Chandigarh: Top seed Gagandeep Singh stormed in to the men’s quarter final by defeating Rajkumar 20-8, 25-12 on the third day of the 17th Chandigarh State Carrom Championship being organised by the Chandigarh Carrom Association (CCA) at St Stephen’s School here on Monday. Unseeded Tuba clinched a 25-10, 1-25, 16-15 victory over seeded Kudrat in the girls’ junior category.
Earlier in the day, Asif Iqbal defeated Piyush Sood 24-7, 25-4 to move in to the quarter final of men’s category. Mohammed Saquib also moved in to the quarter final by defeating Arif 25-4, 21-18. In the boys’ junior pre quarter final, Rajkumar defeated Nikhil Grover 25-2, 25-6. In another match Kartik thrashed Yishu Sharma 25-0, 25-0 in a one sided match while Mukul defeated Tassavar Ali 25-11, 25-01. Gulshan defeated Prachi 25-0, 25-3 in a girls’ junior pre quarter final match. In the same category, Farhin defeated Neha 25-0, 25-0 while Bhanu defeated Harlin Sadana 25-1, 25-0. In the women’s singles pre quarter final, Tuba defeated Amanjot 25-4, 25-10 while Gulshan defeated Kiran 25-0, 25-1. Farheen scored 25-4, 7-11, 25-0 victory over Bhanu in the same category. The finals of the various categories will be played on Tuesday at St Stephen’s School.
Results:
Men’s Singles: pre quarter final: Gagandeep Singh bt Rajkumar 20-8, 25-12, Asif Iqbal bt Piyush Sood 24-7, 25-4, Md. Saquib bt Arif 25-4,21-18; Boys’ Singles (Junior):Pre quarter final: Rajkumar bt Nikhil Grover 25-2,25-6, Kartik bt Yishu Sharma 25-0,25-0, Md. Saquib bt Varun Sood 24-11,5-25,25-0, Md. Talib bt Md. Arib 17-13,25-20, Mukul bt Tassavar Ali 25-11,25-1, Md.Naushad bt Ekansh Goyal 25-5,25-5, Piyush Sood bt Md. Wasim 25-1, 25-9, Md. Hassan bt Manoj Thakur 25-0,25-0; Girls’ Junior: pre quarter final: Tuba b Kudrat 25-10,1-25,16-15, Gulshan bt Prachi 25-0,25-3, Farhin bt Neha 25-0,25-0, Bhanu bt Harlin Sadana 25-1,25-0, Reena bt Kirti 25-0, Aakanksha bt Khazanika 25-4,25-7, Simridhi bt Gursheen 25-0,25-0, Anjali bt Drishti 25-0,25-0; Women’s Singles : pre quarter finals : Tuba b Amanjot 25-4,25-10, Gulshan bt Kiran 25-0,25-1, Farhin bt Bhanu 25-4,7-11,25-0, Reena bt Simridhi 15-16,25-4,21-11, Aakanksha bt Kirti 25-0,25-0, Anjali Taneja bt Anjali Yadav 18-13,16-13.
Source: Express News Service