PSPB men retain title and women regain it
Shillong Apr 21 PTI The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board PSPB teams both men and women asserted their supremacy yet again lifting the trophies in the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday For PSPB men it was their 25th title But their womens team regained the title — winning it for the 16th time — after missing at Hyderabad Both PSPB men and women defeated Maharashtra 3-0 in the finals Yet it was not easy for the PSPB men particularly after captain A Sharath preferred to bench himself to give a chance to Manav Thakkar in the final Maharashtras Deepit R Patil Siddhesh Pandey and young Jass Modi had the firepower to stretch their opponents Deepit played brilliantly in the first game taking two games off Sathiyan The latters experience saved the day as he staved off the threat to put PSPB 1-0 up Harmeet also dropped a game before shutting out an in-form Siddhesh Pandey But Jash Modi got his act together to put Manav under pressure straight away Manav lost the opener on extended points before hitting a nice rhythm Still when the teenager stretched him again in the fourth it became a little dicey for Manavs reputation Results Team Men Final PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 G Sathiyan bt Deepit R Patil 11-0 10-12 9-11 11-5 11-8 Harmeet Desai bt Siddhesh Pande 11-3 11-3 2-11 11-7 Manav Thakkar bt Jash Modi 10-12 11-1 11-4 12-10 Women Finals PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 Archana Kamath bt Diya Chitale 11-2 11-7 11-5 Manika Batra bt Swastika Ghosh 11-4 11-7 15-13 Reeth Rishya bt Anannya Basak 11-6 5-11 11-8 11-7 PTI BS PDS PDS
Shillong Apr 21 PTI The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board PSPB teams both men and women asserted their supremacy yet again lifting the trophies in the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday For PSPB men it was their 25th title But their womens team regained the title — winning it for the 16th time — after missing at Hyderabad Both PSPB men and women defeated Maharashtra 3-0 in the finals Yet it was not easy for the PSPB men particularly after captain A Sharath preferred to bench himself to give a chance to Manav Thakkar in the final Maharashtras Deepit R Patil Siddhesh Pandey and young Jass Modi had the firepower to stretch their opponents Deepit played brilliantly in the first game taking two games off Sathiyan The latters experience saved the day as he staved off the threat to put PSPB 1-0 up Harmeet also dropped a game before shutting out an in-form Siddhesh Pandey But Jash Modi got his act together to put Manav under pressure straight away Manav lost the opener on extended points before hitting a nice rhythm Still when the teenager stretched him again in the fourth it became a little dicey for Manavs reputation Results Team Men Final PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 G Sathiyan bt Deepit R Patil 11-0 10-12 9-11 11-5 11-8 Harmeet Desai bt Siddhesh Pande 11-3 11-3 2-11 11-7 Manav Thakkar bt Jash Modi 10-12 11-1 11-4 12-10 Women Finals PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 Archana Kamath bt Diya Chitale 11-2 11-7 11-5 Manika Batra bt Swastika Ghosh 11-4 11-7 15-13 Reeth Rishya bt Anannya Basak 11-6 5-11 11-8 11-7 PTI BS PDS PDS
