No there is, try using a screen reader, it reads out the header in front of every cell, its really hard to understand vs a semantic document with css styling for people not living with disability.
Accessibility is dead, alas.
It is extremely sad to watch what is happening with the web right now. All the good initiatives are being forgotten in the chase for the latest fad. "You were so excited that you could that you've forgotten to think if you should" can describe a lot of movement in this space.
Even without the accessibility in mind, go to http://csszengarden.com/ and try to replicate that with tables. Barely ten years have passed and the idea that not everything on the web is an app and sometimes it is nice to have ability to change the presentation without even touching the markup.