Sathiyan, Suthirtha walk away with men and women's titles

Gandhidham, October 18: Top-seeded G. Sathiyan, who lost the Central Zone men’s singles title by a whisker, redeemed himself in a big way to beat No. 2 seed and national champion Sanil Shetty 4-1 in the final of the Indian Oil National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the KDTTA indoor stadium here today. Sathiyan had lost the crucial final to Gujarat’s Devesh Karia at Indore.

Earlier, Suthirtha Mukherjee feasting on Manika B

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Second-seed Pooja falls by wayside; Shetty struggles

Gandhidham, October 17: If top-seeded G. Sathiyan was on a roll, second-seed Sanil Shetty was definitely not in the cozy zone in the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Indian Oil National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the KDTTA indoor stadium here today.

For PSPB’s Sathiyan it was a smooth sailing into the semifinals when he outfoxed teammate Soumyajit Roy 4-1 in just 25 minutes, but Shetty took nearly 45 minutes to overc

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Charvi upsets Poulomi; Anirban, Payal win Junior crowns

Gandhidham, October 16: Qualifier Charvi Kawle of Maharashtra caused the biggest upset of the championships when she sent women’s top seed Poulomi Ghatak packing in what was a Generation Next blow to the old order in the Indian Oil National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the KDTTA indoor stadium here today.

Charvi defeated the No. 1 seed from Petroleum 12-10, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 in the first round of the main draw to turn the

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No. 1 seed Ayhika's exit leaves top-half hollow

Gandhidham, October 15: Top-seed seed Ayhika Mukherjee’s exit in the Junior Girls’ first round has not only upset the balance of top-half of the main draw but has also made the bottom half slightly heavier in the ongoing Indian Oil National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the KDTTA indoor stadium here today.

It was not the case of Ayhika alone as No. 5 Maria Rony and No. 8 Sumana Saha, from the same half, also fell by the w

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Archana in Asian team for World Cadet Challenge

Gandhidham, October 15: Archana Kamath Girish will represent the Asian Region in the 2014 World Cadet Challenge to be held at Bridgetown, Barbados, from October 23 to November 1. Archana will be leaving for Barbados Monday next.

Archana, with her excellent showing in the Asian Juniors at Mumbai, was selected by the selection committee members from the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) who had assembled at the Mumbai championships in September.

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