CHANDIGARH, AUG 21 :Down by one game, Rupam of Jalandhar staged a fine rally to defeat Dixit of Amritsar 8-11,11-9,11-7,11-7 in the sub-junior boys singles second round match in the Ansal API Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament which got underway at the Table Tennis Hall, Sector-23 here today.
In another tough second round match, Abhinav of Patiala prevailed over plucky Shangming of Ludhiana 11-8,11-2,11-13,10-12,13-11,Saima of Ropar got the better of Anushika of Ludhiana 11-8, 11-5, 5-11,11-7 in the girls sub-junior girls second round fixture. Another Ropar player Kanchan defeated Ruchika of Patiala 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 in the sub-junior girls singles second round match.
About 200 players from various districts of Punjab are participating in the tournament being played under men’s and women’s section in the following categories of events: Sub-Junior boys and girls, junior boys and girls, young boys and girls, men and women.
Amardeep Singh, President, Mohali District Table Tennis Association and Vice President of Punjab State Table Tennis Association and General Manager, Emaar MGF India Limited inaugurated the tournament.
Results: Sub-Junior boys singles (2nd round): Rupam (JAL) bt Dixit(Asr) 8-11,11-9,11-7,11-7, Abhishek (ASR) lost to Karan(Pta) 3-11,10-12,9-11, Kumar Gaurav(MHL) lost to Navneet 2-11,7-11,7-11, Mridul(JAL) bt Arshveer (MHL) 11-4,11-3,11-5,Vaibhav (ASR) bt Amarjot(MHL) 11-4,11-0,11-0, Abhinav (PTA) bt Shangming(LDH) 11-8,11-2,11-13,10-12,13-11,Basant(RPR) bt Pronav(ASR) 12-10,11-5,11-6, Harish(JL) bt Dipanshu(FZK)11-4,11-7,11-3, Prikshat (FZK) bt Nikhil Saini (PTA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2, Divya (ASR) bt Jaitish (RPR) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, Ankush(ASR) bt Prince(JAL) 11-6,4-11, 11-9, 11-6, Kushal (ASR) bt Bharat (FZK) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, Rajiv (RPR) bt Sagar(FZK) 11-4, 11-9,11-6, Rohan(ASR) bt Ishan(FZK) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10, Gursharan (JAL) bt imran Sharma(PTA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3, Lotus (ASR) bt. Mahak Singh(MHL) 11-5, 13-11, 11-6,
Sub Junior girls singles (2nd round): Kanchan (RPR) bt Ruchika (PTA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-6, Saima (RPR) bt Anushika(LDH) 11-8, 11-5, 5-11,11-7, Neha Soni( PTA) bt Vasundra (ASR) 11-4, 11-9,11-4, Neha Jr.(JAL) bt. Purva(ASR) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9. 1st round: Kanchan (RPR) bt Akriti (FZP) 11-3, 11-2, 11-6, Neha Jr. (JAL) bt Mehak Grover(FZP) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1, Vasundra (ASR) bt. Dolly (PTA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, Saima (RPR) bt Harmanjot (MHL) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2, Purva (ASR) bt. Inderjit Kaur(RPR) 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, Neha Soni (PTA) bt Prerna (FZK) 11-2, 11-1, 11-0, Anushika (LDH) bt Muskan Verma (FZP) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2, Ruchika (PTA) bt Dilveen Pardal(MHL) 11-7, 11-4, 11-3.