Hitavada ‘A’ and ‘B’, Lokmat ‘A’ and Tarun Bharat too make it to last four of championship
Defending champion and top seed Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat, second seed Paritosh Pramanik, Sudhir Delikar (both The Hitavada) and Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) stormed into the semi-finals of the 4th Tirupati Co-operative Bank Limited Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) on Friday at Hotel Chidambara.
In the team event, ‘The Hitavada’ ‘A’ team comprising Pramanik, Delikar and Anupam Soni too made it to the last four.
They will lock horns with ‘Lokmat’ ‘A’ consisting of Najpande, Nagdevte and Chandu Dasarwar the semis. In the other semis, Tarun Bharat (Sandip Gadge, Datta Wazalwar and Umesh Mahadeokar) will take on 'The Hitavada' B (Kartik Lokhande, Ramesh Marulkar and Anil Futane).
In the single;' quarter-final, Pramanik defeated Anil Futane in two straight games (9-3, 17-2 while Delikar got the better of Ramesh Marulkar 7-4, 13-11.
In the other quarter-final matches, defending champion ‘Lokmat’s’ Pankaj Najpande defeated ‘Tarun Bharat’s’ Sandip Gadge in exciting three games (15-3, 4-12, 16-0) while Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) stunned Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) 5-12, 16-9, 21-0.
In the team event quarter-final, ‘The Hitavada’ started with a loss when Anupam Soni lost the singles match to ‘Sakal’s’ Devendra Sadavarti 0-18, 9-14. But Pramanik-Delikar pair came back roaring with a crushing win in the doubles match. They defeated the pair of Rajesh Vyahare and Nitin Naigaonkar 22-0, 22-0. In the reverse single Delikar thrashed Vyahare 17-0, 12-5 to take ‘The Hitavada’ into semis.
The semi-finals and finals in both the categories will be played on Saturday followed by prize distribution function
Chairman of Tirupati Urban Co-operative Bank Limited Sameer Meghe will be the chief guest on the occasion. CEO of Satvik Financial services Limited Amol Dhake will be the guest of honour.
Results (quarters): Men’s singles: Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) 5-12, 16-9, 21-0; Sudhir Delikar (The Hitavada) bt Ramesh Marulkar (The Hitavada) 7-4, 13-11; Pankaj Najpande (Lokmat) bt Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 15-3, 4-12, 16-0; Paritosh Pramanik (The Hitavada) bt Anil Futane (The Hitavada) 9-3, 11-2.
Team championship: Lokmat ‘A’ bt Times of India ‘A’ 2-0 (Chandu Dasarwar bt Madhav Soman 16-4, 7-3; Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte bt Rahul Soman-Dharmendra Kumar 19-0, 18-4).
Tarun Bharat bt Lokmat ‘B’ 2-0 (Datta Wazalwar bt Shekhar Mahule 15-0, 1-12, 12-3; Sandip Gadge-Umesh Mahadeokar bt Deepak Labde-Ramesh Pethe 12-5, 18-4). The Hitavada ‘A’ bt Sakal 2-1 (Anupam Soni lost to Devendra Sadavarti 0-18, 9-14; Sudhir Delikar-Paritosh Pramanik bt Rajesh Vyavhare-Nitin Naigaonkar 22-0, 22-0, Sudhir Delikar bt Rajesh Vyavhare 17-0, 12-5).
The Hitavada ‘B’ got walkover against TOI ‘B’.
Semi-final line up:
Men’s singles: Paritosh Pramanik vs Chittaranjan Nagdevte; Sudhir Delikar vs Pankaj Najpande.
Team championship: The Hitavada ‘A’ vs Lokmat ‘A’, Tarun Bharat vs The Hitavada ‘B’.
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