CHANDIGARH, SEPT 24 :Holders Air India and formidable Indian Oil Corporation registered two victories each in their respective men’s groups on the opening day of the All India PSU Table Tennis Tournament being conducted by Airport Authority of India at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
IOC, having Olympian Sharad Kamal in their line-up, outplayed Coal India by 3-0 in their second match of the day. Sharad faced no resistance from S Singh 11-1, 11-3, 11-1 in the opening game. Rajeev defeated Ananya by 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 and Somyajit beat Dinesh 11-6, 13-11, 11-6 as IOC had a smooth sailing. Earlier IOC walked over Mahanagar Telephones Nigam Limited who failed to turn up.
Holders Air India beat Steel Authority of India and Central Warehousing Corporation with an identical 3-0 margins.
Olympian Neha Aggarwal enabled Bharat Petroleum Corporation of India to commence their programme with an easy 3-1 win over Life Insurance Corporation of India in the women’s group A match. Neha won her both matches with ease. Neha, who represented India in the Beijing Olympic Games-2008, defeated Chandrani Dey 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 to give her team 1-0 lead. In her second match, Neha downed Deepali Rangshai 11-6, 11-5, 11-5.
Hosts Airport Authority of India blanked Central Warehousing Corporation by 3-0 in the opening group Men’s A group. Harmit Desai rallied to beat Yakshap 4-11, 11-0, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9 in the opening singles match. Taj Mandal made it 2-0 as he defeated Vijay 11-5, 15-13, 5-11, 11-8. Navneet wrapped up the match as prevailed over Rajat 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5.
Earlier, Chandigarh Finance-cum-Secretary Sports Sanjay Kumar was the chief guest and inaugurated the tournament. Among those present on the occasion were Regional Executive Director Northern Region,.AAI, A Murugesan, Airport Controller Chandidgarh Suneel Dutt and Chandigarh Table Tennis Association secretary Patanjali Kumar.
Sixteen men’s and 10 women’s teams are taking part in the tournament.
Results: Men: Group A: AAI bt CWC 3-0 (Harmit Desai bt Yakshap 4-11, 11-0, 11-9, 4-11,11-9, Raj Mandal bt Vinay 11-5, 15-13, 5-11, 11-8, Navneet bt Rajat 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5).
Air India bt Steel Authority of India 3-0 (Pathik Mehta bt Umesh Goswami 11-2, 11-6, 11-9, Sunil Shetty bt Shushank Bankshi 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, Akash bt Vinod Deoghare 11-3, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8).
Air India bt CWC 3-0 (Sanil Shetty bt Rajat Kumar 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, Aniket bt Yakshap Jindal 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, Pathik Mehta bt Sushil Tekchandani 11-7, 11-7, 11-6).
Group B: BSNL bt NIAC 3-0 (Saurabh Pardhn bt Suhan Rana 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, Janak Raj bt Harish Shinet 11-4, 11-9, 12-10, Nilesh Vaid bt Deepak Khattar 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7).
ONGC bt HUDCO 3-0 (A Amal Raj bt Tarun Ghosh 11-5, 11-3, 11-7, S Chadhary bt Varinder Singh 11-2, 11-3, 11-7, R Das bt Ramesh Garg 11-3, 11-3, 11-3).
NIAC bt HUDCO 3-0 (Sushas Rane bt Tarun Ghosh 11-5, 11-7,11-4, Harish Shivsat bt Varinder Singh 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, Deepak Khattar bt Ramesh Garg 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8).
ONGC bt BSNL 3-0 (S Chaudhary bt Janak Raj 8-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4, A Amal Raj bt Nilesh Vaid 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, A Ganguly bt Saurav Pardhan 11-4, 11-8, 11-7).
Group C: LIC bt EPFO 3-0 (R Rajesh bt Jugal Solandki 11-6, 11-7, 11-4, Vinay Baiswade bt R K Sharma 11-2, 11-5, 11-4, Parag Aggarwal bt Sushil 11-4, 11-2, 11-8).
Oil India bt NLC 3-0 (S Shah bt S Murali 11-6, 11-4, 11-4, Z Kumar bt C Satyamurty 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, A Kashyap bt K Lenin 11-4, 11-6, 11-4).
NLC bt EPFO 3-0 (S Murali bt Jugal Solanki 11-6, 11-8, 11-7, C Satyamurty bt RK Sharma 10-12, 11-7, 11-1, 11-3, K Lenin bt Sushil Kumar 13-11, 11-6, 11-4).
Group D: FCI bt Coal India 3-0 (Shiva bt LB Rana 11-7, 11-5, 11-9, Raja bt S Singh 11-6, 11-1, 11-4, Sammer bt Dinesh 11-5, 11-5, 11-1).
IOC w/o MTNL.
IOC bt Coal India 3-0 (Sharad Kamal bt S Singh 11-1, 11-3, 11-1, Rajeev bt Annanya 11-4, 11-3, 11-1, Somyajit bt Dinesh 11-6, 13-11, 11-5).
Women: Group A: BPCL bt LIC 3-1 (Neha Aggarwal bt Chandrani Dey 11-6, 11-7, 11-6, Jasmita Ray bt Deepali Rangshai 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, Chanchal concedes to Rich Patwardhan, Neha Aggarwal bt Deepali Rangshai 11-6, 11-5, 11-5).
ONGC bt LIC 3-0 (Madhurika bt D Rangshai 11-8,11-4, 11-7, Mousami bt C Dey 11-9, 11-3, 11-4, Vishakha bt R Patwardhan 11-5, 11-4, 11-5).
Group B: Oil India bt Airpor Authority 3-0 (Moma Das bt Sukanya Bose 11-7, 9-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-8, Nandita Shah bt Medha 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, Pooja S Bandhu bt Tanya Dutta 11-5, 11-6, 11-4).
BSNL bt NISC 3-0 (Varsha B Solanki bt V S Bhonsle 11-8, 11-3, 11-7, Ria Das Gupta bt R Pundhu 11-4, 11-1, 11-4, Sanjukta Gogia bt Promila Thakur 11-2, 11-4, 11-3)
Oil India bt NIAC 3-0 (Nandita Shah bt R Punde 11-1, 11-4, 11-2, Puja Sahasra bt BL Bhonsle 11-4, 11-2, 11-5, Ankita Das bt Promila Thakur 11-2, 11-1, 11-4).
IOC bt AAI 3-1 (Kashori Chakraborty bt Sukanya Bose 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7, K Samini bt Medha Moitra 11-4, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6, AV Nivedita lost to Kabita Das 8-11, 11-13, 13-11, 11-13, K Samini bt bt Sukanya Bose 11-7, 12-10, 3-11, 11-8).