WB girls stun Tamil Nadu

Kolkata, Dec 25: West Bengal sub-junior girls today upset Tamil Nadu to enter the team championship final in the 77th Cadet and Sub-Junior National Table Tennis Championships at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here today.

In the sub-junior girls semifinals, West Bengal defeated runners-up Tamil Nadu 3-1 to set up a final clash against Maharashtra, who accounted for Delhi.

Earlier, title-holders Karnataka girls bowed out in the quarterfinals. In sub-junior boys semifinals, PSPBA boys blanked Uttar Pradesh 3-0 to meet Gujarat in the final tomorrow.

Gujarat handed out a 3-0 drubbing to Telangana in the second semifinals.

In Cadet Girls, West Bengal went down 1-3 in the first semifinal to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu defeated Haryana 3-2 in a hard-fought second semifinal.

In Cadet Boys, Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh 3-1 while it was Tamil Nadu boys who downed North Bengal 3-1 to enter the final. PTI