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Bhuvana packs off Preeti Gokhale

CHENNAI: Qualifier K. Bhuvana of Tamil Nadu upset third-seeded Preeti Gokhale of Karnataka 6-3, 6-2 in the girls’ under-16 pre-quarterfinals of the UC MAS-Singaram Pillai AITA (Talent Series ) tennis tournament at Singaram Pillai MHSS here on Wednesday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals, TN players unless otherwise mentioned):

Boys u-14: Sibimon bt Rithvi Anand 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4; R. Sai Avinash bt G. Keerthi Rangan 6-4, 7-5; Hariharan Sabareesh bt Md. Abrar 6-2, 6-3; S. Raghavendra (Kar) bt Siddharth Reddy 6-1, 6-1; H.M. Yunus bt Rishab Agarwal (AP) 6-1, 6-0; Neeraj Elangovan bt C. Madan Mohan 6-4, 6-3; A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) bt V. Vishal 6-3, 6-2; Shreedhar Sagar bt Om Dalvi (Mah) 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Under-16: P.S. Soorya Prasath bt Sibimon 6-3, 6-1; V. Senthil Kumar bt R. Sai Avinash 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; S. Prasanth bt S. Raghavendra (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; C. Ravi Shankar bt H.M. Yunus 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4; Hariharan Sabareesh bt R. Raghavendra 6-3, 6-0; Rushi Amin (Guj) bt Neeraj Elangovan 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2); Kavit Mehta (Guj) bt O.M. Dalvi (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Md. Niyaz bt S. Viveka Sasidhar 6-2, 6-2.

Girls under-16: Preethi Srinivasan bt T.G. Janani 6-1, 6-0; Divya Raana (AP) bt A. Sabatini (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Vidya Bharath (Kar) bt Sumalya Hariharan 6-4, 7-5; C. Sai Samitha bt Anjali Jaindhan 6-0, 6-0; Shreya Ravichandran bt Preeti Ujj ini (Kar) 6-1, 6-4; Dhuthi T. Venugopalan (Kar) bt K. Mounisha 6-2, 6-2; P.A. Sindhu Nila bt K. Nivedha 6-0, 6-1.
Fencing squad

A 24-member team will represent Chennai in the fifth State sub-junior fencing championship at the St. Francis Xavier College, Tirunelveli, from July 6 to 8.

The team: Boys: A. Balaji, L. Raphal Raj, B. Pradeep, Puhan (all foil), V. Kiruba Shankar, Guru Prakash, S. Sanjay, Ansar Basha (all epee), M.F. Aswin, K. Mohamed Anees, B. Prasanth, R. Madhusudan (all sabre).

Girls: J. Pavithra, S. Ghoushika, S.A. Priyadharshini, S. Ganga Mahalakshmi (all foil), M. Saranya, D. Tamaraikodi, C. Sharmila, M.R. Aishwariya (all epee), K. Carolin Sandhiya, P. Seethalakshmi, M. Bhavani, D. Pragathi (all sabre).
Kannan-Niranjan pair wins

The pair of R. Kannan and N. Niranjan won the T. Nagar Social Club open pairs bridge tournament with a score of 67.31 per cent in North-South Direction. S. Kailasam and T.M. Suri duo (62.02 per cent) won the East-West Direction.

Other results: North-South: 2. A. Rama Rao & Sen Philip (54.01 per cent), 3. S.K. Chari & T.N. Thyagarajan (53.01); East-West: 2. J.P. James & T.T. Chari (58.71), 3. Deepak Khemani & ; R. Krishnakumar (57.85).
Easy for Santhome

V. Ganga Sridhar Raju (53 not out) and R. Vishnu (four for 13) guided Santhome HSS to an eight-wicket win over Vidya Mandir in the under-15 section of the St. Bede’s Centenary Sumeru Soft Trophy cricket tournament held here on Wednesday.

In another match, Prasanna Narayanan’s 72 was instrumental in Modern SSS scripting a five-wicket win over Don Bosco.

The scores:

Vidya Mandir 118 for nine in 30 overs (MAM Ganesh 26, R. Vishnu four for 13) lost to Santhome 122 for two in 17 overs (V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 53 not out, Ricky Jones 27).

PS SSS 151 for five in 30 overs (M. Adithyan 62, R.K. Aravind 43 not out) bt Doveton Corrie HSS 79 for nine in 30 overs (Aravind Mahadevan three for 17).

Don Bosco 120 for seven in 30 overs (R. Karthik Krishna 29) lost to Modern SSS 121 for five in 29.1 overs (Prasanna Narayanan 72).

Gill Adarsh 102 in 28.4 overs (V. Chaitanya Vignesh 25, S. Vignesh three for 16) lost to Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram 106 for four in 21.5 overs (S. Vignesh 35).
Cricket tournament

AVM-Children’s Cricket Foundation will conduct an invitation knock-out tournament for AVM Rajeswari Trophy for the boys’ under-12 from July 15 at Avichi grounds, Virugambakkam. Entries close on June 30. For details, contact Mustafa at 9840467864 or Mohan at 9444005913.

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