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Chennai `A' in last eight

MADURAI, FEB. 21. Defending champion Chennai `A' entered the quarterfinals in the men's section on the opening day of the two-day 49th Tamil Nadu State senior inter-district ball badminton championships conducted by the Madurai District Ball Badminton Association at the MSR Matriculation Higher Secondary School ground, T. Kallupatti near here on Saturday.

The results:

Men: (Pre-quarterfinals): Chennai `A' bt Erode `A' 29-17, 29-14; Dharmapuri `A' bt Tiruchi `B' 29-21, 29-20; Dindigul bt Madurai `B' 29-24, 29-15; Thiruvallur `B' bt Coimbatore `B' 29-14, 29-23; Tirunelveli bt Cuddalore 29-26, 29-11.

Second round: Chennai `A' bt Dharmapuri `B' 29-21, 29-5; Dindigul bt Virudhunagar 29-25, 29-16; Madurai `A' bt Salem `B' 29-15, 25-9; Thiruvallur `B' bt Sivagangai 29-15, 26-29, 29-17; Coimbatore `A' bt Villupuram `B' 29-8, 29-20; Cuddalore bt Pudukottai 29-22, 29-5; Coimbatore `B' bt Vellore 29-27, 29-11; Madurai `B' bt Salem `A' 29-21, 29-14; Kanyakumari bt Chennai `B' 24-29, 29-24, 29-14; Thiruvallur `A' bt Tuticorin 29-27, 29-13.

First round: Coimbatore `B' bt Kanyakumari `B' 29-5, 29-14; Cuddalore bt Tiruchi `B' 29-23, 29-4; Salem `B' bt Thanjavur 29-18, 29-28; Villupuram `B' bt Kancheepuram 29-19, 29-11; Dharmapuri `B' bt Thiruvannamalai 29-15, 29-7; Erode `A' bt Villupuram `A' 29-29, 29-25; Virudhunagar `A' bt Thiruvarur 29-11, 29-14; Madurai `B' bt Nagapattinam 21-29, 29-24, 29-15; Tirunelveli `A' bt Karur `B' 29-6, 29-5.

Women (quarterfinals): Chennai bt Thiruvallur `A' 29-28, 29-28; Madurai `A' bt Thiruvallur `B' 29-11, 29-6. Pre-quarterfinals: Chennai w/o Kanyakumari; Coimbatore `B' bt Villupuram 29-15, 29-22; Madurai `A' bt Cuddalore 29-8, 29-16; Tiruchi `A' bt Kancheepuram 29-14, 29-8; Thiruvallur `A' bt Virudhunagar 29-10, 29-6; Salem `A' bt Tiruchi `B' 29-12, 29-6; Coimbatore `A' bt Tuticorin 29-17, 29-10; Thiruvallur `B' bt Virudhunagar 29-10, 29-6. First round: Cuddalore bt Erode 29-11, 21-29, 29-15; Coimbatore `B' bt Tirunelveli 29-9, 29-1; Virudhunagar bt Madurai `B' 29-9, 29-15.

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