Panaji: Second-seeded Sudhanshu Grover, who was in hot form and led Delhi men to the team championships gold, bowed out of the men’s singles in the second round going down 2-4 (9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 10-12) to Maharashtra’s Chinmaya Somaya in a thriller in the National Games at the Campal Indoor Stadium today.
Besides the Delhi paddler, quite a few top and minor seeds failed to sprout on the first day of the singles events. They included Wesley Do Rosario of Haryana (9), Ronit Bhanja of West Bengal (8), Aadarsh Om Chhetri of Delhi (11), Sourav Saha of West Bengal (6), and Abhishek Yadav of UP (10). Abhishek conceded the match because of an injury.
Sudhanshu was in deep trouble against Chinmaya after losing the first three games. But the Delhi paddler fought back to take the next two to give some worries to his Maharashtra rival. But Chinmaya’s agony ended in the sixth extended game when he clinched the last two points after deuce.
There were other winners like Jash Modi, Agniv Bhaskar Gohain, Divyansh Srivastava and Jubin Kumar, who had to strive hard against their opponents before advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.
The women’s round of 16 matches is underway.
Results:
Men: Round of 32: Sanil Shetty (Mah) bt Sarthak Seth (UP) 11-2, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3; Shubh Goel (Del) bt Vighney Reddy (Telg) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4, 13-11; Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Asm) bt Wesley Do Rosaraio (Har) 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7; Jash Modi (Mah) bt Ronit Bhanja (WB) 11-6, 11-3, 3-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4; Yashansh Malik (Del) bt Vamsh Singal (Telg) 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6; Sarth Mishra (UP) bt Shankab Boruah (Asm) 11-5, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8; Deepit Patil (Mah) bt Sarthak Gandhi (Har) 11-7, 13-11, 11-3, 11-9; Jeet Chandra (WB) bt Saidul Ahmed (Asm) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Anirban Ghosh (WB) bt Vanapal Chandrachud (Telg) 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 11-4; Siddhesh Pande (Mah) bt Ratul Nandi (Har) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Agniv Bhaskar (Asm) bt Aadarsh Om Chhetri (Del) 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Divyansh Srivastava (UP) bt Sourav Saha (WB) 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 11-7; Ankur Bhattacharya (WB) bt Arvind Kumar (Goa) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9; Shivjit Lamba (Del) bt Abhishek Yadav 11-4, 11-0, 11-0, 11-0 (conceded); Jubin Kuar (Har) bt Mohammed Ali (Telg) 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6; Chinmaya Somaya (Mah) bt Sudhanshu Grover 11-9, 13-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 12-10.
-TTFI
