Date:30/01/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/30/stories/2008013055622000.htm
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Mixed luck for Abrar

Madurai: Md. Abrar of Tamil Nadu had mixed luck in the pre-quarterfinals of the AITA Junior Talent Series (ranking) tennis tournament at the Madurai Union Club courts on Tuesday.

He upset third seed Jayanth Jayaraman in the boys’ under-16 section 6-3, 6-3 but seeded five in the boys’ under-14, he went down fighting to qualifier K. Prateesh of Karnataka 3-6, 7-6(6), 4-6.

The results (all players from Tamil Nadu unless specified): Boys: U-16: Pre-quarterfinals: A. Veerabadran bt Balavignesh 6-4, 6-3; K. Prateesh (Kar) bt Rajvishnu 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Praveen Raj bt Subhash Kaushik 6-2, 6-0; V. Vishal bt A. Naveen Kumar 6-1, 6-2; Venkatesh Krishna bt S. Prithivi 6-1, 6-0; Md. Abrar bt Jayanth Jayaraman 6-3, 6-3; B. Sanchit bt Nirmal Gautham 6-1, 6-3; Ragavendra (Kar) bt R.K. Santhosh 6-1, 6-4. U-14: Venkatesh Krishna bt S. Ganesan 6-0, 6-0; G.G. Parishit bt K. Rajagopal 6-1, 6-3; Venkata N. Ramanan bt Neville Jos (Ker) 6-0, 6-0; V. Vishal bt M. Fahad 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Jayanth Jayaraman bt Vishai Athreya 6-4, 6-2; Vignesh Prabhu bt Anuraa Balasubramanian 6-2, 6-0; Subhash Kaushik bt Arjun Ramakrishnan 6-1, 6-1; K. Prateesh bt Md. Abrar 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4.

Girls: U-16: Pre-quarterfinals: S.G. Abhinaya (Kar) bt T.G. Janani 6-2, 6-2; B. Nithya Raj bt Shivani Dhanaswamy 6-0, 6-0; Kavya Bharat bt Ashwini S. Suresh 6-4, 6-1; Priyaselva Kumar bt Roma Chandran 6-2, 7-6(3); A. Nikitha bt Madhumitha 6-3, 6-4; S.S. Deepikaa bt A. Ankitha 6-3, 6-2; Akshaya Chandran bt Bavani Balakumar 6-2, 6-1.

Quarterfinalists spotted

SDR CC and ASKR CC (group I), Power CC and Sealines CC (group II) Classic CC and TRC CC (group III) and DCW CC and Ramesh Flower CC (group IV) qualified for the quarterfinals in the Twenty20 cricket tournament at Tuticorin on Tuesday.

The scores (League): Group I: Young Waves CC 111 in 18.5 overs (John 35, SDR Sam three for 18) lost to SDR CC 112 for nine in 19.5 overs; TAC CC 56 in 16.4 overs (Yousuf four for 15) lost to ASKR CC 67 for four in 9.4 overs (Raja 36); Group II: Power CC 146 for seven in 20 overs (Ganesh 35) bt Sealines CC 79 in 14.5 overs (Thirumani three for 10); Seconds CC 147 for nine in 20 overs (Franklin 37, Premkumar 40, Jegannathan three for 24, Mahesh Kumar three for 24) lost to Power CC 148 for seven in 19.4 overs (Muthukumaran 37); Group III: Young Star CC 84 for nine in 20 overs (Dharmaraj four for nine) lost to Classic CC 86 for four in 18.1 overs; Group IV: Pope’s CC 118 for six in 20 overs (Arun 42) lost to Ramesh Flower CC 122 for no loss in 9.5 overs (James Raj 84 n.o.).

AUCPE shines

Alagappa University College of Physical Education registered two wins in the Sivagangai District hockey league at Karaikudi on Tuesday.

The results:

AUCPE 9 (Rajasekar 4, Saravanaraj 3, Selvakumar, Arun Baburaj) bt Alagappa Model HSS 0; Karaikudi Town HC 3 (Gopal, Palani, Praveenkumar) bt Alagappa Govt. Arts College 1 (Pandy); AUCPE 3 (Saravanaraj, Selvakumar, Saravanan) bt ACCET 2 (Premkumar, Prabakar); Alagappa Govt. Arts College 7 (Varadarajan 3, Srinivasan 3, Silambarasan) bt Alagappa Model HSS 0.

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