Heavyweights West Bengal and Maharashtra set up a blockbuster title clash in the women's table tennis team event at the 38th National Games after registering convincing wins in their respective semi-finals in Dehradun on Monday.
Maharashtra blanked Haryana 3-0 in the first semi-final and West Bengal crushed Delhi by a similar margin in their last four clash.
Diya Chitale opened Maharashtra's account with a hard-fought 3-1 (11-3, 12-14, 1-8 12-10) win over Haryana's Sneha Bhowmick in the first singles match.
Swastika Ghosh then recorded a comfortable 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-9) win over Prithoki Chakraborty to give Maharashtra a 2-0 lead in the contest.
Taneesha Sanjay Kotecha then sealed the first semi-final in her team's favour with a 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3) victory over Sreedatri Roy.
In the second semi-final, India player Ayhika Mukherjee began the proceedings on a positive note for Bengal, winning her match 3-1 (11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6) against Lakshita Narang.
Sutirtha Mukherjee, who is also an India player and won medals in international tournaments like Ayhika, extended Bengal's lead with a 3-0 (11-8 13-11 11-6) sweep of Vanshika Bhargava.
Poymantee Baisya completed the task for her side with a 3-0 (12-10 11-5 11-6) win over Vanshika Mudgal.
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