Sharat Kamal’s class to the fore

Visakhapatnam: On a day when A Sharath Kamal reasserted his supremacy, three in the women draw Manika Batra, Mouma Das and Divya Deshpande were given the marching orders in the quarterfinals of the 11Even Sports National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.

Sharat Kamal defeated West Zone finalist Devesh Karia 4-2 after being down 0-2 against the southpaw. He will meet Harmeet Desai in Sunday’s semifinal. Harmeet beat Raj Mondal 4-1. Top-seed Sathiyan and Jubin Kumar completed the last four line-up.Results: Singles quarterfinals-Women: Sudha Mukherjee (WB) bt Divya Deshpande (PSPB) 11-6, 15-13, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6; Mousumi Paul (PSPB) bt Mouma Das (PSPB) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3; Sinha Roy Krittwika (PSPB) bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10; Das Ankita (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar (PSPB) 12-10, 11-2, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8; Men: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (PSPB) bt Thakkar Manav (PSPB) 11-6, 11-3, 12-14, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9; Kumar Jubin (PSPB) bt Sushmit Sriram (AAI) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 12-10; Desai Harmeet (PSPB) bt Raj Mondal (RB) 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-2, 14-12; Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) bt Karia Devesh (Guj) 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11.