Archana loses in semis

Archana Kamath's fine run today ended after she went down to Ting Ting Chen of Chinese Taipei in the cadet girls semifinals of the SET Thailand Open Junior & Sub-junior table tennis tournament here today.
Archana, who had beaten compatriot Srushti Halengadi in the quarterfinals and Memkamporn Naja of Thailand 11-7 11-2 11-3 in the pre-quarterfinal, lost today in straight sets 9-11 7-11 8-11.
In the junior boys category, Utkarsh Gupta lost to Tai Chun Yu of Chinese Taipei 1-11 11-13 3-11 9-11.
Sanish Ambedkar won a consolation bronze after losing the semifinals to Thaland's Naphat Panicharoen.
In cadet boys category, Sarthak Seth went down fighting to Cho aeseong of Korea in the quarterfinals. Sarthak was beaten 9-11 11-4 11-3 9-11 11-3.

The Results:

Junior boys (quarterfinals): Utkarsh Gupta lot to Tai Chun Yu (Tpe) 1-11, 11-13, 3-11, 9-11.
Pre-quarterfinals: Utkarsh Gupta (Ind) bt Maugwhan Chayadut (Tha) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8; Lalrin Puia (Ind) lost to Hanam Kei (Jpn) 11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 4-11, 6-11.
Consolation semifinal: Sanish Ambedkar (Ind) lost to Naphat Panicharoen (Tha) 8-11, 11-7, 10-12, 6-11.
Cadet boys (quarterfinals) Cho Daeseong (Kor) bt Sarthak Seth (Ind) 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3.
Pre-quarterfinal: Sarthak Seth (Ind) bt Jun Wei Bradley (Sin) 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.
Junior girls (pre-quarterfinals)): Khet Khaun Tamalwan (Tha) bt Archana Kamath (Ind) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6; Lin P Hyghan (Tpe) Maria Rony (Ind) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Kamada Nami (Jpn) bt Sreeja Akula 7-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9. Cadet girls (semifinals): Ting Ting Chen (Tpe) bt Archana Kamath 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

Quarterfinals: Archana Kamath bt Srushti Halengadi 11-8, 11-8, 11-7. Pre-quarterfinal: Archana Kamath bt Memkamporn Naja (Tha) 11-7, 11-2, 11-3; Srushti Halengadi bt Nanapatkola (Jpn) 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 6-11, 11-5; Selena Selvakumar lost to S. Jinnipa (Tha) bt 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 13-11.