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Sunday, Jan 23, 2005

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Coimbatore in final

COIMBATORE, JAN. 22. Coimbatore `A' entered the final with a stunning 2-1 win over Chennai in the semifinals of the 11th inter-district carrom championship for men for the B. Bangaru Babu Cup at the M.M. Sengappa Konar Thirumana Mandapam on Saturday.

The results: team: Men: semifinals: Coimbatore `A' bt Chennai 2-1 (A. Ganesan bt Sebastian 23-20, 25-16, Arumugam bt Arockiaraj 15-17, 22-10, 25-10, C. Bharathidasan (Chennai) bt L. Lenus Paulraj 25-3, 16-23, 25-2). Tiruchi bt Kanchi 2-1 (R. Anthony bt Sairam 25-11, 25-1, Sekhar bt Subramanian 7-25, 25-3, 25-14, Harikrishnan of Kanchi bt Mercules (Tiruchi) 18-10, 25-7).

Singles: pre-quarterfinals: Bharathidasan (Chennai) bt Soundarajan (Coimbatore) 10-25, 25-6, 24-12; Harikrishnan (Kanchi) bt Samson (Tiruchi) 20-18, 14-9; Sebastian (Chennai) bt Pyare John (Coimbatore) 25-5, 19-15; Arumugam (Coimbatore) bt Mercules (Tiruchi) 25-2, 25-11; Antony (Tiruchi) bt Balamurugam (Madurai) 25-14, 19-9; A. Ganesan (Coimbatore) bt Anandaraj (Chennai) 8-23, 25-12, 25-4; Lenus Paulraj (Coimbatore) bt Sundararajan (Dharmapuri) 24-4, 21-19; Magesh (Madurai) bt D. Sairam (Kanchi) 4-25, 19-16, 17-12.

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