<p>Chandra from PSPB lost to Manudev 27-82, 39-55, 55-67 in straight frames after a keenly contested Group B encounter, during which the latter had very close calls on several occasions before putting it across his opponent.<br /><br />In another tooth and nail battle, Sitwala had to put in all his experience to outclass Hemant in 3-2 frames. PSPB’s Sitwala beat Hemant 1-65, 46-58, 55-08, 63-45, 83-11 in the long-drawn battle and bounced back into title contention.<br /><br />Results: Group A: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Divya Sharma (HR) 3-0 (74-28, 79-16, 83-9); Ravinder Singh (Raj) bt Neeraj Khemka (WB) 3-0 (26-62, 14-65, 58-27, 67-29, 62-16).<br />Group B: Abhishek Raj (UP) bt Vishal Abrol (J&K) 3-1 (52-38, 63-57, 41-49, 65-18); IH Manudev (Kar) bt Manan Chandra (PSPB) 3-0 (82-27, 55-39, 67-55).<br /><br />Group C: Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Neeraj Kumar (Rly) 3-1 (79-6, 2-72, 63-32, 115-1); Saket Saurabh (BH) bt Gunjan Patel (Guj) 3-2 (38-61, 38-48, 53-34, 65-13, 74-13).<br />Group D: S Mumtaz Ali (Jha) bt Dhruv Verma (Pun) 3-2 (52-34, 72-42, 25-64, 19-75, 77-27); Kamal Chawla (Rly) bt Rahul Bhargav (Raj) 3-0 (64-38, 91-18, 73-16).<br /><br />Group E: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Rahul Agarwal (MP) 3-0 (66-29, 73-34, 78-29); Nishit Prakash (UP) bt Rishabh Pandya (Mah) 3-2 (22-74, 55-46, 15-28, 69-6, 64-14).<br />Group F: Manish Jain (WB) bt Vivek Chopra (Pun) 3-0 (83-29, 60-42, 50-12); Shahbaz Khan (PSPB) bt Vinayak Agarwal (UP) 3-1 (62-51, 13-70, 65-24, 62-34).<br /><br />Group G: Vaibhav Sharma (Del) bt Sumit Talwar (Cha) 3-1 (26-76, 67-28, 75-52, 62-28).<br />Group H: S Bopanna (Kar) bt Ahsan Haque (Ori) 3-1 (59-68, 59-57, 70-51, 71-31); Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Sandeep Duggal (Cha) 3-0 (74-2, 59-10, 72-16).<br /><br />Group I: Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Himanshu (Asm) 3-0 (83-50, 77-12, 72-6); Kankan Shamsi (UP) bt Shravan Mohta (PSPB) 3-2 (61-37, 65-27, 49-60, 38-57, 71-33).<br />Group J: R Girish (Rly) bt Shivam Arora (BH) 3-2 (65-39, 42-65, 100-19, 52-61, 59-27).<br />Group K: K Venkatesham (Rly) bt IV Rajeev (AP) 3-1 (70-27, 73-21, 24-58, 57-18); Rupesh Shah (PSPB) bt Jeet Kishore Das (Ori) 3-1 (35-67, 74-26, 74-21, 81-20).<br />Group L: Sundeep Gulati (Del) bt Nitin Agarwal (MP) 3-1 (75-45, 68-49, 52-88, 100-65); Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Sumesh Turki (J&K) 3-0 (70-24, 67-27, 63-28); Sundeep Gulati (Del) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 3-0 (82-22, 59-9, 78-0); Somesh Turki (J&K) bt Nitin Agarwal (MP) 3-2 (22-68, 62-52, 54-41, 8-84, 52-40). <br /><br />Group M: Shyam Jagtiani (Rly) bt Sameer Bhalla (HR) 3-1 (49-51, 70-17, 77-25, 60-18); Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Akhil Jhonson (Ker) 3-0 (71-35, 79-12, 64-27); Sameer Bhalla (HR) bt Akhil Jhonson (Ker) 3-0 (76-5, 82-28, 66-13); Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Shyam Jagtiani 3-1 (97-4, 46-58, 89-31, 60-39).<br /><br />Group N: Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Nicholas D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (71-11, 62-22, 67-18); SA Saleem (TN) bt Hemant Kumar (Rly) 3-2 (76-12, 8-63, 26-66, 105-4, 76-1); SA Saleem (TN) bt Nicholas D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (49-18, 78-63, 75-0); Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Hemant Kumar (Rly) 3-2 (1-65, 46-58, 55-8, 63-45, 83-11).<br /><br />Group O: Faisal Khan (Rly) bt Hussain Cochinwala (Ker) 3-0 (85-13, 86-1, 88-5); Balaji Reddy (Kar) bt D Rajkumar (Kar) 3-1 (19-67, 71-31, 73-66, 69-3).<br /><br />Group P: Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Marlon D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (65-3, 80-12, 74-34); Siddharth Parikh (Rly) bt Pushpinder Singh (Del) 3-2 (90-37, 41-53, 65-39, 33-64, 77-6); Pushpinder Singh (Del) bt Marlon D'Souza (Goa) 3-2 (36-59, 81-11, 38-50, 72-32, 82-26).</p>
<p>Chandra from PSPB lost to Manudev 27-82, 39-55, 55-67 in straight frames after a keenly contested Group B encounter, during which the latter had very close calls on several occasions before putting it across his opponent.<br /><br />In another tooth and nail battle, Sitwala had to put in all his experience to outclass Hemant in 3-2 frames. PSPB’s Sitwala beat Hemant 1-65, 46-58, 55-08, 63-45, 83-11 in the long-drawn battle and bounced back into title contention.<br /><br />Results: Group A: Pankaj Advani (PSPB) bt Divya Sharma (HR) 3-0 (74-28, 79-16, 83-9); Ravinder Singh (Raj) bt Neeraj Khemka (WB) 3-0 (26-62, 14-65, 58-27, 67-29, 62-16).<br />Group B: Abhishek Raj (UP) bt Vishal Abrol (J&K) 3-1 (52-38, 63-57, 41-49, 65-18); IH Manudev (Kar) bt Manan Chandra (PSPB) 3-0 (82-27, 55-39, 67-55).<br /><br />Group C: Aditya Mehta (PSPB) bt Neeraj Kumar (Rly) 3-1 (79-6, 2-72, 63-32, 115-1); Saket Saurabh (BH) bt Gunjan Patel (Guj) 3-2 (38-61, 38-48, 53-34, 65-13, 74-13).<br />Group D: S Mumtaz Ali (Jha) bt Dhruv Verma (Pun) 3-2 (52-34, 72-42, 25-64, 19-75, 77-27); Kamal Chawla (Rly) bt Rahul Bhargav (Raj) 3-0 (64-38, 91-18, 73-16).<br /><br />Group E: Sourav Kothari (PSPB) bt Rahul Agarwal (MP) 3-0 (66-29, 73-34, 78-29); Nishit Prakash (UP) bt Rishabh Pandya (Mah) 3-2 (22-74, 55-46, 15-28, 69-6, 64-14).<br />Group F: Manish Jain (WB) bt Vivek Chopra (Pun) 3-0 (83-29, 60-42, 50-12); Shahbaz Khan (PSPB) bt Vinayak Agarwal (UP) 3-1 (62-51, 13-70, 65-24, 62-34).<br /><br />Group G: Vaibhav Sharma (Del) bt Sumit Talwar (Cha) 3-1 (26-76, 67-28, 75-52, 62-28).<br />Group H: S Bopanna (Kar) bt Ahsan Haque (Ori) 3-1 (59-68, 59-57, 70-51, 71-31); Geet Sethi (Guj) bt Sandeep Duggal (Cha) 3-0 (74-2, 59-10, 72-16).<br /><br />Group I: Yasin Merchant (Mah) bt Himanshu (Asm) 3-0 (83-50, 77-12, 72-6); Kankan Shamsi (UP) bt Shravan Mohta (PSPB) 3-2 (61-37, 65-27, 49-60, 38-57, 71-33).<br />Group J: R Girish (Rly) bt Shivam Arora (BH) 3-2 (65-39, 42-65, 100-19, 52-61, 59-27).<br />Group K: K Venkatesham (Rly) bt IV Rajeev (AP) 3-1 (70-27, 73-21, 24-58, 57-18); Rupesh Shah (PSPB) bt Jeet Kishore Das (Ori) 3-1 (35-67, 74-26, 74-21, 81-20).<br />Group L: Sundeep Gulati (Del) bt Nitin Agarwal (MP) 3-1 (75-45, 68-49, 52-88, 100-65); Devendra Joshi (PSPB) bt Sumesh Turki (J&K) 3-0 (70-24, 67-27, 63-28); Sundeep Gulati (Del) bt Devendra Joshi (PSPB) 3-0 (82-22, 59-9, 78-0); Somesh Turki (J&K) bt Nitin Agarwal (MP) 3-2 (22-68, 62-52, 54-41, 8-84, 52-40). <br /><br />Group M: Shyam Jagtiani (Rly) bt Sameer Bhalla (HR) 3-1 (49-51, 70-17, 77-25, 60-18); Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Akhil Jhonson (Ker) 3-0 (71-35, 79-12, 64-27); Sameer Bhalla (HR) bt Akhil Jhonson (Ker) 3-0 (76-5, 82-28, 66-13); Ashok Shandilya (Rly) bt Shyam Jagtiani 3-1 (97-4, 46-58, 89-31, 60-39).<br /><br />Group N: Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Nicholas D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (71-11, 62-22, 67-18); SA Saleem (TN) bt Hemant Kumar (Rly) 3-2 (76-12, 8-63, 26-66, 105-4, 76-1); SA Saleem (TN) bt Nicholas D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (49-18, 78-63, 75-0); Dhruv Sitwala (PSPB) bt Hemant Kumar (Rly) 3-2 (1-65, 46-58, 55-8, 63-45, 83-11).<br /><br />Group O: Faisal Khan (Rly) bt Hussain Cochinwala (Ker) 3-0 (85-13, 86-1, 88-5); Balaji Reddy (Kar) bt D Rajkumar (Kar) 3-1 (19-67, 71-31, 73-66, 69-3).<br /><br />Group P: Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Marlon D'Souza (Goa) 3-0 (65-3, 80-12, 74-34); Siddharth Parikh (Rly) bt Pushpinder Singh (Del) 3-2 (90-37, 41-53, 65-39, 33-64, 77-6); Pushpinder Singh (Del) bt Marlon D'Souza (Goa) 3-2 (36-59, 81-11, 38-50, 72-32, 82-26).</p>