MUMBAI, NOV 5: SNDT, Mumbai pipped Gujarat (Ahmedabad) 3-2 in the women's second round of the Inter-university (West Zone) table tennis tournament at Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering, Karjat, today.Kaushika Solanki defeated Sakina Sajirawala 21-15, 21-15 while Sujatha Jagdale lost to Minakshi Singh 10-21, 11-21 as scores were levelled 1-1. The crucial doubles went SNDT way when Solanki and Jagdale overcame the M Singh-Sajirawala combination 21-18, 21-19 to put SNDT ahead.
Though Jagdale lost her reverse singles match to Sajirawala 13-21, 9-21, Solanki wrapped up the match for the Mumbai team with a 21-7, 21-14 win over M Singh.
RESULTS
Men's second round: Swami Ramanna Teertha (nandad) bt Barkatul 3-1; Jaipur bt ML Bukhadia (Udaipur) 3-0; Gujarat bt LNIPK 3-0; MS Baroda bt Dr HS Gaur, Sagar 3-0; Jodhpur bt Sardar Patel 3-1; North Maharashtra (Jalgaon) bt Gujarat Agril (Sardar Krushinagar) 3-0; Shivaji (Kolhapur) bt Rani Durgavati (Jabalpur) 3-1; Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada(Aurngabad) bt Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati (Ajmer) 3-0.
Women's second round: SNDT (Mumbai) bt Gujarat 3-2; LNIPE (Gwalior) bt Amravati 3-0; MD Sukhadia bt Dr Ambedkar Marathwada (Aurangabad) 3-0; Barkatulia (Bhopal) bt Saurashtra (Rajkot) 3-1; North Gujarat (Patan) bt Sardar Patel (Vidyanagar) 3-0; Rani Durgavati (Jabalpur) bt Banasthali 3-0; Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati (Ajmer) bt MS Baroda 3-2.
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