The Hindu : Sport : Sixt posts win

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Sixt posts win

NEW DELHI: India players Uday Kalaan and Samir Suhag struck four goals apiece as Sixt defeated NDA-Sahgal 9-5 in a league match of the Bhopal-Pataudi Cup eight-goal polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre ground here on Thursday.

NDA took the early lead through Atul Gupta, but it soon lost its way.

A. Panchal was the other scorer for Sixt. For NDA-Sahgal, Navjit Sandhu scored three while Angad Singh and Atul Gupta chipped in with one each.

Other results: Cavalry Black 9 (Tarun Sirohi 2, Kelvin Johnson 4, Ravi Rathore 2, Dharmendra) bt Remount Veterinary Coprs-Army Service Corps 2-1/2 (Jai Shergill, Sandeep Kashyap); Cavalry White 10 (Santiago Cernada 6, Vishal Singh 4) bt Arty-Riviera 5 (Jagat Singh 3); Cavalry Red 7 (Vishal Chauhan, Tunku Ismail Ibrahim, Santiago De Estrada 5) bt Sahgal-Jindal 6 (Simran Shergill 2, Dhruvpal Godara 4).

Delhi youngsters shine

Delhi youngsters excelled in the D.D.A. Open squash tournament held at the Sri Fort Sports Complex, bagging six out of the eight titles in the junior categories.

The girls’ events were dominated by Shria Khatri, Sacchika Ingale, Pankhuri Malhotra and Adya Advani, who had all-Delhi finals in the under-13, under-15 and under-17 events.

Aditya Khatri, Deepak Mishra, Kush Kumar and Karm Kumar did well in the boys’ events.

The under-17 and under-19 events went to Ravi Dixit and Harinder Pal Singh of TN.

The results: Men: Harinder Sandhu (TN) bt Sandeep Jhangra (Mumbai) 3-0. Boys: U-11: Aditya Khatri (Del) bt Ranjit Singh (Dhampur) 3-0; U-13: Deepak Mishra (Del ) bt Kush Kumar (Del) 3- 1; U-15: Kush Kumar (Del) bt Tushar Kothari (TN) 3-0; U-17: Ravi Dixit (TN ) bt Karm Kumar (Del) 3-0; U-19: Harinder Sandhu (TN) bt Ravi Dixit ( TN ) 3-0. Men (above-35): Rahul Nayer (Del) bt Satyajit Sahay (Del) 3-2. Veterans (above-45): B.I. Singh (Del) bt Rahul Kumar (Del) 3-1. Professionals: A. Parthiban ( TN ) bt Amjad Khan (Del) 3-2.Women: Surbhi Mishra (Jaipur) bt Shria Khatri (Del) 3-0. Girls: U-13: Pankhuri Malhotra (Del) bt Adya Advani (Del) 3-0; U-15: Shria Khatri (Del) bt Sacchika Ingale (Del) 3-1; U-17: Shria Khatri bt Sacchika Ingale 3-0.