PSPB and West Bengal will clash in the men’s team final, while PSPB will take on RBI in the women’s summit clash at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships after commanding semifinal performances at Abhay Prashal Stadium in Indore on Monday.
In the men’s events, PSPB blanked Telangana 3-0 with victories from Payas Jain, Manav Thakkar, and Harmeet Desai, while West Bengal edged past RSPB 3-2 in a tightly fought tie where Ankur Bhattacharjee won both his matches to seal the result.
PSPB brush aside UP 3-0
In the women’s semifinals, PSPB swept aside Uttar Pradesh 3-0 through Syndrela Das, Taneesha Kotecha, and Sayali Wani, while RBI defeated Karnataka 3-1 with Diya Chitale leading the charge with two wins and Ayhika Mukherjee adding the other point.
History was made at the championships as Uttar Pradesh entered the women’s medal rounds for the first time with a 3-1 win over Maharashtra. Avani Tripathi led the charge, first edging Pritha Vartikar in a five-game duel and later sealing the tie with a four-game victory over Senhora D’Souza. While Aarti Chaudhary fell to Senhora, Disha’s gritty five-game win against Ananya Chande kept UP firmly on track.
The PSPB women defeated Delhi 3-1, with Sayanika Maji giving Delhi an early lead. Yashaswini Ghorpade restored parity and later beat Maji in straight games to clinch the tie, with Syndrela Das adding another crucial win.
Favourites kept their date with destiny even as Bengal bow out fighting in Sr Natl TT meet
Reserve Bank of India cruised past Gujarat 3-0 as Ayhika Mukherjee and Diya Chitale won comfortably, while Sreeja Akula rallied after dropping the first game. Karnataka beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 with Tanishka Kalbhairav winning twice. In the men’s section, RSPB, Telangana, West Bengal, and PSPB moved into the semifinals, with RSPB blanking Delhi 3-0 and strong performances from Ankur Bhattacharjee and K.J. Aakash guiding their teams through.
Results: Men: Semifinal: PSPB bt Telangana 3-0 (Payas Jain bt Mohammed Ali 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, Manav Thakkar bt SFR Snehit 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-13, 11-4, Harmeet Desai bt Swarnendu Chowdhury 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6); West Bengal bt RSPB 3-2 (Aniket Sen Choudhury lost to Ronit Bhanja 5-11, 11-5, 12-14, 7-11, Ankur Bhattacharjee bt Anirban Ghosh 11-3, 11-4, 11-7, Shankhadip Das 11-8, 4-11, 6-11, 6-11, Ankur bt Ronit 12-10, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, Aniket bt Anirban 11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7).
Quarterfinals: PSPB bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Harmeet lost to Siddhesh Pande 11-7, 9-11, 13-15, 5-11, Manav bt M.R. Balamurugan 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10, Sanil Shetty bt Tharun Shanmugam 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4, Harmeet bt Balamurugan 11-5, 12-10, 11-6); Telangana bt Karnataka 3-1 (K.J. Aakash bt Swarnendu 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, P. Yeshwanth lost to Snehit 9-11, 3-11, 11-13, Atharva Nawarange lost to Mohammed Ali 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 4-11, Aakash bt Snehit 7-11, 11-7, 6-11, 8-11); West Bengal bt Assam 3-1 (Aniket bt Priyanuj Bhattacharyya 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10, Ankur bt Shankab Barua 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, Bodhisatwa Chaudhury lost to Agniv Bhaskar 11-9, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, Ankur bt Priyanuj 11-7, 11-6, 11-7); RSPB bt Delhi 3-0 (Ronit bt Sudhanshu Grover 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, Anirban bt Vansh Singhal 14-12, 13-15, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, Akash Pal bt Shivjit Singh Lamba 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-0).
Telangana men paddlers top Group D, Andhra Pradesh lose to PSPB in Sr Natl Table Tennis
Women: Semifinals: PSPB bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Syndrela Das bt Avani Tripathi 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, Taneesha Kotecha bt Aarti Chaudhary 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10, Sayali Wani bt Disha 11-7, 11-2, 9-11, 14-12); RBI bt Karnataka 3-1 (Diya Chitale bt Kushi Viswanath 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, Ayhika Mukherjee bt Tanishka Kalbhairav 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, Nikhat Banu lost to Trupti Purohit 16-18, 16-14, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, Diya bt Tanishka 11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6).
Quarterfinals: PSPB bt Delhi 31 (Taneesha lost to Sayanika Maji 6-11, 8-11, 2-11, Yashaswini Ghorpade bt Lakshita Narang 11-2, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, Syndrela bt Vanshika Mudgal 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, Yashaswini bt Sayanika 11-8, 11-7, 11-9); UP bt Maharashtra 3-1 (Avani bt Pritha Vartikar 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, Aarti lost to Senhora D’Souza 8-11, 11-13, 8-11, Disha bt Ananya Chande 11-5, 12-10, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9, Avani bt Senhora 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 13-11); Karnataka bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Tanishka bt Nithyashree Mani 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9, Kushi lost to Selena Deepthi 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 13-15, Trupti bt Yashini Sivasankar 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, Tanishka bt Seelena Deepthi 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7); RBI bt Gujarat 3-0 (Ayhika bt Radhapriya Goel 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, Diya bt Oishiki Joardar 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, Sreeja Akula bt Frenaz Chipia 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6).
