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Inter-Unit table tennis: <\/strong>Ace paddlers Sharat Kamal and G Sathiyan reached the men's single finals of 41st PSPB Inter Unit table tennis tournament at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex, here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The first men's singles semi finals match saw Sharat Kamal (IOCL) lose his first game against talented youngster Ankur Bhattachajee 11-6. But then he reminded himself to stick to basics and made a few mistakes to win the next 4 games 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 and 11-8 to win his match 4-1 in the best of 7 games format being followed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the next men's semi finals, reigning National Champion G Sathiyan (ONGC) found his form to beat team mate Saurabh Saha comfortably 4-0. (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

On the other hand, the women's semi finals saw youth taking on experience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the first semi finals, talented Junior Yashaswani Ghorpade (OIL) beat Divya Deshpande (ONGC) 4-2 in an intense encounter. (11-4, 11-8, 3-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9). In the other semi final, T Reeth Rishya (IOCL) took on fellow teammate and junior Jennifer Verghees in a match which went the full distance to win 4-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was a see-saw battle with Jennifer winning the first game comfortably 11-5. She then won the second game as well. Reeth won the third in a close game but lost the very next game and it looked like Jennifer would win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Reeth then drew on her experience and with tremendous grit won the last 3 games and the match 4-3 (5-11, 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The women's finals scheduled on Friday will thus see Yashaswani taking on Reeth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Meanwhile, Pankaj Gupta (ONGC) will take on fellow team mate LV Thakre in the veterans finals after they both won their semi final matches comfortably by<\/p>\r\n\r\n

equal margins 3-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Also Read: <\/b> IPL 2023 Points Table<\/a><\/p>

Pankaj Gupta beat Soneshwar Deka (OIL) 11-2, 13-11, 11-13, 11-4 in the first semi finals and then LV Thakre beat Jayanta Dey (IOCL) 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 in the other veterans semi finals.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Inter-Unit-table-tennis-Sharat-Kamal-G-Sathiyan-reach-mens-single-finals.jpg", "alt_img": "Inter-Unit table tennis: Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan reach men's single finals", "alt_title": "Inter-Unit table tennis: Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan reach men's single finals", "image1": null, "video": null, "seo_title": "Inter-Unit table tennis: Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan reach men's single finals On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Inter-Unit table tennis: Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan reach men's single finals On Cricketnmore, Inter-Unit table tennis: Ace paddlers Sharat Kamal and G Sathiyan reached the men's single finals of 41st PSPB Inter Unit table tennis tournament at the Indir", "seo_keywords": "Inter Unit table tennis", "tag": null, "tagging": "Inter Unit table tennis,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": null, "slug": "inter-unit-table-tennis-sharat-kamal-g-sathiyan-reach-mens-single-finals", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "1", "ians_date": null, "ians_time": null, "server_time": null, "trash": "0", "view_count": "1535", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2023-04-21 10:30:04", "updated": "2023-04-21 10:30:04", "img_from": "Image Source: Google", "img_source": null, "schedule_publish": null, "news_keywords": "Inter-Unit table tennis, Sharat Kamal, G Sathiyan", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "12", "jio_date": "2023-04-21 10:30:04", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "0", "breaking_news": "1", "google_date": null, "featured": "0", "sports_name": "others", "cnmid": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/sports-news\/inter-unit-table-tennis-sharat-kamal-g-sathiyan-reach-mens-single-finals-5928" }