Date:07/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/07/stories/2008030760892400.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Nagaraj enters semifinals

Chennai: Karnataka’s Nagaraj beat R.E. Sudersan Rao of AP 7-6(2), 7-6(2) in the above-45 quarterfinals of the Raju Vegesna-AISTA senior national ranking veterans’ tennis tournament, on Thursday.

Other results (quarterfinals):

Singles: Above-45: Yogesh Shah (Guj) Paul Manohar (AP) 6-1, 6-1; M. Suresh (AP) bt Karthi Kailash (TN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Vivek Reddy (TN) bt R.V. Ramu Raju (AP) 6-3; 6-3. Above-55: V. Ram Mohan Rao (AP) bt A.R. Rao (AP) 6-4, 6-0; S. Settu (TN) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) 6-3, 6-1; K. Radha Krishnamoorthy (AP) bt M.S. Venkatachalam (TN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Above-65: S. Parekh (Mah) bt V. Chiranjeevi (AP) 6-0, 6-3; C. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt Keerthi Kumar (TN) 6-2, 6-4; Ramesh Gautham (U.P.) bt T.N. Laxmanan (TN) 6-1, 6-2; T. Sreedhar (AP) bt K.K. Aravind (TN) 1-2 (concd.).

Doubles: Above-45: V. Shankar (Del) & V. Srinivas Reddy (AP) bt M.V. Swamy (AP) & S. Nettappa (AP) 6-1, 6-1; R.V. Rama Raju (AP) & Nagaraj (Kar) bt R.E. Sudarshan (AP) & K. Koteswar Rao 6-4, 6-3; Jasper (TN) & Vivek Reddy (TN) bt M. Suresh (AP) & M. Sreedhar 6-1, 6-2; K.M. Prakash (AP) & Yogesh Shah (Guj) bt R.N. Ramesh (Kar) & A.S. Khan (AP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Above-55: T.A.P.N. Rao (AP) & Venkatachalam (TN) bt N.C. Ashok Reddy (AP) & Dhavel Patel 1-0 (concd.); M.S. Prakash (AP) & Raju (AP) bt V.L.S.N. Raju & Abdul Azeez (AP) 6-3, 6-1; S. Settu (TN) & Ram Babu (AP) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) & S. Ramakrishna (AP) 6-1, 6-1; D.S.N. Raju (AP) & Puspa Raj (Kar) bt C.B.S. Varaprasad (AP) & Gangadharan (Del) 6-3, 6-4. Above-65: S. Parekh (Mah) & C.B. Raju (AP) bt C. Sesha Sai (AP) & S.V. Raghavendra Rao 6-2, 6-1; C. Radhakrishnan (TN) & Kulkarni (Kar) bt K.K. Aravind (TN) & C.H. Naidu (TN) 6-7(3), 6-4; T. Sreedhar (AP) & Chengappa (AP) bt T.N. Laxmanan (TN) & Kesava Perumal (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Ramesh Gautham (U.P.) & C.V. Appala Raju (AP) bt D. Somalingam (AP) & K. Narappa Reddy (AP) 6-1, 6-2.
ICF triumphs

ICF (seniors) BBC defeated St. Peters BBC, Tanjore 68-65 in the final of the Thalapathi M.K. Stalin Birthday basketball tournament, held at ICF South Colony. ICF colony won the women’s title, beating Nirmala Club 32-24 in the final.

The results:

Finals: Men: ICF (seniors) 68 (M.K. Shahul Hameed 19, Karthik 10, Arul 13) bt St. Peters 65 (Vignesh 16, Prasanth 10).

Women: ICF colony 32 (Rubiya 10, Shilpa 11, Ria 10) bt Nirmala Club 24 (Ramya 8, Emijency 13).
Shah Rukh shines

Shah Rukh Khan’s unbeaten 91 helped Chennai St. Bede’s Sports Foundation (CSSF) win the under-13 cricket tournament for the K.R. Sundararajan Memorial Trophy recently.

The scores:

Prahalad CC 184 in 29.5 overs (M. Adityan 34, K. Mukund 32, M.S. Suraj 77) lost to CSSF 185 for four in 26.4 overs (Shah Rukh Khan 91 n.o., Mitchel Minhas 33).

Special awards:

Best bowler: M.S. Suraj (Prahalad); Best batsman: K. Mukund (Prahalad); Best fielder: Mitchel Minhas (CSSF); Best wicketkeeper: Rohit Kalyan (Kedar CA); Best all-rounder: Sai Roopesh (CSSF); Player of the Series: M. Adityan (Prahalad).

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