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Hamsica books semifinal berth
Coimbatore: Favourite R. Hamsica of PSG College of Arts and Science chalked out an 21-17, 21-13 win over Kaavya Lakshmi of Vidhya Niketan to enter the under-19 girls’ singles semifinals in the Coimbatore district ranking badminton tournament at the DéjÀ vu Club courts here on Thursday.
Other results (quarterfinals)
Girls (singles) U-16: P.L. Swarnam (Stanes) bt Swetha (KO) 21-14, 21-14, R.P. Divya (KO) bt D. Amritha 20-22, 21-14, 21-12, S. Archana (VN) bt G. Shibani (Stanes) 21-3, 21-2, Pooja Shah (VN) bt K. Sangavi (Kikani) 22-20, 21-14.
U-19: K. Vidhya (GRG) bt K. Sangavi (Kikani) 21-12, 21-16, R. Hamsica (PSGCAS) bt Kaavya Lakshmi (VN) 21-17, 21-13, S. Akila Devi (AKYBC) bt Amritha Devaraj (Stanes) 21-8, 21-10.
Vijay advances
Vijay of IAB defeated Arun Babu of Galaxy 2-0 to enter the quarterfinal of the fourth non-ranking snooker tournament for the H.A. Sivalingaiah Rolling Trophy at the CBA Hall in Coimbatore on Thursday. Other results (pre-quarterfinals): Naveen (CBA) bt Terry (Pot Shot, Kovaipudur) 2-1, Vijay Nichani (CBA) bt Dilip (TNBSA) 2-0, Magesh (TNSC) bt Balan (CBA) 2-1, Sanjeev (CBA) bt Antony (CBA) 2-1.
Open doubles: Girish-Antony bt Jagan / Srini (GXY) 3-0, Prem Prakash / Toushif (CBA) bt Sanjeev Singhi / K.M.C. Rajesh 3-0.
Periyasami sparkles
A fine knock of 81 by G. Periyasami enabled Tigers XI Cricket Club score a five-wicket win over Students Senior Cricket Club in the TNCA-SDCA first division league at the Neelambal School grounds here recently.
The scores (First Div.): Students Senior CC 195 for nine in 43 overs (Saravanan 46) lost to Tigers XI CC 196 for five in 33 overs (G. Periyasami 81, A. Kannan 59); Chandramouli CC 132 in 45 overs lost to AVR CC 133 for one in 19.3 over s (P. Praveen Kumar 53); Kumar CC 229 for seven in 45 overs bt Rothmans CC 105 in 45 overs (P. Amirthalingam four for 12).
Second div.: RMCC w/o. Free Birds CC, RMCC 156 in 38 overs (J. Charles 40 not out) lost to Sivanthi CC 157 for no loss in 23 overs (S. Thangaraj 63 not out, K. Ponnusamy 53 not out); KPSC 150 in 42 overs (A. Saravanan 71, R.A. Singh fo ur for 8) bt Liberty CC 90 in 42 overs (M. Sella Muthu four for 22); Sunil CC w/o. SCC.
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