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RWF keeps hopes alive

BANGALORE: Rail Wheel Factory kept its hopes of making the round robin second phase of the A division hockey tournament alive with a 2-1 victory over Sports Authority of India `B' here on Tuesday. Jithin Kalappa (12th) and Ravi Kumar (49th) scored for RWF, while George Dominic (50th) scored off a penalty corner for SAI `B'.

Meanwhile, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited beat Bombers 3-0 to progress to the second phase. Rajesh (3rd) off a penalty corner, Tega Babu (10th) and Ilavarasan (24th) scored for HAL.

In the third match of the day, Madras Engineering Group `B' thumped Postal 7-0 with Samson Fernandes scoring four (1st, 8th, 12th and 21st) goals including a hat-trick. A.M. Bopanna (36th and 52nd) scored a brace and K.T. Bopanna (5th) also scored for MEG. The Madras Sappers' `B' team also made the round robin second phase to be played from November 3 to 5.

Navneeth triumphs

The 14-year old A.R. Navneeth is undoubtedly the best junior player on view in the Karnataka table tennis scene and he proved that once again, winning his seventh straight junior boys title of the season in the M.S. Ramaiah memorial State-ranking table tennis championship, which concluded at Canara Union in Bamgalore on Tuesday.

Mixing caution with aggression, Navneeth, who won the gold in the under-17 category of the National School Games in Bilaspur a fortnight ago, downed Akhil V. Athresh 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7.

The men's and women's singles finals ran on the expected lines with both the favourites, Uday S. Atthreya and B.M. Ashwini of Union Bank, emerging champions. Top seed Uday defeated second seed Anirban Tarafadar 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2.

The second seed, B.M. Ashwini got the better of promising junior, Shamika V. Desai of Belgaum 11-9, 12-10, 11-5, 12-10.

S.R. Nikitha won the junior girls singles title with a 15-13, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 win over N. Poojtha. C.V.L. Sastry, president of the KTTA presented bouquets to all the winners who would later receive gold coins on December 25.

The results: Men's singles final: Uday S. Athreya (UBI) bt Anirban Tarafdar ( B) 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2. Semifinals: Uday bt A.R. Navneeth 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-2; Anirban bt Praveen Joshi 11-5, 6-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 13-11.

Junior boys singles final: A.R. Navneeth bt Akhil Athresh 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7. Semifinals: Navneeth bt B.M. Sagar 12-10, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Akhil bt P. Puneeth 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 11-3.

Women's singles final: B.M. Ashwini (UBI) bt Shamika V. Desai 11-9, 12-10, 11-5, 12-10. Semifinals: Shamika bt R. Madhuri 7-11, 8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; Ashwini bt N. Poojitha 13-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6.

Junior girls singles final: S.R. Niktha bt N. Poojitha 15-13, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5. Semifinals: Niktha bt S. Sahana 13-11, 7-11, 11-3, 12-14, 12-10, 11-5; Poojtha bt Bhavana V. Murhty 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7.

Nadeem defeats Anil

Nadeem Azeez defeated Anil Kumar 62-31, 63-30, 67-28 in a State-ranking snooker tournament match here on Tuesday.

Other results: S. Chetan bt Ajay Kumar 41-31, 55-21, 47-37; Sohail Jairaj bt Arjun 60-47, 51-33, 67-49; S. Prakash bt R. Satish Kumar 54-30, 23-33, 44-25, 51-22; Kiran bt Yateesh 57-46, 14-49, 60-10, 43-23; Mundir Sherazi bt Hemanth Kumar 45-8, 53-36, 45-50, 53-12; Vinay Bhagmane bt L. Kumaraswamy 19-47, 41-48, 49-26, 44-21, 58-35; Sharan Rajani bt G. Krishnaji 60-36, 68-10, 64-27; Duncan Mackanzie bt Ramesh Mudda Reddy 39-66, 63-17, 62-16, 48-12; Kushal Agarwal bt Mundir Sherazi 61-24, 57-44, 57-17; N. Srinivas bt Mansoor Iqbal 47-39, 60-19, 79-70; Tanzeem Ahmed bt Ramesh 84-45, 56-54, 68-26.

BNMIT advances

BNMIT (Bangalore) registered a 2-1 win over SMVIT (Bangalore) to enter the second round in the VTU inter-collegiate tennis tournament (M&W), conducted by the SJC in Mysore on Tuesday.

The results: First round: Men: BNMIT (B'lore) bt SMVIT (B'lore) 2-1; NIE, Mysore bt CMRIT (B'lore) 2-0; SIT (Tumkur) bt Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (B'lore) 2-0; MSRIT (B'lore) bt PESIT (B'lore) 2-1; JSSATE (B'lore) bt HKBK (B'lore) 2-0; PESE (Mandya) bt BIET (D'gere) 2-0.

Women: PESC (Mandya) bt Atria Eng. (B'lore) 2-0; SJCE, Mysore bt Acharaya Patashala Eng. College (B'lore) 2-0.

Mysore Zone wins

Mysore Zone defeated Bangalore Zone by nine wickets in a KSCA inter-zonal under-17 tournament tie that concluded in Bangalore on Tuesday. Chasing 98, Mysore scored 101 for one in its second innings to clinch the match. Earlier Salauddin's six-wicket haul helped Mysore bundle out Bangalore for 97 in its second innings.

The scores: Bangalore 185 in 70.2 overs and 97 in 41.4 overs (Salauddin six for 34) lost to Mysore 185 for eight decl. in 41 overs (including 50 penalty runs for 5 overs short) (Somashekar 46, David Mathias five for 43) and 101 for one in 23.1 overs; President's XI 333 for nine in 90 overs and 12 for one in five overs drew with Bangalore City XI 190 for seven in 90 overs (Nihal Unni 64, Pawan Deshpande 40); Raichur 133 in 47.3 overs and 177 for six decl. in 27 overs (K. Naveen 66) drew with Dharwad 147 in 73.1 overs (Ramdas Kamath 52, Wasim Baig four for 37) and 116 for four in 31 overs; Combined City XI 255 in 59.1 overs and 224 for seven in 54.4 overs (Manish Pandey 79, Naveen Shankar 52 n.o.) drew with Secretary's XI 153 in 48.3 overs (Manoharan 56); Tumkur 152 in 65 overs and 66 for four in 26 overs drew with Vice President's XI 274 in 79.2 overs (S. Sampreeth 73, Rahul Bhatkal 72, Rakesh Jinka four for 48); Shimoga 75 in 50.2 overs (Sawan four for 22) and 115 for six in 94.4 overs drew with Mangalore 149 for two in 48 overs (Ashwin Rao 75, Nischit 59).

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