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Vinod Gowda surprises third seed Kamal

MYSORE: Unseeded Vinod Gowda of Karnataka stunned the third seed, S. Kamal 7-5, 6-3 and entered the quarterfinals of the boys’ under-18 singles in the Shafi Darashah-AITA Championship Series junior tennis championship conducted by Raghuveer Tennis Club here on Tuesday.

A spate of unforced backhand errors cost Kamal dearly, who fought spiritedly in the first set levelling 4-all after trailing 2-4. However, Vinod Gowda, who was lot more consistent with his returns broke his rival again in the 11th game to wrap up the set. Gowda kept up the momentum in the second set which saw several absorbing rallies. Gowda grabbed a 4-2 lead and closed the set at 6-3.

Another upset

In another upset, Pradeep K Reddy of Andhra Pradesh beat fifth seeded Jaisal Kohil Mariwala of Maharashtra 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0). Top seeded Siram Gautham of A.P. and second seeded M.A. Naveen of Tamil Nadu also made the last eight round.

In the girls’ section, top seed Bhavani Shankar of Tamil Nadu led the way to the quarterfinals. Other main qualifiers were second seeded Teertha Iska of A.P., Raveena Shetty of Karnataka, Soumya Pulumati of A.P. and Rachana R. Gowda of Karnataka. Teerthi Iska also entered the quarterfinals of the girls’ under-12 singles.

The results: (Pre-quarterfinals):

Boys’ under-18: Sriram Gautham (AP) bt Yash Deshmukh (Mah) 6-3, 6-4; Uttam Singh (Kar) bt C. Bharghav (AP) 6-4, 6-2; Elwin Anthony (TN) bt Kaushal Mehta (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; S. Prasanth (TN) bt S. Karan (Kar) 6-1, 7-5; Maninder Singh (Har) bt Chinmay Pradhan (Ori) 6-2, 7-6(6); Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt S. Kamal (Kar) 7-5, 6-3; K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt Kaisal Kohil Mariwala (Mah) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0); M.A. Navin (TN) bt Senthil V Kumar (TN) 6-4, 6-2.

Under-12: S.K. Mukund (AP) bt S. Karthik (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; M.S. Rakshith (Kar) bt A. Nrinay (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; S.D. Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt S. Kisen (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; I. Akhill (Kar) bt Mihier Roy Chaudhury (Kar) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ishaque Eqbal (WB) bt D. Shiv Satvik (AP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; T.S. Jude Raymond (AP) bt Varun Pathare (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; B.S. Rahul (Kar) bt Avilash Mishra (Ori) 7-5, 6-3; Jayanth Jayaram (TN) bt B.R. Nikshep (Kar) 6-2, 6-4.

Girls: under-18: Bhavani Ravishankar (TN) bt Jasmine Kaur Bajaj (Del) 6-2, 6-3; Sneha Reddy (AP) bt C. Varunya (Kar) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Raveena Shetty (Kar) bt Nupur Roy Chaudhury (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Rachana R Gowda (Kar) bt R.S. Kavitha (Kar) 6-0, 6-2; Saadgi Rajani (Guj) bt B. Nithya Raj B (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Sowmya Pulumati (AP) bt Sanjana Rajashekar (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; A.K. Padmapriya (Kar) bt Dhruthi T Venugopal (Kar) 6-4, 6-2; Teertha Iska (AP) bt Swetha Sree Hari (TN) 6-3, 6-2.

Under-12: Teertha Iska (AP) bt Sanjana Rajasekar (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Ashwini Suresh (TN) bt Dimple Verma (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Druthi T Venugopal (Kar) bt Sloka Kumar (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Roma Chandran (TN) bt C.S. Praneetha (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; D. Nayanika Reddy (AP) bt Kavya Kumar (Kar) 6-4, 6-0; Jasmine Kaur Bajaj (Dli) bt Taarini Chandramouli (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; A.V.Rithika (Ker) bt Mariam Gaffer (Kar) 6-0, 6-2; Akshara Iska (AP) bt Abhipsa (Kar) 6-0, 6-0.

Shooting championship

The State shooting championship will be held at the SAI Shooting Range in Bangalore from February 6 to 8. Entries close on February 1 and details can be had from B.M.G. Krishna, ph – 26635026.

Raghavendra wins

V. Raghavendra won the open category in the C.V. Raman Chess Club’s monthly tournament here recently.

Other winners:

Under-14: Vikas; Under-12: Naren Kumar; Under-10: S. Vishal; Under-8: V. Sharanya; Under-6: Vasishta.
Karnataka qualifies

Host Karnataka defeated Punjab 2-1 in an All India BSNL football tournament semifinal match at the Football Stadium here on Tuesday afternoon.

Kadiravan scored twice for the host while Sunil Yadav’s 21st minute helped Punjab to reduce the margin.

In the other semifinal, West Bengal defeated Kerala 4-1 through tie-breaker. Gopal Das, Rajat Biswas, Pankaj Pal and Sanjib Ghosh scored for West Bengal while Ubadulla found the target for Kerala. The final will be held on Wednesday afternoon.
Vijay Punjabi wins

Vijay Punjabi won the KSTBA Tenpin bowling championship at the Starcity centre here recently. In the final, Vijay Punjabi defeated Sethu Madhavan by 80 pins.
Unbeaten 131 by Anup

Basel Mission English Medium High School (Dharwad) defeated JSS High School (Dharwad) by 181 runs in the KSCA under-15 inter-schools tournament at the SDM Dental College ground in Dharwad on Monday.

Batting first, BMEMHS piled up 303 for five in 40 overs with Anup Ammannavar making an unbeaten 131. In reply, JSS was shot out for 122.

The scores:

BMEMHS 303 for five in 40 overs (Anup Ammannavar 131 n.o., Tejeshwar 72) bt JSS HS 122 in 24 overs (Aravind 31, Prateek four for 26, Vishwanath Patil three for 19).

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