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Mrudula wins cadet girls' title

Hyderabad: M. Mrudula of Vijayawada defeated Zeba Arshiya of Anantapur 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4 in the cadet girls' final of the State ranking table tennis tournament organised by Gujarati Seva Mandal here on Tuesday.

The results: Cadet girls: Final: M. Mrudula (Vja) bt Zeba Arshiya (Atp) 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4. Junior girls: Semifinals: B. Ashritha bt Aisha Afzal 11-2, 11-8, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9; Nikat Banu bt K. Harshita 11-5, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3. Sub-junior girls: Semifinals: Nikat Banu bt Spoorthy 11-6, 11-6, 11-6, 11-1; K. Harshitha bt K. Bhavana 11-7, 11-7, 14-12, 11-6. Women's singles: Semifinals: M. Revathi bt Nikat Banu 13-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; K. Naganalini bt B. Arshitha 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10. Men's singles: Quarterfinals: T. Arundhar bt A. Umesh Kumar 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8; B. Manohar Kumar bt Krishna Kiriti 8-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4; Samee Yousuf Khan bt N.N. Kishore 9-11, 8-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9; Subham Sharma bt Somnath Ghosh 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9. Junior boys: Quarterfinals: P. Vignay Reddy bt Harsh A. Shah 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7; Subham Sharma bt P. Siddarth 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; Ch.S.S.V. Ramana bt B. Sridhar 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7; Veeshan Gupta bt G. Vishal K. Reddy 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8.

Pranav triumphs

K. Pranav of Chirec Public School won the title in the boys below fifth standard category of the One Goal Chess Academy sub-juniors chess tournament here.

The final placings: Below fifth standard: 1. K. Pranav (Chirec), 2. V. Sanketh, 3. Sai. Above fifth standard: 1. K.S. Anand Reddy, 2. R. Harish, 3. R. Sriram. Girls (under-15): 1. K.V.R. Swetha, 2. V.S.S. Priya, 3. Mithali Surana.

St. Joseph's in final

St. Joseph's Public School (Habsiguda) defeated St. Antony's High School 30-17 to enter the final of the inter-school basketball tournament (under-15) here. Pavithra (11) was the topscorer for the winner while Yeshwanthi (10) put up a good show for the loser.

Vignesh advances

P. Vignesh defeated P. Anish 6-1, 6-0 in the second round of the boys' under-14 section of the India Cements Championship series AITA ranking tennis tournament at Fateh Maidan Tennis Complex here on Tuesday.

The results (second round): Boys: U-14: Mohit Mayur bt Niranjan Ram 6-1, 6-1; P. Prabhav bt Saurabh Patil 6-3, 7-6(10); T. Tushal bt Acharya Bharadwaj 7-6(3), 6-3; Suraj Kanwar bt C. Anuj 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2; P. Vignesh Varan bt P. Anish 6-1, 6-0; K. Alla Abhishek bt Ansu Kumar 6-2, 7-5; P. Sai Teja bt S.M. Abdullah 7-5, 4-6, 6-0; Chetan Pandit bt Arvind Fernando 6-2, 6-4. U-16: P. Sai Teja bt Suraj Kunwar 6-3, 7-5; Chetan Pandit bt Anuj Chajed 6-1, 6-2; M. Himanshu bt Jay Gandhi 6-2, 6-4; S. Kaushik Reddy bt R. Gokul 6-0, 7-6(4); Nadella Yeshwant bt Tushal Thavvani 6-4, 6-0; R. Vinayak Sharma bt Mohit Mayur 7-6(2), 7-5; Ankesh Bhargava bt Vard Deshpande 6-1, 6-3; Nihal Kapoor bt B. Sunil 62-, 6-3.

Girls: U-14: Vaidehi Bhagwati bt Neha Purohit 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3; Pushpa Reddy bt M. Sanjana Kumar 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Bhavana Suresh bt T. Prajana 6-3, 6-3; Ravina Shetty bt N.B. Saranya 6-4, 6-4; Shivani Singh bt Nayantara 6-3, 6-3; G. Rachna bt K. Supriya 6-2, 6-4. U-16: C. Mohana Sai Madhuri bt Rithika Agarwal 6-2, 6-3; B. Sravya Reddy bt Namita Bal 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Neha Purohit bt B. Soujana 7-5, 6-3; Surya Tejaswini bt P. Sindura 6-0, 6-4; Bhavana Suresh bt Y. Sindura 6-3, 6-2; Pushpahasa Reddy bt Nayantara 6-2, 6-4; Shivani Singh bt M. Divya Rao 6-4, 7-6(3).

Wrestling meet

The Ba Hameed Kesari memorial Indian style wrestling championship will be held from August 3 to 6 at CRPF Playground (Barkas) in nine weight categories. The winner in the kesari weight (82kg to 120kg) will collect Rs.1 lakh and the runner-up Rs.50,000. There will be special cash prizes in the other weight categories with the winner getting Rs.5,000, the runner-up Rs.3,000 and the third-placed Rs.2,000. Contact 9246524061.

Jameel, Ravi bag gold

Jameel Khan and Ravi Kiran, both from Andhra Pradesh, bagged a gold each representing India in the 2006 World scholar athletics meet in United States.

Basketball trials

The Hyderabad District Basketball Association will organise selection trials on July 19 at 4.00 p.m. at YMCA Secunderabad to pick the District team for the Chief Minister's Cup sports meet to be held in Gachibowli from August 11 to 15. Interested candidates should report at the venue and further particulars can be had from phone No. 9440054888.

State open chess

The Dronacharya Chess Academy will organise the State open prize money chess tournament, sponsored by Rishi Jaideep Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., at Vasavi Club (Khairatabad) from July 22 to 23 with a prize money of Rs.15,000. Further particulars can be had from phone No. 9246522690 or 9885983778.

Harinarayan elected

D.S. Harinarayan Singh has been elected president of the Telangana Taekwondo Association and K. Sampurnam as general secretary at the general body meeting held here.

Last date extended

The last date for registration of players for VDCA's first and second division clubs and institutions leagues has been extended to July 27.

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