Table tennis: PSPBA and Gujarat to clash in sub-junior boys' final

West Bengal upset runners-up Tamil Nadu to set up a title contest against Maharashtra in the sub-junior girls team competition while PSPBA blanked Uttar Pradesh to meet Gujarat in the sub-junior boy's team final in the 77th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships here on Friday.

In the sub-junior girls' semifinals, West Bengal got past Tamil Nadu 3-1 and earned a final meeting with Maharashtra, who accounted for Delhi. Earlier, title-holders Karnataka girls bowed out in the quarterfinals.

In sub-junior boys' semifinals, PSPBA boys blanked Uttar Pradesh 3-0. Gujarat handed out a 3-0 drubbing to Telangana in the second semifinals.

In cadet girls semi-final contests, Karnataka downed West Bengal 3-1 while Tamil Nadu scraped past Haryana 3-2 at the Netaji Indoor stadium.

In cadetA oys, Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 3-1 while it was Tamil Nadu boys who downed North Bengal 3-1 to enter the final.

Results:

Sub-Junior Boys: Semifinals: PSPBA bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (H. Hejo bt Adarsh Srivastava 3-11, 5-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7, Anukram Jain bt Divyansh Srivastava 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Chinmaya Kapil bt Satyamgiri Gupta 11-9, 11-3, 11-9), Gujrat bt Telangana 3-0 (Soham Pandya bt Amaan Mohammad 6-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, Manush Shah bt Varun Shankar 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, Soham/Manush bt Amaan/Varun Shankar 11-6, 11-9, 11-8); Quarterfinals: PSPBA bt Tamil Nadu 3-0 (H. Jeho bt Kannan Srirram 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, Anukram Jain bt Piyush Sagar Gowthaman 11-9, 11-8, 12-10, Jeho/Anukram bt Kanan/Karana Jawahar 11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4), Uttar Pradesh bt Haryana 3-1 (Adarsh Srivastava bt Ritwik Chawla 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 13-15,11-4, Divyansh Srivastava lost to Shakreja Gourang 8-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 5-11, Adarsh/Divyansh bt Ritwik/Shakreja 11-3, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, Adarsh Srivastava bt Shakreja Gourang 11-7, 11-7, 11-9), Gujarat bt Delhi 3-1 (Soham Pandya lost to Shivjit Singh Lamba 12-14, 7-11, 8-11, Manush Shah bt Payas Jain 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-2, Manush/Soham bt Yashansh Malik/Payas 11-6, 1-11, 11-4, 11-5, Manush Shah bt Shivjit Singh Lamba 11-5, 11-5, 11-4), Telangana bt Mharashtra A 3-1 (Amaan Mohammad bt Hrishkesh Malhotra 11-8, 11-9, 12-10, Varun Shankar lost to Ashwin Subramanian 11-7, 4-11, 5-11, 6-11, Amaan/Varun bt Ashwin/Dev Shroff 9-11, 13-11, 14-12, 5-11, 15-13, Amaan Mohammad bt Ashwin Subramanian 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9).

Sub-Junior Girls: Semifinals: Maharashtra A bt Delhi 3-1 (Swastika Ghosh lost to Ishita Gupta 7-11, 6-11, 6-11, Manushree Patil bt Ameisha Dhall 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, Manushree/Diya Chitale bt Ishita/Ameisha 5-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, Manushree Patil lost to Ishita Gupta 11-6, 4-11, 4-11, 7-11, Swastika Ghosh bt Ameisha Dhall 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9), West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Shrubabati Moita bt Yogashree Sundaram 16-14, 11-9, 11-7, Prapti Sen bt Swetha Steffi 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, Shrubabati/Prapti lost to Yogashree/Kowishika Venkatesan 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 8-11, Prapti Sen bt Yogashree Sundaram 11-8, 11-3, 11-2; AQuarterfinals: Delhi bt Karnataka 3-0 (Ishita Gupta bt Aditi Nandi 13-11, 11-5, 11-5, Amiesha Dhall bt Anargya Manjunath 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6, Ishita/Amiesha bt Anargya/Yashaswini 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5), Maharashtra A bt Madhya Pradesh 3-1 (Swastiak Ghosh lost to Anusha Kutumbale 11-4, 7-11, 11-13, 5-11, Manushree Patil bt Khusi Jain 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Diya Chitale/Manushree bt Anusha/Khushi 11-13, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, Manushree Patil bt Anusha Kutumbale 11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 14-12), West Bengal bt North Bengal 3-1 (Shrubabti Moitra bt Diksa Biswas 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, Prapti Sen bt Nikita Sarkar 5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, Shrubabti/Prapti lost to Nikita/Diksa 14-16, 4-11, 9-11, Shrubabati Moitra bt Nikita Sarkar 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6), Tamil Nadu bt Gujarat 3-0 (Swetha Steffi bt Fagun Bhatt 11-4, 13-15, 11-9, 11-6, Yogashree Sundaram bt Malpani Sanskruti 11-3, 11-5, 11-5, Yogashree/Kowshika Venkateshan 11-5, 11-6, 11-8).

Cadet Boys: Semifinals: Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh 3-1 (Tejas Narang lost to Divyansh Srivastava 8-11, 2-11, 6-11, Payas Jain bt Vibhor Garg 11-6, 11-3, 11-9, Tejas/Payas bt Divyansh/Vibhor 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6, Payas Jain bt Divyansh Srivastava 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 10-12, 11-7), Tamil Nadu bt North Bengal 3-1 (Vishwas Deenadayalan bt Shreyangshu Sen 11-2, 11-5, 11-7, Varun Ganesh bt Soumyadeep Sarkar 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, Vishwa/Varun lost to C. Kaushik/Soumyadeep 14-12, 9-11, 9-11, 8-11, Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Soumyadeep Sarkar 11-2, 15-13, 10-12, 11-4); Quarterfinals: Uttar Pradesh bt West Bengal 3-2 (Vibhor Garg bt Rudranarayan Ghosh 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 7-11, Divyansh Srivastava bt Swarnava Saha 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, Vibhor/Divyansh lost to Runak Roy/RN Ghosh 11-5, 12-14, 9-11, 8-11, Divyansh Srivastava bt Rudranarayan ghosh 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, Vibhor Garg bt Swarnava Saha 13-11, 11-6, 11-7), Delhi bt Telangana 3-1 (Payas Jain bt Karthik Sai Krishana 11-9, 11-3, 11-7, Narang Tejas lost to Kesavan Kannan 10-12, 3-11, 9-11, Payas/Tejas bt Karthik/Kesavan 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, Payas Jain bt Kesavan Kannan 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8), Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 3-0 (Vishwa Deenadayalan bt Marcose Gigu 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2, Varun Ganesh bt Sujan Bharadwaj 14-12, 11-8, 4-1, 11-8, Vishwa/Varun bt Marcose/Sujan 11-7, 11-2, 11-5, North Bengal bt Maharashtra A 3-1 (Soumyadeep Sarkar bt Dhruv Das 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, Kaushik Chhetri lost to Rajveer Shah 7-11, 9-11, 14-16, Soumyadeep/Kaushik bt Thirumalai Kumaran/Dhruv 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, Soumyadeep Sarkar bt Rajvee Shah 11-2, 11-5, 11-3).

Cadet Girls: Semifinals: Tamil Nadu bt Haryana 3-2 (Kavyasree Baskar bt Bishu Gulati 11-3, 11-8, 11-5, Shreya Shivakumar lost to Suhana Saini 7-11, 7-11, 8-11, Kavyasree/Shreya bt Suhana/Bishu 11-5, 12-10, 11-3, Kavyasree Baskar lost to Suhana Saini 3-11, 6-11, 7-11, Shreya Shivakumar bt Bish Gulati 11-4, 11-5, 11-8); Karnataka bt West Bengal 3-1 (Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Prithoki Chakraborti 11-13, 11-4, 11-2, 9-11, 8-11, Anargaya Manjunath bt Sucheta Prosad 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5, YashaswiniAnargaya bt Prithoki/Sucheta 11-9, 11-9, 13-11, Anrgaya Manjunath bt Prithoki Chakraborti 11-4, 11-6, 11-6); Quarterfinals: Haryana bt Maharashtra A 3-1 (Suhana Saini bt Aeeha D'Souza 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, Bishu Gulati lost to Kheya Shah 9-11, 3-11, 1-11, Suhana/Bishu bt Aneeha/Kheya 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, Suhana Saini bt Kheya Shah 11-5, 11-3, 11-6), Tamil Nadu bt Telangana 3-1 (Kavyasree Baskar bt Ruchira Reddy 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4, Shreya Sivakumar lost to Bhaavitha Nagulapalli 10-12, 4-11, 8-11, Kavyasree/Shreya bt Bhaavitha/Ruchira 11-5, 11-3, 11-3, Kavyashree Baskar bt Bhaavitha Nagulapalli 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5), Karnataka bt Uttar Pradesh 3-1 (Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Ambika Gupta 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 7-11, Anargya Manjunath bt Reedhi Bhaskar 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, Yashaswini/Anargyana bt Ambika/Reedhi 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, Anargya Manjunath bt Ambika Gupta 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-5), West Bengal bt Delhi 3-2 (Sucheta Prosad lost to Lakshita Narang 4-11, 5-11, 7-11, Prithoki Chakraborty bt Tamanna Gulshan 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11, Sucheta/Prithoki lost to Lakshita/Tamanna 7-11, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, Prithoki Chakraborty bt Lakshita Narang 11-9, 11-7, 13-15, 12-10, Sucheta Prosad bt Tamanna Gulshan 12-10, 11-7 12-10).