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Priyanka beats Adithi, storms into last four

HYDERABAD: A.L. Priyanka defeated O. Adithi 21-17, 23-21 in the girls' singles quarterfinals of the State sub-junior badminton meet at the Officers Club, Warangal on Saturday, according to information received here.

The results:

Boys: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sai Praneet bt S. Aravind 18-21, 21-19, 21-16; V. Anvesh bt Poornendu 21-15, 21-10; Prasanth bt Laxman Satwik 21-16, 21-19; A. Naresh bt Kartikeya 21-19, 21-16; P. Naveen Kumar bt M.V.S. Vijetha 21-17, 21-14; Vikas Harsha bt Arun Kanth 21-9, 21-8; Ajay Kumar bt Abhishek 21-12, 21-8; Nanda Gopal bt Vijay Kumar Reddy 21-11, 20-22, 21-11. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): A. Naresh & Pradeep Kumar bt Arun Kanth & Hemanth Reddy 21-12, 21-17; Naveen & Pradesh bt Wasim Akram & J.S.M. Reddy 21-12, 21-17; M. Arjun Reddy & Sumeeth Reddy bt Jaleel Ahmed & Sri Teja 21-13, 21-18; Poornendu & Karthikeyan bt Manideep & Nagender 21-19, 21-14; Vishalden Reddy & Prahas bt K.V. Krishna & Sree Ram 21-19, 21-14; Nandagopal & Anvesh bt Vijay Kumar Reddy & Prasanth 21-12, 21-18; Jawahar & Aravinda bt Ghouse & Rafi 21-12, 21-10; Sai Praneeth & Jay Kumar bt Vijetha & Saharsha 21-15, 21-15.

Girls: Singles (quarterfinals): Sikki Reddy bt Ch. Mounika 21-17, 21-10; M. Chandana bt T. Deepika 21-10, 21-14; A.L. Priyanka bt O. Adithi 21-17, 23-21; I.R.D. Sravani bt P. Lavanya 21-11, 21-15. Doubles (quarterfinals): A.L. Priyanka & M. Chandana bt D. Ramadevi & Santoshi 21-9, 21-12; P.V. Sindhu & Samiya bt Deepika & Sheetal Mohandas 21-11, 23-21; I.R.D. Sravani & P. Lavanya bt Mounika & Moulika 21-13, 21-12; Lalitha & Sikki Reddy bt Sai Jyothi & Nikitha 21-9, 21-8.

St. Andrews `A' in final

St. Andrews `A' and All Saints' HS entered the final of the St. Andrews inter-school cricket tournament for the Louis Emanuel Trophy here on Saturday. St. Andrews `A' defeated Samaritans by 57 runs while All Saints' scored a 12-run win over St. Andrews `B' in the semifinals.

The scores:

Semifinals: St. Andrews `A' 186 (P.B. Parashar 48, B. Sandeep 44, Sunder Kumar four for 28) bt Samaritans 129 (Parashar four for 15); All Saints' HS 201 (S. Sandeep 67, Vikranth 36) bt St. Andrews `B' 189 (B. Anirudh 69, Ram Kumar 59, Wajahad four for eight).

Laxman to lead

V.V.S. Laxman will lead the Hyderabad seniors team for the all-India Coromandel King Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup cricket tournament to be held here from Sept. 2 to 20. All the players are requested to report at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal) from August 28. The Combined Districts team for the Moin ud Dowla tournament was also announced.

The teams:

Seniors: V.V.S. Laxman (capt.), Sashank Nag, T. Suman, Anirudh Singh, N. Arjun Yadav, A.T. Rayudu, Ibrahim Khaleel (wk), P. Pragyan Ojha, P. Kaushik Reddy, N.P. Singh, P. Indrasekhar Reddy, P.S.S. Bharath, Prithvi Reddy, Hassan, S.M. Shoaib. Coach: Vivek Jaisimha. Assistant Coach: Kanwaljeet Singh.

Combined Districts: Mukhtar Ali (capt.), Laxma Reddy, Bharat Chandra, Naren Krishna, Sarvesh Kumar, Naresh, Mukesh, Kareemuddin, Akshath Reddy, Moinuddin, Venu Madhav, Turab Ali, Adilabad, Kalyan Rao and Arjun. Coach: S. Vishnuvardhan.

Hyderabad XI

The selectors also named a Hyderabad XI for a practice match against Tripura Cricket Association to be played at NFC on Aug. 28 and 29.

The team: J. Shivaji Yadav, P. Kushal Jilla, Imran, Ronald Rodrigues, N. Yuveraj Yadav, Prithvi Reddy, Habeeb Ahmed, Rushi Raj, Vinay Tolani, Akshath Reddy, Anwar, Minash Gabriel, Gautam Raju. Coach-cum-manager: N.S. Ganesh.

DSDO convenes meeting

The president and secretaries various sports associations have been requested to attend a meeting convened by the District Sports Development Officer in Visakhapatnam on Sept. 2 to discuss the district teams' preparations for the ensuing Chief Minister's Cup.

A list of provisionally selected players and their date of birth certificates and photographs along with the measurements for sports kits have to be submitted at the meeting, according to the DSDO K.V. Sankara Rao.

Paramveer bowls well

A good spell by Paramveer Singh (six for 80) and a century by Hari Haran (101 not out) were the highlights of the A-Division (two-day) league cricket championship match here on Saturday.

Paramveer Singh's spell helped SA Sports (Amberpet) record a 14-run win against Our's Cricket Club while Hari Haran's century (12 x 4) was the main performance for Gemini Friends in the drawn match against Budding Stars.

The scores:

A-Division (two-day) league: SA Sports, Amberpet, 188 and 220 (K.V.Sreekant 63, Paramveer Singh 41, Ajay Manoharan five for 60, Md.Abdul Aziz five for 94) bt Our's 170 and 224 (Sai Chand 81, Asad Ali 40, Paramveer Singh six for 80).

Falaknuma 87 for nine and 97 for eight (Chandan four for 17) drew with Balaji Colts 168 for eight decl (Ch.Kiran 51 not out, Nazim 46).

Gemini Friends 446 for seven decl. (Hari Haran 101) drew with Budding Stars 170 (Naresh 49, Navjoth Singh five for 72, Ashish four for 46).

A-Institution league: AP High Court 152 (Vamsi 44, Bhargav Anand six for 54) lost to FCI 153 for six.

APSRTC 205 bt HMT Bearings 197 (Laxman 56, Deepak Aurangabadkar four for 58).

Midhani 149 for six bt MCH 94 (Karan Singh six for 24).

Postal 236 for four (M.Suresh 72 not out, T. Vijay Kumar 55) bt IICT 166 (S.Sridhar 63 not out, Leslie Wilfred four for 69).

CCMB 193 for five (Nagabushanam 52, Durga 51) bt BHEL 151 (Ravi five for 20).

HAL 207 for nine (Kamlesh 57, Teja four for 49) bt National Insurance 105.

Inter-districts (under-19): Warangal 139 for nine (Ravi Raj 54, Ganesh 49, Arjun seven for 38) bt Medak 124 (C.Srinivas four for 29).

Nalgonda 227 (Tinu 121) bt Adilabad 99 (Shankaraiah seven for 26).

Nizamabad 146 (Shylavardhan 41, Naren four for 24) bt Karimnagar 95 (Qumaruddin six for 36).

B-Division league: Vijay 126 for seven (Rajender 50) lost to Sportive 128 for two (B.Susheel Semwal 81 not out).

Noble 198 (Sayeed Binali Zaidi 75, Mirza Zakir Ali Baig 45, Rayees Anwar 41, Arjun six for 51) bt Tirumala 164 (Rayees Anwar seven for 32).

Double for RVM

Rajashree Vidya Mandir bagged a double by winning the boys and girls titles in the 18th Regal Sports inter-school volleyball tournament at Musheerabad Playground here.

RVM boys defeated Government School (Osmania) 25-21, 25-12 in the final with Sampath, Machender and Suresh combining well. In the girls' final, RVM got the better of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 25-11, 25-13.

M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, MP, gave away the prizes.

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