Date:03/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/03/stories/2006120311171800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Chennai teams enter semifinals

Coimbatore: Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and TBBC (from Chennai) brushed aside the challenges of their opponents for a place in the semifinal league of the first State-level ball badminton tournament for the KNM Bala-Deep Rolling Trophy at the Nehru Stadium courts here on Saturday.

The results (quarterfinals): IOB (Chennai) bt Kovai Kalaimagal CAS (Narasipuram) 29-13, 29-10; Himalaya SC (Tirupur) bt TNPL (Pugalur) 18-29, 29-13, 29-22; Soya Sakthi (Coimbatore) bt Devaram SC (Salem) 29-13, 29-20; TBBC (Chennai) bt FRC (Tirupur) 21-29, 29-16, 29-19.

First round: TNPL bt MYBBC (Mettupalayam) 29-13, 29-15; Himalaya SC bt Southern Rly. Institute (Tiruchi) 29-14, 29-14; FRC bt Roots (Chennai) 20-29, 29-26, 29-23; TBBC bt NRBC (Nanjundapuram) 28-29, 29-21, 29-26; Soya Sakthi bt GMBBC (Ambattur) 29-16, 29-28; Devaram bt KPM (Coimbatore) 18-29, 29-20, 29-22. — Sports Reporter