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Madurai, Chennai advance to semifinals

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MADURAI: Madurai, Chennai, Salem and Coimbatore entered the semifinals in the boys' team event, while Chennai, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore and Madurai made the last four grade in the girls' section in the Vaigai Tamil Nadu State junior inter-district badminton championship organised by Madurai District Badminton Association and SDAT - Temple City Badminton Academy here on Tuesday.

The results: Boys (quarterfinals): Chennai bt Namakkal 2-0 (Velavan bt Karthik 21-4, 21-10; Manikandan/ Sathya Naryana Rao bt Venkatesh/ Mohanraj 21-9, 21-7).

Madurai bt Virudhunagar 2-0 (Bharath Arun bt R. Vignesh 16-21, 21-15, 21-15; Prakash Raja/ Nishanth bt Vignesh/Sudharsan 21-14, 21-13).

Salem bt Vellore 2-1 (Navin Prasad bt Mohamed Amir 21-12, 21-12; Navin Prasad/ Rohit Murthy lost to Mohamed Amir/ Mohamed Zameer 15-21, 16-21; Rohit Murthy bt Mohamed Zameer 21-11, 21-19).

Coimbatore bt Erode 2-0 (Sangeeth bt S. Mohamed Irfan 16-21, 21-17, 21-17; Karuppasamy/ S.C. Adithya bt Mohamed Irfan/ Mathew 21-11, 21-18.)

Pre-quarterfinals: Namakkal bt Nilgiris 2-0; Erode bt Kanyakumari 2-1; Virudhunagar bt Thiruvallur 2-0; Madurai bt Ramanathapuram 2-0; Vellore bt Pudukottai 2-0.

Girls: Chennai bt Kanyakumari 2-0 (Amreen Mubarak bt S. Shiny 21-5, 21-4; Amreen Mubarak/ Archana Devi bt Pandma Priyadarshini/ Subashini 21-3, 21-10.)

Ramanathapuram bt Nilgiris 2-0 (Gomala Bharathi bt R.W. Lachic 21-3, 21-4; Gomala Bharathi and A. Keerthana bt R.W. Lachic and Eliza 21-17, 21-1.)

Coimbatore bt Nagapattinam 2-0 (S. Arohana bt Krithika 21-8, 21-9; Lakshmi Priya/ Ramapraba bt Krithika/Premlatha 21-9, 21-7.)

Madurai bt Erode 2-0 (Sathya bt Jeba Priya 21-10, 21-13; Sathya/ Sabitha bt Jegapriya/ S. Ramya 21-13, 21-13).

James hits century

James Raj powered his way to a brilliant 102 to help Ramesh Flowers Recreation Club post an emphatic 209 run victory over Seconds Cricket Club `A' and enter the semifinals of the 17th annual L.P. Rayan memorial Trophy district-level cricket tournament at Tuticorin on Tuesday.

The scores (quarterfinals): Ramesh Flowers RC 287 for seven in 30 overs (James Raj 102, Edwin 48, S.P. Nahan 42) bt Seconds CC `A' 78 in 23 overs (Dharmaraj four for 21).

Power CC 226 for six in 30 overs (Rajasekar 68, Ramesh 49 not out) bt Sea Lines CC 113 in 22.4 overs (Jeyabalakrishnan four for 28).

Janarthanan posts win

V.S.M.R. Janarthanan of Sourashtra Club beat Shafeer Ali of Pot Black Centre 100-45, 100-40 in the 12th annual Madurai District billiards ranking tournament organised by the Madurai District Billiards and Snooker Association at the Union Club Billiards Hall here on Tuesday.

Other results: Dr. R. Vijayan (UC) bt Sheik (PB) 100-80, 100-47; A. Packiaraj (Rly. Inst) bt Gautham (PB) 100-73, 100-62; Y. Goothoose (PB) bt Moin (UC) 100-73, 100-18; E.B. Kuppusamy (UC) bt P. Edwin (PB) 100-48, 100-57; C.R. Ravi (UC) w/o Abishek (PB).

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