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Double for Rathi Priya

CHENNAI : S. Rathi Priya clinched the women's singles and doubles titles in the State tennikoit championships held here recently.

The results:

Women: Singles: Final: S. Rathi Priya bt Revathi 21-13, 21-17. Third-place: P. Ramya bt Poongothai 21-15, 21-15. Semifinals: Rathi Priya bt Ramya 19-21, 21-15, 21-19; Revathi bt Poongothai 11-21, 21-14, 21-11.

Doubles: Final: Rathi Priya & Praveena bt Vetriselvi & Akila 21-12, 21-11. Semifinals: Rathi Priya & Praveena bt Revathi & Ramya 21-12, 21-11; Vetriselvi & Akila bt Umamaheswari & Surya 21-16, 21-14.

Men: Singles: Third-place: G. Narayansurya bt M. Saravanan 21-12, 18-21, 21-17. Semifinals: D. Samuvel bt Narayanasurya 15-21, 21-17, 21-17; V. Jesudass bt Saravanan 21-16, 25-23.

Doubles: Semifinals: S. Kalaivanan & Arivuselvam bt D. Samuvel & C. Govindaraj 21-13, 21-19; M. Balan & B. Selva Ganesan bt M. Saravanan & S. Manjunathan 17-21, 21-16, 21-15.

Sudalaimuthu scalps five

Sudalaimuthu's five for 17 helped host Tirunelveli carve out a handsome 135-run victory over Perambalur in the TNCA-inter-district under-15 cricket tournament at ICRC turf ground in Tirunelveli on Wednesday.

The scores:

Tirunelveli 265 for eight in 50 overs (Prasanth 57, Sathish 37, Kannan 38, Sriram 30) bt Perambalur 130 in 30 overs (Mahesh 47, Kannan four for 24, Sudalaimuthu five for 17).

Namakkal 183 in 42.1 overs (Manivannan 94, Manoj three for 32) lost to Thanjavur 186 for three in 38.4 overs (Aravindan 68, Balakarthick 52).

Vijayalakshmi bags double

B. Vijayalakshmi (P.V. Selvaraj GHSS) won the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke title in the senior category at the monthly sports competition conducted by Thanjavur unit of SDAT in Thanjavur.

The results (all winners): Boys: Senior: 50m freestyle: R. Dayanchand (Ponniah Ramajayam Public School). 50m backstroke: S. Vignesh (Kamala Subramanium Matriculation HSS). 100m backstroke: D. Kirubakaran (Sri Venkateshwara Matriculation School). Juniors: 50m freestyle: R. Sriram (Kamala Subramanium Matriculation HSS). 50m backstroke: R. Sriram.

Girls: Junior: 50m freestyle: R. Navie Preethi (Ponniah Ramajayam Public School). 50m backstroke: R. Navie Preethi.

Manasa triumphs

At Coimbnatore, Manasa Suresh of PSG CAS breezed to a comfortable 21-15 win over Kartiki Selena of Dr. GRD and lifted the women's singles title in the 24th State-level inter-collegiate badminton tournament for the PSG Trophy on Wednesday.

In the semifinals, Manasa defeated Divya of PSG Tech 21-14 and Kartiki scored a 21-19 win over Varshini of PSG Tech.

The results:

Women's singles (final): Manasa (PSG CAS) bt Kartiki Selena (Dr. GRD) 21-15. Semifinals: Manasa bt Divya (PSG Tech) 21-14; Kartiki bt Varshini (PSG Tech) 21-19.

Men's singles (quarterfinals): Venkatachalapathy (Maruthi College) bt Padmanaban (Hindustan CAS) 21-16, 21-7; Prakash (PSG CAS) bt Ragu (PSG CAS) 21-17, 21-14; Saravanan (PSG CAS) bt Kumaran (Loyola, Chennai) 21-7, 21-19; Varun Anand (PSG CAS) bt Faisal Syed (Karunya) 21-15, 13-21, 21-15.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Senthi & Venkatachalapathy (Maruthi) bt Prem Kumar & Karthik Narayanan (PSG Medical) 21-6, 21-6; Kousik & Ravi (PSG CAS) bt Rajesh & Padmanaban (Hindustan CAS) 22-20, 21-15; Karthik Babu & Vyas (Bannari Amman) bt John & Santhosh (CMS CAS) 21-14, 21-4; Kabir & Refeeq (Jamal, Tiruchi) bt Vijay Krishnan & Pandurangan (Hindustan CAS) 21-8, 21-9.

Nilgiris, Erode post wins

Nilgiris and Erode districts posted easy wins in the TNCA under-15 inter-district tournament (E-Zone) at the Lawrence School and HPF grounds in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.

Nilgiris fashioned an eight-wicket win over Dindigul DCA and Erode defeated Pudukottai DCA by six wickets.

The scores: Dindigul DCA 81 lost to Nilgiris DCA 83 for two in 19.3 overs; Pudukottai DCA 70 lost to Erode DCA 71 for four in 13.3 overs.

SIT in final

Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti and Shanmuganathan Engineering College, Pudukottai entered the final of the Anna University zone 9 inter-engineering kabaddi tournament at KLN College of Information Technology ground in Madurai on Wednesday.

The results:

Semifinals: SIT, Kariapatti bt Mohamed Sathak CE, Kilakarai 48-29; Shanmuganathan EC bt RVS CE, Dindigul 46-35.

Quarterfinals: SIT bt Raja College of Engg, Madurai 54-41; RVS CE bt Vikram CE, Madurai 66-60; Shanmuganathan EC bt Thiagarajar CE, Madurai 66-21; Mohamed Sathak CE bt MNSKCE, Pudukottai 71-40.

Double for

Subbiah Vidyalaya

Subbiah Vidyalaya Girls HSS retained both the super-senior and senior titles in the Tuticorin district inter-school volleyball tournament for Sundarambal Trophy conducted by Tuticorin District Volleyball Association in Tuticorin on Wednesday.

The results:

Super-seniors: (three teams league): Subbiah Vidyalaya bt Kammavar HSS, Kovilpatti 25-18, 25-20; bt Holy Cross Anglo Indian MHSS 25-13, 25-18; Holy Cross AI MHSS bt Kammavar HSS 25-23, 25-18.

Seniors (final): Subbiah Vidyalaya HSS bt Holy Cross Anglo Indian MHSS 25-20, 25-22. Semifinals: Subbiah Vidyalaya bt Das Navis Girls HSS 25-13, 25-14; Holy Cross AI MHSS bt Kammavar HSS, Kovilpatti 25-22, 23-25, 25-22.

Cricket trials

Trials to select the Cuddalore district u-19 cricket team for the inter-district tournaments will be conducted at the Anna Stadium in Cuddalore on August 6 (Sunday) from 2 p.m. Details can be had from E. Kootharasan. Ph: 9842309909.

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