Sathiyan retains title, Suthirtha new champ
Jaipur, July 29: G. Sathiyan stopped giant killer Manav Thakkar on his tracks to beat him 4-to regain the men’s singles title in the AAI 46th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the SMS Indoor Stadium here today. For Sathiyan, it was the second institutional title, the first of which came at New Delhi in 2012.
Earlier, a new women’s singles champion emerged on the horizon with West Bengal’s Suthirtha Mukherjee def
Manav causes ripples; spirited Sharath bows out
Jaipur, July 28: Giant killer Manav Thakkar disposed of fifth seeded Jubin Kumar 4-3 to enter the semifinals of the AAI 46th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the SMS Indoor Stadium here today. The unseeded Manav had earlier sent No. 4 seed Harmeet Desai packing in the pre-quarterfinals.
He will take on Anthony Amalraj who easily beat PSPB colleague Sourav Saha 4-1. In the other quarterfinals, A. Sharath Kamal, unable to adapt, w
Ghosh gives a walkover, Sharath continues
Jaipur, July 28: Rio Games qualifier Manika Batra, seeded second here, No. 3 seed Reeth Rishya along with sixth and seven seeds K. Shamini and Shruti Amrute bowed out in the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the AAI 46th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the SMS Indoor Stadium here today.
Of the four women that fell by the wayside, three belonged to the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) while Shruti represents Air India.
PSPB-AAI showdown in mixed final
Jaipur, July 27: The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board’s pair of G. Sathiyan and Ankita Das will take on Airports Authority of India’s Ronit Bhanja and Ayhika Mukhrjee in the mixed doubles final of the AAI 46th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the SMS Indoor Stadium here tomorrow.
In the first semifinal, the experienced Ronit and Ayhika defeated teammates Sarthak Gandhi
PSPB complete yet another team double
Jaipur, July 26: Bolstered by the presence of Rio Olympics-bound Soumyajit Ghosh, the men’s team of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) blanked out Airports Authority of India (AAI) 3-0 in final of the AAI 46th All India Inter-Institutional Championships at the SMS Indoor Stadium here today.
With this triumph, the PSPB paddlers had ensured that the trophy stayed with them for the 15th occasion. But even before that the PSPB’s women