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Reshma in line for double

BANGALORE: Reshma Karthik entered girls’ under-13 and under-16 finals in the Mysore Sandal State-ranking badminton championship at ARI Courts here on Monday.

In the under-16 semifinals, Reshma defeated A.J. Divya 21-7, 21-5 and set up a title clash with Uttara Prakash.

In the under-13 semifinals, Reshma beat Meera Mahadevan 21-12, 21-11 and she will meet Sindhu Bharadwaj in the final.

The results (semifinals): Boys: Under-16: Jayant Gowda bt Akshay 21-9, 21-11; R.N. Suraj bt Sai Praneeth 21-17, 21-18.

Under-13: M.C. Srivas bt K.V. Rakshith 21-12, 21-11; Sudeep Suresh bt V. Kiran 21-13, retd. Under-10: Mithun Manjunath bt Nirmit 21-6, 21-5; Abhishek bt Sonarkar Vignesh 21-15, 16-21, 21-5.

Girls: Under-14: Reshma Karthik bt Meera Mahadevan 21-12, 21-11; Sindhu Bhardwaj bt Priya Prakash 21-15, 21-13.

Under-16: Reshma Karthik bt A.J. Divya 21-7, 21-5; Utta Prakash bt Sindhu Bharadwaj 21-9, 21-7.

BDFA calls off ties

The ground conditions at the Football Stadium following incessant showers for the past few days have forced the Bangalore District Football Association to call of its ties for the next two days.

The issue was precipitated by an inconclusive contest on Monday.

The match between Postal FC and LRDE saw the former lead 2-0 with goals through Kabendran (25th minute) and Arun Pandey (76th).

Soon after LRDE concededanother goal.

The players then protested about the ground conditions and informed the referee Kabilan that they were unwilling to continue with the match due to “unplayable conditions.”

With the LRDE players walking off the field, the issue was referred to the tournament committee.

The committee announced that it would take decision on the match later, but notified that no further matches would be played at the stadium at least for the next two days.

Earlier, in the ‘A’ division, Government Press defeated Universal 4-1 while in the ‘C’ division, ISRO drew 2-2 with Bangalore Wanderers and MICO beat Minerva FC 4-2.

Satish Kumar wins

D. Satish Kumar of Udupi bagged the non-medallist title with a 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 victory over Bhavana V. Murthy in the M.S. Ramaiah memorial State-ranking table tennis championship here on Monday.

In the non-medallists’ doubles final, Vedant M. Urs and Shreyal Telang beat Krishna Chetan and Poornachander 11-8, 11-5, 17-15.

Rajyotsava Award for Advani

The World billiards champion Pankaj Advani has been conferred the Rajyaotsava Award by the State Government.

Advani, who is now representing the country in the Asian Indoor Games at Macau, figures in the awards list along with the inter-kabaddi international, B.C. Suresh.

Selection trials

Selection trials for the Bangalore University team for the South Zone inter-university tennis championship will be held at Central College here on November 5.

For details, contact Dr. Muni Raju, Director of Physical Education, Bangalore University (Ph: 94483-73863).

Kensri tennis tournament

Kensri will conduct an under-10 Futures tennis tournament at School courts in Mariaynnapalaya here on November 3.

Entries close on November 2.

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