Sunday, August 8, 2010

Sharath emerges champion; Puloumi wins double crown

Sun, Aug 08 10 10:51 PM

Jaipur, Aug 8 (PTI) Top seed Achanta Sharath Kamal overcame a stiff resistance from unseeded Sanil Shetty of Air India to emerge champion in the Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championship at Ajmer today. Sharath, who reached his career-high ranking of 39 yesterday, defeated Shetty 11-7 12-10 13-11 6-11 11-4 in the summit clash to win men''s crown. Earlier, Sharath had beaten Abhishek R of Air India 11-4 11-6 11-5 12-10 and Shetty prevailed over second seed Soumyadeep Roy 11-7 5-11 12-10 8-11 9-11 11-5 12-10 to set up the final. But Sharath had to face a set back when he lost in final of the doubles. Pairing with Zubin Kumar he lost to A Amalraj and Sourav Chakraborty who won 3-1. In the women''s section, top seed Poloumi Ghatak played true to her billing and fought hard to beat second seed K Shamini, also of PSPB, 11-13 11-5 11-8 13-15 1-11 15-13 11-6 to annex the title. In the doubles, she paired with Mouma Das to get the better of K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar 3-2 to make it a grand double. In the mixed doubles, Saurav Chakraborty and Mouma Das beat Soumyajeet Ghosh and A V Nivedita 3-1 in the final. PTI DS SHN


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