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Vigneshwaran too good for Kirti Rangan

COIMBTAORE: Top seed R. Vigneshwaran of Tamil Nadu defeated seventh seed and State-mate Kirti Rangan 8-0 and entered the under-12 boys' singles semifinal of the Pro Serve AITA Talent Series tennis tournament at the Perks MHSS courts here on Tuesday.

Meesam Ali of Tamil Nadu also made it to the last four round scoring a 8-1 win over Dhruv Balakrishnan of Andhra Pradesh.

The results: Boys: Under-14: Second round: 1. S. Prasanth (TN) bt Rithwik Anand 8-2; Sai Bharadwaj bt Viveka Sasidhar (TN) 8-6; P. Prabhav (AP) bt A. Veerabadran (TN) 8-6; Ishwar Prasad (TN) bt C. Ravishankar (TN) 8-5; Mohd. Yunus (TN) bt Deepak Pradeep Kumar (TN) 8-4; Elwin Antony (TN) bt Karan P. Kurup (TN) 8-0; Viswajit Tirumurti (TN) bt R. Sharad (TN) 8-3; R. Vigneshwaran (TN) bt Mohd. Ashraf (TN) 8-0.

Under-12: R. Vigneshwaran (TN) bt Mohd. Yunis 7-4; Meesam Ali (TN) bt Tushar Mandelekar 7-1; Keerti Rangan (TN) w/o H. Sabareesh (TN); Dhruv Balakrishnan (AP) w/o K. Sai Surya (TN); Karan P. Kurup (TN) bt S. Gautham (TN) 7-2; S.M. Abdulla (AP) bt A. Kashyap (Kar) 7-2; Rithwik Anand (TN) bt Tarun Nath (AP) 7-1. Quarterfinals: Meesam Ali (TN) bt Dhruv Balakrishnan (AP) 8-1; R. Vigneshwaran (TN) bt Kirti Rangan (TN) 8-0.

Girls: Under-14: Second round: Nikkie Gargi (AP) bt Nithya B. Raj (TN) 8-5; S. Nithilam (TN) bt Alshya Punja (Kar) 8-6; A.K. Padma Priya (Kar) bt Mahasree (TN) 8-3; Sanjana Manoj (TN) bt Nivetha Srinivasan (TN) 8-0; Lubna Mariam (TN) bt Tanvi Nath 8-2; Sansitha Nandakumar (TN) bt B. Sowjanya (AP) 8-2; Anusha Singla (TN) bt Ashwini Suresh (TN) 8-2; Shree Sanjana (TN) bt Niharika R. Hubli (Kar) 8-2.

AUCPE scores win

Alagappa University College of Physical Education (AUCPE) beat Sri Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai by five wickets in the Alagappa University inter-collegiate cricket tournament in Karaikudi on Tuesday.

The scores: S.S.A. College, Devakottai 117 for nine in 25 overs lost to AUCPE 121 for five in 22 overs (Balamurugan 47).

P.M.T. College, Kamuthi 133 in 22 overs lost to V.S.S. Govt. Arts College, Poolankurichi 134 in 21 overs.

R.D.M.G.A College, Sivagangai 133 in 23.1 overs bt Sethupathi Govt. Arts College, Ramanathapuram 120 in 20.4 overs.

Ganapathy Seethaiammal College, Manamadurai 37 in 8.5 overs lost to APSA College, Thiruppathur 38 for no loss in 8.5 overs.

Kongu EC is champion

Kongu Engineering College (Perundurai) defeated Vellalar College 2-0 to emerge the champion in the Anna University inter-zone football tournament in Perundurai on Tuesday. Venkateswara CE (Chennai) scored a 1-0 win over Coimbatore Institute of Technology (Coimbatore) to finish third.

The event had lost its sheen with about 10 teams pulling out in the last minute. Only five teams participated in the tournament.

The results: Final: Kongu Engineering (Perundurai) 2 (Rupadevi 1, Abhinaya 1) bt Vellalar CE&T (Erode) 0. Third place: Venkateswara EC (Chennai) 1 (Aarthi 1) bt CIT (Coimbatore) 0.

B Zone Reds triumphs

B Zone Reds won the title with an all-win record in the four-team league of the Madurai Kamaraj University inter-zonal basketball tournament on Tuesday. The other teams in the fray A Zone yellows, B Zone Blues and A Zone Greens finished in that order.

The results: B Zone Reds bt B Zone Blues 61-42; bt A Zone Greens 78-51; bt A Zone Yellows 77-56; A Zone yellows bt A Zone Greens 67-57;

B Zone Blues bt A Zone Yellows 72-68; A Zone Greens bt B Zone Blues 74-72.

Balamurugan shines

Balamurugan's 72 helped Saraswathy Narayanan College defeat Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College `Valiants 110' by 134 runs in the 7th TVR Trophy State-level inter-collegiate cricket tournament in Madurai on Tuesday.

The scores:

Saraswathy Narayanan College 183 for one in 20 overs (Balamurugan 72, Jeyaprakash 45) bt SLC Valiants 110' 49 in 13 overs.

RLINS Madurai 113 for eight in 20 overs lost to Vikram Engg. College 114 in 13 overs (Sundar 49).

SMGC triumphs

Sri Meenakshi Government College for Women (SMGC, Madurai) beat Yadava College (Men, Madurai) 49-28 for the title in the Madurai Kamaraj University women's kabaddi tournament at the SRNM College ground in Madurai on Saturday.

The results (final): SMGC bt Yadava College (Men's) 49-28. Semifinals: SMGC bt Lady Doak College, Madurai 61-29; Yadava College (Men's) bt Fatima, Madurai 33-9. Quarterfinals: Yadava (Men's) bt MKU College, Andipatti 42-30; Fatima bt EMG Yadava Women's College Madurai 43-21; LDC bt Madura College 29-13; S.M.G.C bt Arulanandar College, Karumathur 49-13.

SVEC has it easy

Sri Venkateswara Engineering College, (SVEC), Chennai beat Arulmigu Kalasalingam College, Krishnankovil 56-29 in the Anna University inter-zonal basketball tournament at Sethu Institute of Technology ground on Tuesday.

The results: Sri Venkateswara Engg. College 56 (Bharath Ganesan 17, Sudharsan 11) bt AKCE 29 (Yogeswara Raja 12); St. Joseph's Engg. College, Chennai 49 (Manikandan 13) bt Pavendar Bharthidasan College of Engg 30 (Selvamurugan 18); Crescent Engg. College, Chennai 54 bt K.S. Rengasamy Engg. College, Tiruchengode 24.

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