 3-0, Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Manipur 3-0, Group C: Chandigarh bt Mizoram 3-0, AP bt Bihar 3-0; Group D: W. Bengal bt Uttarakhand 3-0, Orissa bt Meghalaya 3-0.

Group E: N. Bengal bt Gujarat 3-0, Puducherry bt Jharkhand 3-0; Group F: UP bt Tripura 3-2, Karnataka bt Haryana 3-0; Group G: TN bt J&K 3-0, Kerala bt Sikkim 3-0; Group H: Rajasthan bt MP 3-0, Punjab bt HP 3-0.