PATNA: Defending champion Petroleum ensured main round berths in both the men’s and women’s sections with easy wins in the 70th inter-State table tennis championship, here on Monday. North Bengal, with an all-win record, joined Petroleum in the pre-quarterfinals in both the sections.
With National champion, A. Sharath Kamal, arriving late, Petroleum kept up its campaign with the next three men in the order — Subhajit Saha, Zubin Kumar and Devesh Karia.
The results:
Group league: Men:
Round 1: Group A: Petroleum bt Orissa 3-0; Chhattisgarh bt HP 3-0.
Group B: Railways bt Jharkhand 3-0; Karnataka bt Mizoram 3-1.
Group C: N. Bengal bt Kerala 3-0; Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Manipur 3-0.
Group D: Gujarat bt Chandigarh 3-0; U.P. bt Andaman & Nicobar 3-0.
Group E: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Punjab 3-1; W. Bengal bt Meghalaya 3-0;
Group F: Delhi bt Bihar 3-0; Haryana bt J & K 3-0.
Group G: Tamil Nadu bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0; Assam w/o Tripura.
Group H: Andhra Pradesh bt Uttarakhand 3-0.
Women: Round 2:
Group A: Petroleum bt Assam 3-0.
Group B: N. Bengal bt Chandigarh 3-0.
Group C: W. Bengal bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0.
Group D: Dena Bank bt Bihar 3-0.
Group E: Maharashtra-B bt Delhi 3-0.
Group F: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Punjab 3-0.
Group G: Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0; Assam w/o Tripura.
Group H: Gujarat bt Rajasthan 3-0; U.P. bt Jharkhand 3-2.
Round 1: Group A: Petroleum bt Chhattisgarh 3-0.
Group B: N. Bengal w/o Haryana.
Group C: W. Bengal bt Kerala 3-0.
Group D: Dena Bank bt Manipur 3-0.
Group E: Maharashtra ‘B’ bt Himachal Pradesh 3-0.
Group F: Maharashtra ‘A’ bt Uttarakhand 3-0.
Group G: Tamil Nadu w/o Tripura; Andhra Pradesh w/o J & K.
Group H: U.P. bt Rajasthan 3-1; Gujarat bt Jharkhand 3-0.