Date:21/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/21/stories/2008072159311800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Shravika in semifinals

Hyderabad: G. Shravika outplayed V. Indira in the junior girls’ quarterfinal of the GHMC annual open ranking carom tournament here.

The results: Junior girls: Quarterfinals: G. Shravika bt V. Indira 25-0, 25-0; D. Sumitra bt D. Rajani 25-7, 25-4; Lahari bt Manisha 25-14, 25-12.

Junior boys: Quarterfinals: K. Srinivas bt V. Siddhartha 25-0, 25-0; U. Naresh bt Y. Akhil 25-5, 25-10; K. Akash bt Abhilash 25-10, 25-12.

Youth boys: Quarterfinals: D. Ramu bt L. Naresh 25-9, 25-4; Muneer Ahmed bt U. Raju 25-5, 12-25, 25-6.

Men’s doubles: Second round: Sudhir & Udairaj bt S. Sai & Srikanth 10-25, 25-0, 25-17; Aijah Ahmed & I.M. Srinivas bt S. Keshav Rao & Md. Ibrahim 25-12, 25-10; Anil Palan & Prashanth Ranade bt Md. Asif & U. Naresh 18-13, 25-23; B. Vishnunivas & Udai Kumar bt Dinesh & Mounish 25-0, 25-0; S. Ramesh & L. Gopikrishna bt D. Sainath & K. Sai Kumar 25-6, 25-0; S.K. Phani & Bharat Kumar bt K. Sanjay & Eshwar Prasad 24-23, 6-19, 23-16; Muneer Ahmed & James bt Prabhat & Shravan 25-4, 25-3.

Vaishnav moves up

B. Vaishnav defeated Mourya 8-1 in the boys’ under-10 quarterfinal of the Sun-Jay Tennis Academy sub-juniors tennis tournament here.

The results: Boys: U-10: Quarterfinals: B. Vaishnav bt Mourya 8-1; P. Siddarth bt M. Akash 8-3; K. Deepu bt C. Nikhil 8-3; D. Bhaskar bt M. Rohit 8-4.

U-12: Sheikh Osama bt Arjun 8-4; Taha Kapadia bt P. Nitin 8-4; S. A. Wahab bt Yesh Puri 8-7 (7-4); Tarun Anirudh bt K. Adithya 8-2.

U-14: S.A. Wahab bt Venkat Sai 8-4; N. Riyank bt Varun 8-6; Tarun Anirudh w/o Srinu; Sheikh Osama bt Sai Mythrayah 8-2.

Girls: U-10: Pranjala bt Ujwala 8-2; S. Nidhi bt Ashritha 8-2; Harshita Rao bt Meghna 8-0.

U-12: K. Srija bt S. Nidhi 8-7 (7-4); M. Shivani bt V. Hanisha 8-3; Harshita Rao bt Mansi Reddy 8-2; Y. Pranjala bt B. Amrutha 8-2.

U-14: K. Srija bt P. Bhavya 8-6; Satyavani w/o Nidhi Modi; B. Amrutha bt Simran 8-1. — Principal Correspondent