The 17-12 months-previous World Cup champion M. Khazima pipped Kajal Kumari 21-17, 17-24, 24-20 within the ladies’s quarterfinals of the 52nd National carrom championship on the NDMC Indoor Stadium right here on Thursday.
Tuba Sehar, who defeated former World champion and a number of-time National champion Rashmi Kumari within the pre-quarterfinals 23-18, 13-25, 25-2, V. Mithra, and L. Keerthana had been the others to make the final-4 stage within the ladies’s part.
In the boys’s occasion, reigning World Cup champion Ok. Srinivas went all the way down to former World champion Prashant More 22-11, 25-17 within the quarterfinals. Zaid Ahmad Farooquee, Sandeep Dive and Abhijit Tripankar had been the others to make the semifinals.
In the staff championship, Tamil Nadu claimed each the boys’s and girls’s titles.
In the Institutional staff championships, Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) completed on prime in each the boys’s and girls’s occasions.
The outcomes: Quarterfinals: Men: Prashant More bt Ok. Srinivas 22-11, 25-17; Zaid Ahmed Farooquee bt Mohd. Arif 18-20, 25-9, 25-0; Sandeep Dive bt Gautam Bhol 25-17, 25-5; Abhijit Tripankar bt Abdul Asif 25-20, 25-13.
Women: Tuba Sehar bt Kavita Somanchi 25-11, 12-25, 25-0; M. Khazima bt Kajal Kumari 21-17, 17-24, 24-20; V. Mithra bt Samruddhi Ghadigaonkar 23-8, 22-8; L. Keerthana bt Ambika Harith 22-11, 17-9.
Team: Men: Tamil Nadu, 2. Assam, 3. Vidarbha, 4. Maharashtra; Women: 1. Tamil Nadu, 2. Maharashtra, 3. Chandigarh, 4. Bengal.
Institutional staff: Men: 1. JISL, 2. RBI, 3. PSPB, 4. CCSCSB; Women: 1. JISL; 2. PSPB, 3. AAI, 4. LIC.
Published – March 20, 2025 07:03 pm IST
