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Chennai shuttlers to the fore, bag a double

PUDUKOTTAI: Chennai won both the men’s and women’s title in the State senior inter-district badminton championshiphere on Thursday.

The results:

Men: Final: Chennai bt Tiruvallur 3-0 (M.R. Manikandan bt Yuvaraj Dayal 21-12, 21-10; Siddharth Jain bt Jerry Martin 21-6, 21-14; Prakash/ Malik Jalal bt Yuvaraj/ Sangameshwaran 21-6, 21-16). Semifinals: Chennai bt V ellore 3-0 (Manikandan bt Rexon Samuel 21-11, 21-7; Shyam Sundar bt Michael Jones 21-10, 21-11; Prakash/ Jalal bt Zameer/ Michael Jones 21-16, 21-17). Tiruvallur bt Coimbatore 3-1 (Jerry Martin bt Varun Anand 21-6, 21-10; Yuvaraj bt Gopinath 21-14, 22-20; Yuvaraj/ Kandavel lost to Mutharasu/ Gopinath 20-22, 16-21, K.R. Sivakumar bt Mutharasu 21-6, 21-0).

Women: Final: Chennai bt Coimbatore 2-0 (Anees Kowser bt R. Hamsica 21-19, 7-21, 21-18; A. Priya/ Anees bt B. Akila Devi/ R. Hamsica 21-18, 21-15). Semifinals: Chennai bt Vellore 2-0 (Priya bt K. Divya 21-14, 21-6; A nees/ Ambrin Mubarak bt Sharmila/ Divya 21-9, 21-1). Coimbatore bt Pudukottai 2-0 (Hamsica bt Abirami 21-9, 13-21, 21-15; B. Akiladevi/ Hamsica bt Abirami/ Jemmy 21-9, 21-16).
Arun, Suresh shine

At Neyveli, K. Arun and S. Suresh scored unbeaten half-centuries as Pudukottai defeated Villupuram by nine wickets in a league encounter of the TNCA under-17 inter-district cricket tournament on Thursday.

The scores:

At Neyveli: D Zone: Vellore 141 in 38 overs (R. Rohit 39, Manoj four for 20, Arun Kannan three for 20) bt Theni 124 in 43.1 overs.

Villupuram 179 in 43.4 overs (S. Manikandan 57, Manimaran 32, K. Arun four for 34, Edward Kennedy three for 39) lost to Pudukottai 183 for one in 39 overs (K. Arun 71 not out, S. Suresh 80 not out).

At Thanjavur:

G Zone: Ramanathapuram 89 in 21.2 overs (R. Mukundan four for 21, Gnanaprakash four for 37) lost to Thanjavur 90 for nine in 25 overs (Manoj Prabhakar 32, M.C. Saren Jayakumar three for 36, I. Wahith three for eight).
Easy for Bishop Heber

At Tiruchi, J. Sudhakar scored an unbeaten century and M. Krishnaraj took six wickets as Bishop Heber College defeated Khadar Mohideen College by 168 runs in a league encounter of the Bharathidasan University inter-collegiate cricket tournament on Thursday. The scores:

Bishop Heber 274 for four in 40 overs (J. Sudhakar 107 not out, M. Suresh 68) bt Khadar Mohideen 106 in 25.3 overs (M. Krishnaraj six for 18).

St. Joseph’s 228 for nine in 40 overs (M. Manivannan 74, Salim four for 37) bt TBML 139 in 29 overs (Sabarinathan 55).

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