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CHETAN BABOOR DISPLEASED 

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Staff Reporter Published 01.08.01, 12:00 AM
Calcutta, Aug. 1 :    Calcutta, Aug. 1:  Chetan P. Baboor of Petroleum Sports Control Board, who lost to Railways' Ranabir Das in the men's singles quarter finals of the Servo national ranking (East) table tennis championships here today, blamed the condition of the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, the venue, more than the new rules that now govern the game. 'Yes, this system of 11 points to the game and just two serves at a go is definitely making the game more prone to upsets and even a three-point difference seems a steep grind,' he said, 'but at least give us good conditions to play in. 'Look at the surface here,' he said. 'It's so slippery, and the net cords are all wrong. As it is all the better players are anxious to keep their leads and these things do tend to distract. All together it's a very sad situation. 'You might as well toss and get the game over with it.' Nandita Saha of Bengal, who earned her third star scalp when she beat Mouma Das in the women's singles semi-final, also said that the class-difference is less stark now. 'I feel jittery playing a lower-rated player and more comfortable with one higher up.' A new great-leveller rule, these.    
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