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Rajeev upsets top seed John Bosco

HYDERABAD: I.V. Rajeev shocked top seed John Bosco 44-71, 50-72, 72-57, 65-42, 59-24, 33-69, 74-47 in the snooker event of the Fateh Maidan Club Open billiards and snooker tournament at FMC here on Monday.

Other results: snooker: Srikanth bt Hemanth Kumar 70-28, 58-55, 51-58, 30-89, 86-31; Manish Jaiswal bt Khizar Raoof 59-36, 55-35, 40-55, 49-6; T.N. Pradeep bt Vineet Kanjani 26-32, 61-49, 62-50, 48-60, 41-35; P. Hemanth Kumar bt B.L. Somayajulu 72-11, 54-35, 45-67, 62-32; Nitin Sareen bt E. Sridhar 55-15, 60-10, 0-81, 64-41; Arvind bt M. Srinivasa Rao 58-12, 59-32, 64-32; John Bosco bt Tarun Gupta 79-34, 88-20, 64-2; I.V. Rajeev bt Khaleel Pasha 57-29, 34-59, 62-39, 65-15; Manish Jaiswal bt S. Simhachalam 53-39, 33-88, 62-50, 56-37.

Good spell by Rajat

Good bowling by Rajat (five for 20) helped Sashank CC score a 73-run win against AVCC in the schools league cricket championship organised by Hyderabad Cricket Association on Sunday.

The scores: Schools league: Adams XI 119 (Srinikit 51, B. Sandeep three for eight) lost to St. Andrews HS 123 for two (Naveen 49 n.o., M. Sharat Mudiraj 53 n.o.); Mani Kumar XI 132 (Sreekar four for 21) lost to Greenlands 136 for four (Sumanth 57 n.o., Sreekar 33); Sashank CC 177 (Swaroop 49, Akhilesh 33, Rohit four for 32, Karthik three for 34) bt AVCC 104 (Rajat five for 20); Starlets 84 (D. Karthik three for 30, Rayan Koundinya three for 25) lost to Yadav Dairy 85 for four (Vishwajit Patnaik four for 26); Boys Town 262 for nine (Akbar Khan 39, C. Kiran Kumar 35, S.K.Waheed 49, Mahesh three for 75, Srinath three for 47) bt Safilguda XI 254 (Nikhilesh 38, Nitin 31 n.o., Akbar Khan three for 67).

Sayi Sathya 111 for nine (G.H. Vihar 30, Md. Sharief three for 67) lost to Navjivan Friends 112 for five (Rohan Surana 33, Md. Sharief 32, Adarsh three for 37); HPS Ramanthapur 295 (Anvesh Singh 59, Ashrith 95, Anirudh 38, Chandrahas Naidu five for 55) bt Sungrace 102 (Naveen three for 16, Vamsi four for 16); Hyderabad Cricket Academy 192 (Vamsivardhan Reddy 102, Vipul three for 34) bt Vijayanand XI 156 for nine; Mahboob College 37 (Chaitanya five for eight) lost to HPS Begumpet 38 for no loss; Elegant 152 (Suresh Pawan 83, Noor three for 13, Karan Kumar three for 11) lost to St. Patrick's 156 for four (Krishna 60); Singh XI 99 (Shiva Vimani three for 19, Sandeep Goud four for 20) lost to All Saint's HS 100 for one (Sandeep Goud 36).

Kranthi triumphs

B. Kranthi Kumar and S. Tejaswini Reddy won the junior boys and girls events in the Brilliant Trophy 44th AP State Open chess championship, a selection tournament for the forthcoming National `B', on Monday.

Final placings: Junior boys: 1. B. Kranthi Kumar 6.5 pts, 2. N. Dheeraj Kumar 6, 3. B. Anand Naik 6, 4. M. Arun 6.

Junior girls: 1. S. Tejaswini Reddy 4.5 pts, 2. Ch. Divyasri 4, 3. V. Bhavana Sharma 4, 4. S. Chandana Reddy 3.5.

Men (important results): seventh round: Rishipal Singh (6) drew with S. Vikramjit Singh (5.5); M. Vinay Kumar (5.5) drew with T. Purushothaman (5.5); Ch. Meher C. Reddy (6) bt P. Praveen Prasad (5); P.V.V. Seshu (4.5) lost to J.K. Raju (5); M. Deepthamsh Reddy (4.5) lost to D.V. Ganesh (5.5); M.Y. Raju (5.5) bt J. Malleswara Rao (4); P. Satyanarayana (5) bt A. Balachandrudu (4); R. Aditya Vikas (5) bt B. Gopal Reddy (4); B. Sampath (4) lost to Ch. Raj Kumar (5); R. Eswar (5) bt Ch. Sahajasri (4).

Sepak Tekraw Nationals

Andhra Pradesh Sepak Tekraw Association will host the 17th senior National championship for men and women at Victory Playground from September 21 to 24.. About 600 players representing various teams from all over the country are expected to vie for top honours.

Ghousia shines

Ghousia took five wickets for 15 runs and then scored 65 to help Hyderabad XI to beat Geetha Reddy XI by two wickets in the J. Eshwari Bai Memorial Trophy women's cricket tournament on Monday.

The scores: Rayalseema XI 92 lost to Andhra XI 93 for three; Geetha Reddy XI 130 (Madhuri 69, Ghousia five for 15) lost to Hyderabad XI 131 for eight (Ghousia 65, Radhika four for 32).

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