Kolkata, January 3
In a closely fought battle in the men’s semi-final at the Freddy Manook Table Tennis championship at Harish Park Bayam Samity, Koushik Das booked his finals berth, defeating Somnath Chakrabarty (11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 0-11, 11-6) on Thursday. Ranadip Dutta became the other finalist in the men’s round, beating Debanjan Sarkar (11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6).
Other results: Girls’ Singles semi-finals: Priya Saha beat Moumita Sarkar, and Ria Dutta beat Sagarika Mukherjee.
Sub-junior girls’ semi-final: Ria Dutta beat Srija Neogi, Sagarika Mukherjee beat Moumita Sarkar.