Date:02/11/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/02/stories/2006110209572300.htm

Sport - Squash

Tamil Nadu makes a clean sweep

Special Correspondent

KOLKATA: The Tamil Nadu team made a clean sweep of all the four titles on offer in the junior inter-State squash championship at the Calcutta Racket Club courts here on Wednesday. The State had already won the girls' under-19 team title on Tuesday.

It added three more crowns on Wednesday.

The game has taken deep roots in Tamil Nadu thanks to the ICL Academy, Chennai.

The results (all finals):

Boys: U-19: TN bt Maharashtra 2-0 (Harinder Pal Singh bt Sandeep Jangra 9-3, 9-1, 9-7; Parth Sharma bt Vikram Malhotra 9-1, 9-1, 10-8.

U-15: TN bt Maharashtra 2-0 (Ramit Tandon bt Abhishek Pradhan 9-6, 9-1, 9-2; Ravi Dixit bt Aadit Zaveri 9-4, 9-6, 9-7).

Girls: U-15 league: TN bt Maharashtra 2-1 (Harita Omprakash bt Saumya Karki 10-9, 9-3, 9-2; B. Aparajitha lost to Ankita Sharma 10-8, 5-9, 4-9, 0-9; A. Anakha bt Sachika Balvani 9-3, 9-6, 9-2).