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Bhuvana to meet Sharmila in final

CHENNAI: K. Bhuvana and A. Sharmila entered the girls’ under-16 final of the Lanson Toyota UC MAS Singaram Pillai AITA talent series tournament here on Friday.

Bhuvana defeated Maya Mahalingam 6-3, 6-0 and Sharmila downed R. Binu 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals.

Other results: Boys: Semifinals: U-16: C. Ravishankar bt Trivesh Singh 6-3, 6-2; Viswajit Tirumurthi bt Harsh Ramakrishnan 6-1, 6-0.

U-14: Keerthi Rangan bt Tushar Mandlekar 6-2, 6-1; Sai Reddy bt T.G. Subash 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: U-16: Quarterfinals: Maya bt S.G. Abinaya 6-4, 6-0; Sharmila bt T.G. Janani 6-1, 6-0.

U-14: Semifinals: Ankita bt Shameena 6-4, 6-2; Kavya Bharat bt R. Binu 6-3, 6-2.

Suresh-Vijayesh duo wins

Suresh and Vijayesh beat Vishak and Tarun 49-14, 51-57, 58-49 in the Madras United Club Non-medallist snooker tournament held recently.

The results: Suneesh/Jaffer (M 2000) bt Nandu/Mirza (CB) 60-38, 62-28; Krishnakumar/Thirumal (GSS) bt Muthu/Arun (TNSC) 51-22, 45-22; Ashok/Periyar (BA) bt Shyam/Aravind (MUC) 47-19, 65-35; Sheriff/Bharati (QS) bt Sandeep/Hari (BA) 27-55, 74-51, 57-31; Rahul/Suraj (PS) bt Zakhir/Sanjay (GSS) 62-28, 30-19; Ramesh Babu/Arun (TNSC) bt Naseeb/Sriram 51-19, 76-66; Sikandar/Satish (Lee) bt Malar/Anirudh (MSC) 54-29, 83-29; Gaji/Saravanan (GSS) bt Raju/Sarath (QS) 54-38, 63-19; Nazeer/Saravanan (Lee) bt Sakthi/Bhaskar (GSS) 8-40, 57-49, 66-25; Syed Rizwan/Laiquddin (TNSC) bt Dyan/Adam (M 2000) 51-27, 15-59, 52-21; Suresh/Vijayesh (CU) bt Vishak/Tarun (PS) 49-14, 51-57, 58-49; Manoj/Rajiv (MGC) bt Charles/Suresh (Z-0) 58-2, 62-53; Shyam/Mallam (M 2000) bt Krishnamurthy/Mahesh (QQ) 40-22, 33-54, 80-51; Mani/Ragha (MBC) bt Sarangarajan/Palani (TNSC) 24-60, 68-53, 88-56; Shane/Arnold (QS) bt Arvind/Gothandi (PS) 4-53, 53-45, 45-31; Ashok/Periyar (BA) bt Krishnakumar/Thirumal (GSS) 61-40, 57-39; Bhuvan/Nirmal bt Suneesh/Jaffer (M 2000) 53-24, 53-24; Damu/Arun (QQ) bt Pradeep/Selvam 56-16, 56-15; Vinod/Balreddy (TNBSA) bt Sai/Johnny (M 2000) 56-27, 71-44, 62-34; Ramesh Babu/Arun (TNSC) bt Sikandar/Sathish (Lee) 71-56, 66-41, 69-51; Dilip/Irfan (TNBSA) bt Rahul/Suraj (PS) 69-42, 67-41; Anand Bhatija/Mahesh (CC) bt Gaji/Saravanan (GSS) 57-51, 71-67; Raju/Pratish (BP) bt Chandru/Ibrahim (M 2000) 11-41, 50-18, 66-25; Sheriff/Bharati (QS) bt Vijayesh/Suresh (CU) 50-59, 79-36, 54-9; Manoj/Ashwin (TC) bt Nazeer/Saravanan (TC) 10-52, 52-28, 57-22; Raghu/Mani (MBS) bt Gourav/Pradeep (GSS) 21-68, 53-32, 54-44; Arun/Fahath (CB) bt T.M. Srini/Vasulu (PKP) 56-54, 48-37, 59-56; Rajkumar/Purushotham (TNCA) bt Mallam/Shyam (M 2000) 66-27, 70-31.

Easy win for Vaishnava Club

With a tally of three goals each, Manisha and Sandhya were the stars in the 12-0 victory that Vaishnava Club recorded against Cosmos Club (Tiruvallur) in the Winning XI Women’s Hockey Club State-level annual tournament that began at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Friday. The winner led 7-0 at half-time.

In the opening match, Vidyodaya and Gymkhana (Chennai) were locked in a goal-less draw forcing a tie-breaker. Gymkhana Club won 4-3.

Rekha Ramachandran, President, Down’s Syndrome Association of India (TN Chapter), inaugurated the tournament in the presence of S.R. Bhasgeran of Reserve Bank of India.

The results: Gymkhana (Chennai) 4 (Nandini, Kalaimathi, Mythali, Jayashree) bt Vidyodaya 3 (Kanimozhi, Sasirekha, Shobana) in tie-breaker. Regulation time 0-0; Vaishnava Club 12 (Priyadarshini 2, Manisha 3, Keerthi, Sandhya 3, Devi, Kausalya and Gauthami) bt Cosmos Club (Tiruvallur) 0.

Uday shines

Uday Teja’s 71 enabled Modern defeat Maharishi Vidya Mandir by 39 runs in the SMCA under-14 inter-School cricket tournament here.

The scores: Modern 159 for nine in 30 overs (Uday Teja 71, B. Dixit 39, Krishna four for 29) bt Maharishi Vidya Mandir 120 in 30 overs (Krupasankar 44); St. John’s 131 in 26.5 overs (Geeth Puri 26, S. Sriram four for 17) bt Sri Sankara 94 for nine in 30 overs.

Double for SDNB Vaishnav College

SDNB Vaishnav College emerged triumphant in football and kho-kho events in the college category of the Bhatt Memorial tournament being held here. Stella Mary’s College and Queen Mary’s clinched the hockey and kabaddi titles respectively. For schools, Valluvar Gurukulum finished first in volleyball.

Baseball trials

The Chennai District Baseball Association will conduct trials on August 17, at Anjuman-e-Himayath-e-Islam School, for selection of the junior state team for the junior Nationals to be held in Kolkata from September 14 to 18.

Selected players will attend a camp from August 18 to 31. For details, contact CDBA General Secretary Nazim Fareed at 23651747 or 98412 88073.

Chess tournament

The Tamil Nadu State Chess Association will organise an open lightning tournament on August 3 (2 p.m.) at Bapalal Bhavan, First Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 41. Entry fee is Rs.70. Spot entries allowed. For further details contact Suneetha Jain, Arbiter, 8th Adyar Times FIDE-rated open chess tournament, Bapalal Bhavan, First Seaward Road, Valmiki Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 41. Ph: 93803 01004.

Children’s chess

The Kilpauk Chess Centre will organise a two-day State-level Children’s Championship at Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidhyashram here beginning August 16. The last date for entries is August 13. Further details are available with Mr. S. Panaiappan at 9444044576 or 26563151.

Amarnath to replace Yomahesh

Palani Amarnath of Grand Slam CC has been selected to replace V. Yomahesh in the Tamil Nadu team travelling to Hyderabad for the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup tournament. A press release issued by K.S. Viswanathan, TNCA Secretary, announced that Yomahesh had been declared unfit to play the tournament.

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