GUWAHATI, Sept 27 - On a day when many seeds failed to make it through, unseeded Siddesh Pandey from Maharashtra brought out his best to beat 10th seeded Sougata Sarkar 4-2 and enter the men�s singles semifinals of the 11 Sports National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium in RG Baruah Sports Complex here today.
Top seed Manav Thakkar was in sublime form against Raj Mondal with a 4-1 win and sixth seed Arjun Ghosh, equally aggressive, sent Sudhanshu Grover (4-1) packing while in the left-hander�s quarterfinals, Manush Shah packed off Sanil Shetty 4-0.
Results: (Women singles, Q/F) Sutirtha Mukherjee (Har) bt Ayhika Mukherjee (RBI) 11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8; Kaushani Nathi (AAI) bt Ankita Das (PSPB) 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-2; Reeth Rishya (PSPB) bt Prapti Sen (WB) 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6; Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) bt Surbhi Patwari (WB) 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-5. (Men singles, Q/F) Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Raj Mondal (RBI) 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Manush Shah (Guj) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8; Arjun Ghosh (AAI) bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9; Siddesh Pande (Mah) bt Sougata Sarkar (LIC) 11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 14-16, 11-6.
