Date:08/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/08/stories/2008080862532300.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Keerthi Nathan to clash with Ihsan

CHENNAI: Keerthi Nathan beat Akil Kanakaraj in straight sets to enter the final of the India Pistons-KTC-TNTA tennis tournament here on Thursday. He will meet Ihsan Hussain in the final.

In the girls’ singles, Lavanya Saravanan toppled Kanchan Nath to set up a title clash with A. Sharmila.

The results:

Boys’ singles (semifinals): Ihsan Hussain bt T. Vignesh 6-2, 6-4; Keerthi Nathan bt Akil Kanakaraj 6-3, 6-4.

Girls’ singles (semifinals): Lavanya Saravanan bt Kanchan Nath 6-0, 6-1; A. Sharmilla bt R. Binu 6-3, 6-3.

Kokila triumphs

V.S. Kokila (Good Shepherd) defeated Mahima Jain (Chinmaya) 13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5 in the girls’ final (VI Std.) of the Shri Krishnadas Purushotham Das Trophy State-level inter-school table tennis tournament at the SDAT-Chandra Academy here on Thursday.

Other results:

Boys: VIII Std (final): R. Sowmya Narayanan (NPS) Nbt S. Gnaneshwaran (Princess) 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; XII Std (semifinals): R. Anandhraj (Don Bosco) bt M. Jagadish (Princess) 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6; M. Kalvivanan (Don Bosco) bt R. Soumya Narayanan (NPS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-8.

Girls: VIII Std (final): S. Shanmathi (Maharishi) bt S. Vineetha (Doveton) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5.

Sham pots a win

Sham (M2000) defeated Sakthi (GSS) 57-37, 45-57, 53-50 in the snooker event of the Madras United Club non-medallist tournament here.

Other results:

Muruga (BP) bt Lalith (M2000) 55-44, 70-36; Arun (QS) bt Pradeep (GSS) 42-29, 55-31; Jaffer (M2000) bt Raj Kumar (TNCA) 56-49, 52-43; Saravanan (GSS) bt Vijesh (C&U) 26-52, 51-42, 64-40; Gaji (GSS) bt Shane (QS) 54-18, 56-43.

Kumar-Ganesan win

C.R. Kumar and S. Ganesan won the weekly pairs bridge event of the T. Nagar Social Club, here on Thursday, with a score of 65 per cent playing North-South.

Prashanth Sriram and Guthi Rajasekar won from the East-West direction with a score of 60 per cent.

The results: North-South: 1. C.R. Kumar & S. Ganesan; 2. Sri Varghese & Sunil Varghese; 3. K. Natarajan & T.M. Thyagrajan.

East-West: 1. Prashanth Sriram & Guthi Rajasekar; 2. Prajwal & Vinoth; 3. R. Ravichandran & A. Mahadevan.

Chess tournament

The Chennai District Chess Association will organise the Chennai district rapid chess tournament in the under-8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 categories, on August 10, at the Hall of Chess, JN Stadium.

Only players registered with the Chennai District are eligible to participate.

Entries close on August 8. For details call R. Ramakrishnan (94445-55226).