Unseeded S. Snehit continued his dream run to gate-crash into the men’s semifinal while Sanil Shetty upstaged second seed A. Amalraj in the National-ranking table tennis championship here on Monday.
Snehit, the conqueror of top seed Sharath Kamal on Sunday, expectedly defeated Sanish Ambedkar to set up a clash with Arjun Ghosh. In the other half, Manav Thakkar takes on Sanil.
In the women’s section, too, Krittwika advanced to the semifinal having beaten top seed Sutirtha Mukherjee.
The results:
Men (quarterfinals): S. Snehit (Tel) bt Sanish Ambedkar (Mah-A) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; Arjun Ghosh (WB) bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8; Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Anirban Ghosh (Rly) 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-9; Sanil Shetty (PSPB) bt A. Amalraj (PSPB) 1-9, 4-1, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5.
Women (quarterfinals): Krittwika Sinha Roy (WB) bt K. Shamini (PSPB) 11-8, 11-9, 14-12, 6-11, 11-9; Archana Kamath (PSPB) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7.
Manika Batra (PSPB) bt Sagarika Mukherjee (Rly) 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 14-12.
Juniors (finals): Boys: Manush Shah (Guj) bt Anukram Jain (PSPB Academy) 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9.
Girls: Swastika Ghosh (Mah-A) bt Manushree Patil (Mah-B) 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7.
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