Amalraj prevails over Sanil
November 20, 2017
Reference: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/amalraj-clinches-mens-title/article20557973.ece
A. Amalraj bounced back from the disastrous outing in Greater Noida last week in style to lift the 11Even Sports West Zone national ranking table tennis tournament title at the Dadoji Konddev Stadium on Sunday.
Amalraj overcame adverse conditions and an on-song opponent in southpaw Sanil Shetty in a tense five-game final.
Having suffered a shock defeat in the round of 32 then, the second seed raised his game a few notches when it mattered. Amalraj negated the service advantage of Shetty at the crunch time to finish the final in around 30 minutes. With the third title of the season, Amalraj will move to the top of the National rankings.
Meanwhile, second seed Sutirtha Mukherjee pocketed her second title of the season by overcoming top seed Manika Batra in the women’s singles final.
The results:
Men: Final: Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8; Semifinals: Shetty bt Manav Thakkar (PSPB) 8-11, 15-13, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4; Amalraj bt Sougata Sarkar (LIC) 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7.
Women: Final: Sutirtha Mukherjee (WB) bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Semifinals: Sutirtha bt Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) 11-6, 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9; Manika bt Ayhika Mukherjee (RBI) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10.
Youth boys: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Ronit Bhanja (WB) 11-4, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8; Semifinals: Ronit bt Siddhesh Pande (Mah) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Manav bt Jeet Chandra (WB) 11-3, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7.
Youth girls: Final: Ayhika Mukherjee bt Kaushani Nath (WB) 13-11, 11-4, 11-6, 16-18, 11-6; Semifinals: Kaushani bt Sreeja Akula (RBI) 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10, 6-11, 14-12; Ayhika bt Prapti Sen (WB) 11-3, 11-13, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7.
