Date:05/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/05/stories/2007110556922000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Easy for Annamalai

KOLENCHERRY: Annamalai University (Chidambaram) defeated Karnataka State Women’s University (Bijapur) 2-0 in the women’s opening round of the South Zone inter-university badminton championship here on Saturday.

A series of walk-overs marked the opening day. The Kerala Sports Council President, T.P. Dasan, inaugurated the championship.

The results: Men: First round: RGUHS w/o Mangalore; Tumkur w/o NIT (Warangal).

Women: Annamalai bt Karnataka State Women’s 2-0; Karnatak w/o SRM (Chennai). — Principal Correspondent