Ankita upsets Neha Agrawal

Ankita Das upset Olympian Neha Agrawal of Delhi to join Divya Deshpande, Prajakta Tipale and K Shamini in the youth girls' semi-finals of the Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Championship in Raipur.

North Bengal paddler Ankita defeated Neha 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9 to reach the last four stage.

In youth boys' category, Aniket Koparkar, G Sathiyan, Aman Balgu and Devesh Karia progressed to the semi-finals.

Quarter-final results Youth girls: Divya Deshpande (Maha) bt AV Nivedita (TN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Prajakta Tipale (RSPB) bt Soumi Mandal (RSPB) 11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 14-12, 11-9; Ankita Das (NB) bt Neha Agrawal (Del) 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9; K Shamini (PSPB) bt Ashlesha Bodas (Maha) 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.

Youth boys: Aniket Koparkar (Maha) bt Harmeet Desai (Guj) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Devesh Karia (PSPBA) bt Soumjit Ghosh (NB) 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7; Aman Balgu (Maha) bt Shubham Sharma (AP) 11-9, 12-14, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; G Sathiyan (TN) bt Sanil Shetty (AI) 11-9, 16-14, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11

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