CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu banked on experienced internationals Preyesh Raj and PB Abhinand but unfortunately they lost both their matches as Uttar Pradesh ran away with a 3-1 win to enter the U-19 Youth Boys semifinals in the 84th edition of the Inter-State Youth and Junior National Table Tennis Championships at the Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.
Karnataka, Manipur and Telangana have bowed out of the medal reckoning on the second day.
Results (Team Events): Youth Boys U-19: Quarterfinals: West Bengal bt Karnataka 3-1 (Soumyadeep Sarkar lost to Rohith Shankar 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 6-11, Ankur Bhattacharjee bt K.J. Aakash 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; Bodhisatwa Chaudhury bt Varun Kashyap 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 13-11, Ankur Bhattacharjee bt Rohit Shankar 13-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-2); Delhi bt Manipur 3-0 (Payas Jain bt Y. Khelndrajit 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, Aadarsh Om Chhetri bt K. Segal Singh 12-10, 4-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, Arjav Gupta bt K. Nelson Singh 13-11, 11-8, 11-4); Maharashtra bt Telangana 3-1 (Kushal Chopda lost to Kesavan Kannan 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 8-11, Jash Modi bt Trishul Mehra 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, Neil Mulye bt Aadlakhiya J Dev 11-3, 11-5, 13-11; Jash Modi bt Kesavan Kannan 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4); Uttar Pradesh bt Tamil Nadu 3-1 (Sarth Mishra bt S. Preyesh Raj 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, Divyansh Srivastava bt Varun Ganesh 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, Akshat Tyagi lost to P.B. Abhinand 11-5, 4-11, 11-13, 8-11, Divyansh Srivastava bt S. Preyesh Raj 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9).
