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Dhananjayalu rallies to win

Chennai: Dhananjayalu (AP) came back from a set down to beat Rakesh Kohli (U.P.) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the above 45 first round, in the T.S. Santhanam memorial national veterans’ clay court tennis tournament here.

Other results:

Above-45: Sagar Engineer (Mah) bt Anand Mohan (TN) 6-4, 6-3; M.G. Bhaskar (Kar) bt K.N.V. Prasad (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Puneet Gupta (UP) bt Panduranga Rao (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Poonacha (Kar) bt Narayana Bhat (TN) 7-6 (3), 6-4; V.T. Ranganath (Kar) bt G. Johnny (AP) 6-0, 6-3; Madhukar Rao (TN) bt Sudhakar Rao (TN) 7-6(3), 7-5; Arun Kumar (TN) bt M. Suresh (AP) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

Above-55: R.I. Singh (Del) bt A.J.S. Chatwal (Del) 6-2, 6-0; S. Narasimha Rao (AP) bt Sanyasi Rao (AP) 6-0, 6-0; M.S. Venkatachalam (TN) bt Deenadayalan (TN) 6-3, 6-2; C.S. Rajan (Kar) bt K. Natarajan (TN) 6-0, 6-2; T.A.P.N. Rao (AP) bt S. Jayaram (TN) 6-3, 6-2; S. Swaminathan (TN) bt S.P. Dalvi (Mah) 6-3, 3-0 (conceded); Balachandran (TN) bt Patnaik 6-3, 6-1; Aleem (TN) bt Andulkar Laxman (Mah) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Above-65: V.R. Kulkarni (Kar) bt V. Krishnan (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Ramesh Gautham (UP) bt Nani Rao (AP) 6-1, 6-0; Inderjit Singh (Dli) bt A.J. Keerthi Kumar (TN) 6-3, 6-3; J. Cherian (Kar) bt Kesava Perumal (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Praful Gujarathi (Mah) bt S.N. Subramanian (AP) 6-3, 7-6(3).

Sashank’s knock goes in vain

T.T. Sashank’s unbeaten 100 went in vain, as his team Sivaswami Kalalaya lost to St. John’s ES & JC (Besant Nagar), by eight wickets, in the Sacred Heart MHSS state-level inter-school under-15 cricket tournament, at the Deccan Devil Ground.

The scores:

Sivaswami Kalalaya SS 152 for six in 30 overs (T.T. Sashank 100 not out, S. Siddath 33) lost to St. John’s ES & JC (Besant Nagar) 153 for two in 22.2 overs (P.T. Sivanesan 61 not out, C. Asuthosh 42 not out).

Jawahar Vidyalaya SSS 142 for nine in 30 overs (Vedavyas 50, Aahirgiri three for 24) bt PSBB (TP Road) 79 in 26.4 overs (B. Karthik three for 11).

Kannan-Chari pair wins

Kannan and Chari won the open pairs event the Madras Gymkhana Club annual bridge tournament to claim the Malladi Shield here recently.

The results:

Open Pairs: Malladi Shield: North South: 1. P.S. Santhanam & Periasamy; 2. Kalyani Isvaran & Ian Albuquerque; 3. R. Krishnasamy & L. Subramanian.

East West: 1. Kannan & Chari; 2. V. Suryanarayanan & P. Narayan Iyer; 3. N. Kumar & T.R. Krishnan.
St. Joseph’s triumphs

St. Joseph’s College of Engineering College won the men’s basketball and volleyball trophies in 37th Vel Youth Trophy Tournaments held at Vel Tech Engineering College, Avadi , on January 19.

The volleyball team beat Vel Tech Engineering College in the final 25-19, 25-18, while in basketball St. Joseph’s beat MCC College, Tambaram 62-48.
Tennis tournament

The 8th UC MAS-Singaram Pillai all-India tennis tournament (super series) in the under-14 and under-16 boys’ and girls’ categories, will be held from February 18 to 23, at the Singaram Pillai Tennis Centre.

For details, contact B. Sharath Raju (organising secretary) at 9841511043 or 9444212179.
State-level badminton

Dev Sports Academy will conduct the 10th State-level badminton tournament for boys on February 9 and 10 at the Dev Sports Academy Indoor Stadium.

The tournament is open to all educational institutions.

Entries close on Feb. 4. Call Dev Anand (27428331 / 98423-28331) for details.
Athletics meet

Thiruvallur District Masters Athletics Association will conduct a State-level meet for men (35 and above) and women (30 and above) in Madurai on February 23 and 24. Call 94444-97090 for details.
Indian Bank clinches title

At Paramkudi, Indian Bank (Chennai) won the men’s title in the Ayira Vaisya Basketball Club State-level basketball tournament defeating Southern Railway (Chennai) 71-69 for its third win in the last match of the semifinal round-robin league on Sunday.

Southern Railway finished runner-up, losing only to Indian Bank.

Southern Railway led 24-17 at the end of the first quarter and 39-37 at the end of the second. From there it was a neck-to-neck fight between the teams and the lead changed often before Indian Bank clinched the issue at 71-69.

Armed Police (Chennai) beat Loyola College (Chennai) 49-39 for its only win and finished third.

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