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The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) men’s squad clinched its 24th consecutive title, defeating West Bengal successful the last of the 87th inter-State and elder National array tennis championship, sponsored by Ultimate Table Tennis, connected Tuesday.
However, the item of the time was the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) women’s squad scripting a singular comeback to borderline past PSPB successful a thrilling last astatine the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium, securing its 3rd rubric successful 4 years. In a contention that lasted implicit 3 hours, Sreeja Akula — India’s highest-ranked paddler — defeated Yashaswini Ghorpade successful the deciding 5th crippled of the last rubber to seal the victory.
PSPB had looked acceptable for a treble erstwhile Taneesha Kotecha stunned Sreeja successful the opening match, and Yashaswini comfortably bushed Ayhika Mukherjee to springiness her squad a 2-0 lead.
Diya Chitale, the reigning National champion, recovered herself trailing 1-6 successful the 2nd crippled against teen Syndrela Das aft losing the opener. However, Diya turned the tide with assertive play, countering Syndrela’s sidespin returns to support RBI successful contention.
Ayhika past levelled the necktie by dominating Taneesha to unit a decider. In the last match, Sreeja held her nerve, unleashing her trademark down-the-line forehand topspin winners astatine important moments to clinch the title.
The men’s final, arsenic expected, was mostly one-sided. However, seasoned Harmeet Desai was tested by left-hander Bodhisatwa Chaudhury. After starring 2-0 and 9-3, Harmeet appeared to suffer focus, conceding 8 consecutive points to driblet the game. Bodhisatwa carried the momentum guardant to level the lucifer astatine 2 games apiece, but Harmeet’s acquisition yet prevailed arsenic helium won the decider to unafraid some the lucifer and PSPB’s title.
The idiosyncratic events began precocious connected Tuesday evening, with Swastika Ghosh pulling retired of the class owed to aesculapian reasons.
The results: Team Championship final: Men: Petroleum Sports Promotion Board bt West Bengal 3-0 (Payas Jain bt Ankur Bhattacharjee 12-10, 11-4, 1-11, 11-9; Manav Thakkar bt Aniket Sen Choudhury 15-13, 11-5, 11-5; Harmeet Desai bt Bodhisatwa Chaudhury 11-4, 11-2, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8).
Positions 3 to 10: Telangana, Railways Sports Promotion Board, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, and Punjab.
Women: Reserve Bank of India bt PSPB 3-2 (Sreeja Akula mislaid to Taneesha Kotecha 12-10, 12-10, 7-11, 13-15, 4-11; Ayhika Mukherjee mislaid to Yashswini Ghorpade 7-11, 5-11, 8-11, Diya Chitale bt Syndrela Das 12-14, 12-10, 11-7, 14-12, Ayhika bt Taneesha 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Sreeja bt Yashaswini 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-6).
Positions 3 to 10: Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal, and Haryana.
