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Thursday, Feb 09, 2006

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Easy wins for top teams

KOLLAM: The big guns Tamil Nadu, Major Ports, Kerala and Indian Railways warmed up for the tougher battles with crushing wins in the league matches of the men's section in the 51st senior National ball badminton championships at the QAC courts here on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu, the defending champion, recorded its second straight win in pool A beating Madhya Pradesh 29-1, 29-14. But the lowly MP caught the holder off guard in the second set when it rallied well and made things tougher for Tamil Nadu. After pocketing the first set rather easily (29-1), Tamil Nadu was sitting pretty with a 9-1 lead when MP fought back to reduce the lead to 9-8. However, the holder shrugged off the complacency and reduced the errors to romp home. In the morning Tamil Nadu had it easy against Chandigarh 29-6, 29-2.

Major Ports, Kerala and Railways also recorded easy wins in their respective pools in the men's section.

In the women's section, defending champion Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka got their campaign off to winning start. Last year's runner-up Karnataka registered its second straight win in pool `B' after scoring an easy 29-5, 29-6 win over Punjab. Kerala whipped Haryana 29-10, 29-2 in pool A while Tamil Nadu was convincing in its 29-2, 29-3 win over Maharashtra in pool D.

The results (league): Men: Pool A: TN bt Chandigarh: 29-6, 29-2; Punjab bt MP 29-27, 29-21; Chandigarh bt U. P. 29-2, 29-6; TN bt MP 29-1, 29-14; Maharashtra bt West Bengal 29-1, 29-0.

Pool B: Karnataka bt Haryana 29-3, 29-2; Kerala bt Chhattisgarh 29-5, 29-2; Major Ports bt Delhi 29-1, 29-3; Major Ports bt Chhattisgarh 29-4, 29-13.

Pool C: Hyderabad bt Jharkhand 29-20, 29-11; Rajasthan bt Uttranchal 29-8, 29-17; Gujarat bt Haryana 2919, 29-20.

Pool D: Railways bt Punjab 29-9, 29-2.

Women: Pool A: Chhattisgarh bt U.P. 29-7, 29-17; Kerala bt Haryana 29-10, 29-2; Bihar bt U.P. 29-10, 29-1.

Pool B: Karnataka bt Orissa 29-0, 29-2; Punjab bt Chandigarh 29-25, 29-28; Karnataka bt Punjab 29-5, 29-6; West Bengal bt Hyderabad 29-25, 29-14

Pool C: Andhra bt Uttranchal 29-0, 29-2; MP bt Maharashtra 29-24, 29-13

Pool D: TN bt Maharashtra 29-2, 29-3. — Principal Correspondent

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