Jammu, March 22:Yashini Sivashankar of Tamil Nadu must have got up from the right side of the bed this morning. For, she did the star turn twice over--in the quarterfinals and the semis--to put her side in the final of the 84th UTT Inter-State National Table Tennis Championships at the Gymnasium Hall of Jammu University here today.

In doing so, she must have had the best satisfaction of her career when she beat the top-ranked Indian in the world at No. 35 and former national champion Manika Batra in straight games for a 3-1 triumph in the semi-finals.

Earlier, the rot began with Kowshika Ventakesan putting it across Manika and providing a confidence-boosting beginning for Tamil Nadu. Yashini defeated Reeth Rishya 3-2 to consolidate their lead before Archana Kamath pulled one down. Yet, Yashini drove the final nail in the defending champions' coffin, leaving them to lick their wounds.

PSPB will clash in tomorrow's final against Railways, the runners-up, who beat Telangana 3-2 in the second semis. SFR Snehit's heroics apart, there was nothing for Telangana to rave about. The lanky Snehit won both his singles against Anirban Ghosh and Ronit Bhanja. But Mohammad Ali and Vansh Singhal failed to match up with the experienced Ronit Bhanja and Anirban Ghosh.

PSPB did not require the services of A. Sharath Kamal as Manav Thakkar, G. Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai took their team to the final, posting a 3-0 win over Delhi. Manav thumped Payas 11-9, 11-4, 11-5, Sathiyan defeated Sudhanshu Grover 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-1 and Harmeet, who lost his tie in the quarterfinals to Jeet Chandra of West Bengal, made amends against Yashansh Malik of Delhi to win 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3. They will clash in the title round with RBI tomorrow.

Results (Team Events):

Men: Semi-finals: PSPB bt Delhi 3-0 (Manav Thakkar bt Payas Jain 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; G. Sathiyan bt Sudhanshu Grover 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-1; Harmeet Desai bt Yashansh Malik 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-3); RSPB bt Telangana 3-2 (Ronit Bhanja bt Mohammed Ali 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7; Anirban Ghosh lost to SFR Snehit 9-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-7, 5-11; Akash pal bt Vansh Singhal 12-10, 11-8, 11-5; Ronit Bhanja lost to SFR Snehit 9-11, 3-11, 8-11; Anirban Ghosh bt Mohammed Ali 11-5, 11-9, 11-9).

Quarterfinals: PSPB bt West Bengal 3-1; Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0; Telangana bt Haryana 3-0; RSPB bt Maharashtra 3-1.

Women: Semi-finals: RBI bt Delhi 3-1 (Sreeja Akula lost to Lakshita Narang 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 5-11, 4-11; Ayhika Mukherjee bt Vanshika Bhargava 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8; Diya Chitale bt Tamanna Saini 11-3, 11-6, 11-8; Sreeja Akula bt Vanshika Bhargava 11-6, 11-9, 11-7); Tamil Nadu bt PSPB 3-1 (Kowshika Venkatesan bt Manika Batra 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5; Yashini Sivashankar bt Reeth Rishya 3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5; Kavyashree Baskar lost to Archana Kamath 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 2-11; Yashini Sivashankar bt Manika Batra 11-6, 11-8, 11-8).

Quarterfinals: RBI bt Haryana 3-0; Delhi bt Maharashtra 3-1; Tamil Nadu bt West Bengal 3-1; PSPB bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0.