Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra lads recorded convincing victories to advance to the semi-final round of the Sub-Junior Boys’ Team Championship of the LIC of India sponsored 44th Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship, organized by the All India Carrom Federation and hosted by the Maharashtra Carrom Association, at the Halari Visa Oswal Samaj Hall, Dadar (East) on Wednesday.
Arpan Bandivadekar of Maharashtra is all concentration during his first round win against Tayyab Raila of Goa by a 13-17, 16-9, 21-4 score
In quarter-final encounters, Tamil Nadu team comprising of M. Kaushik and A. Musaraf, both playing the singles and the doubles pair of Guruprasath and Sandeep defeated Vidarbha 3-0.
In contrast the Maharashtra team encountered a bit of challenge from Assam before romping to a 3-0 win. The Maharashtra singles players, Ojas Jadhav and Mayuresh Naik, both had to dig deep to win their respective matches. Ojas got the better of Wakib Iqbal Hussain 12-5, 7-13, 14-6, while Mayuresh dropped the first game but rallied well to overcome Sahil Rahman 6-18, 14-8, 15-7. However, Maharashtra’s doubles combination of Om Taware and Pratham Mehta proved too good as they blanked the Assam duo of Dipak Rai and Faruq Sheikh 21-0, 22-0.
Former National champion Nagsen Etambe of Bank of India (right) plays a shot during his first round defeat against Tamil Nadu’s G. Mukesh 6-25, 14-25 in a men’s singles first round match
In the other quarter-final matches, Bihar prevailed over Hyderabad 2-1 and Delhi defeated Uttar Pradesh by a similar 2-1 scoreline, to also progress to the semi-finals.
In the sub-junior boys singles first round encounter, Maharashtra Arpan Bandivadekar showed great fighting spirit as he came back from a game down to defeat Tayyab Raila of Goa by a 13-17, 16-9, 21-4.
Meanwhile, former World Champion K. Srinivas of PSPB hogged the limelight with a break to finish in the third board of the second game as he went on to record a fluent 25-11, 25-0 win against Ansaar of Rajasthan in a men’s singles first round match of the 24th All India Federation Cup Carrom Tournament 2017-18, being conducted simultaneously.
However, former National champion Nagsen Etambe of Bank of India crashed at the first hurdle losing to Tamil Nadu’s G. Mukesh 6-25, 14-25.
In doubles action, Sangeeta Chandorkar and Kavita Somanchi of Reserve Bank of India defeated Mamata Kumari and Nisha Kumari of Bihar in straight games at 25-9, 25-6 to reach the women’s doubles semi-finals.
Zaheer Pasha and Ravi Waghmare from Reserve Bank also made it to the semi-final round of the men’s doubles event. They fought back after losing the first game to score over S. Aditya and Shaikh Mohd of Telangana 6-25, 25-14, 25-10 in a close quarter-final match.
Results : Team championship – Sub-Junior Boys (quarter-finals): Maharashtra beat Assam 3-0 (Ojas Jadhav bt Wakib Iqbal Hussain 12-5, 7-13, 14-6; Mayuresh Naik bt Sahil Rahman 6-18, 14-8, 15-7; Om Taware/Pratham Mehta bt Dipak Rai/Faruq Sheikh 21-0, 22-0).
Bihar beat Hyderabad 2-1 (Sohaib Alam bt Sabeer Jameel 21-0, 21-6; Md. Faiyaz Ali lost Syed Asif Ali 1-21, 8-15; Aditya Raj/Md. Imran Ansari bt Afran Ahmed/U. Girivardhan 19-12, 21-0).
Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 2-1 (Mohd. Naashit bt Priyanshu Yadav 21-0, 15-3; Mohd. Areeb bt Mohd. Arsh 20-4, 21-4; Fraaz/Zeeshan lost Himanshu/Dilshad Ali 0-23, 1-21).
Tamil Nadu beat Vidarbha 3-0 (M. Kaushik bt Adi Samubre 10-5, 12-9; A. Musaraf bt Sheikh Nadim 16-10, 20-16; Guruprasath/Sandeep bt Mohd. Amin/Tanish Markande 21-8, 21-3).
Sub-Junior Boys singles (1st round): Ojas Jadhav (Mah) bt Sagar Kumar (Jha) 21-0, 21-0; A. Musaraf (TN) bt Priyanshu Yadav (UP) 21-1, 20-15; Arpan Bandivadekar (Mah) bt Tayyab Raila (Goa) 13-17, 16-9, 21-4; Om Taware (Mah) bt Nashit S. (Dli) 10-5, 18-1, 17-4; Sayed Asif Ali (Hyd) bt Kishan T. 25-0, 25-0; Nadeem Sk. Nabi (Vid) bt Sandip S. (Ben) 21-0, 21-0; David Bonal (Mah) bt Praveen Naik (Goa) 14-1, 10-8; Ksh. Boinao (Man) bt R.Y. Bobby (AP) 13-3, 8-10, 19-9; Ritesh Mohite (Mah) bt Md. Runith Pasha (Hyd) 24-1, 24-0; M. Kaushik (TN) bt Roshan Khainar (Mah) 21-4, 21-0; Sk. Karim (Odi) bt Vinit Singh (Ben) 16-5, 10-4; Sahil Thakur (Chd) bt M. Chinna (AP) 21-4, 22-5; Mohd. Areeb (Del) bt Mohd. Arsh (UP) 13-9, 15-3; Deepak Rai (Asm) bt M. Reenel (Man) 7-6, 17-0; Vinay Kerkar (Goa) bt Sebastian (Pud) 21-10, 21-9; Ashmit Bhakta (Mah) bt Sakib Ahmed 21-0, 16-4; Pauras Kargutkar (Mah) bt Meet Parmar (Guj) 23-0, 21-0.
Women’s doubles (quarter-finals): Nagajyoti/Ilavazhaki (PSPB) bt Sneha More/Meenal Lele (Mah) 25-10, 25-4; R. Gayatri/Ashmabarthini (TN) bt Nagajyoti/Neha Reddy (CCSCSB) 25-13, 25-13; Sangeeta Chandorkar/Kavita Somanchi (RBI) bt Mamata Kumari/Nisha Kumari (Bhi) 25-9, 25-6; Rashmi Kumari/Kajal Kumari (PSPB) bt Maitreyee Gogate/Priti Khedekar (Mah) 25-18, 25-5.
Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): Yogesh Pardeshi/Ramesh Babu (PSPB) bt Bharati Dasan/Kishor Kumar (CCSCSB) 25-8, 25-4; Zaheer Pasha/Ravi Waghmare (RBI) bt S. Aditya/Shaikh Mohd (Tel) 6-25, 25-14, 25-10; K. Srinivasan/Sandeep Deorukhkar (PSPB) bt Dilesh Khedekar/R.D. Dinesh Babu (CAG) 25-6, 24-25, 25-5; Prashant More/L. Suryaprakash (RBI) bt M.A. Hakim/Jiben Deka (BSNL) 25-2, 25-3.
Men’s singles (1st round): K. Srinivas (PSPB) bt Ansaar (Raj) 25-11, 25-0; L. Suryaprakash (RBI) bt Suhas Pomendkar (AIESCB) 25-24, 25-10; R. Shivkumar (Ktk) bt M.M. Santosh (Ker) 19-25, 25-8, 25-4; Malang Raila (Goa) bt Suresh Pradhan (Odi) 25-14, 25-16; Mohd. Mushtaq (MP) bt A. Amarjeet (Man) 9-25, 25-0, 25-19; S.K. Ilahi (AP) bt Koring Toma (Ar.P) 25-0, 25-0; Sanjay Nagaokar (BoI) bt Mohd. Nadim (Bih) 25-19, 25-11; M.A. Hakim (BSNL) bt R.D. Dinesh Babu (CAG) 25-7, 25-14; G. Mukesh (TN) bt Nagsen Etambe (BoI) 25-6, 25-14.