Date:25/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/25/stories/2008082560401900.htm

Sport - Tennis

Vigneswaran, Ramkumar qualify for main draw

Chennai: Y. Yeswanth Nadella (AP), Rashim Samuel (Kar), R.Vigneswaran (TN), R. Ramkumar (TN), Hadin Bawa (Mah), Abinav Mishra (MP), Advait Sadwilkar (Mah) and Surya Pavan (AP) qualified for the boys’ under-18 main draw of the adidas-MCC junior national tennis championships here on Sunday.

Qualifying final round results: Boys: Under-18: Y.Yeswanth Nadella(AP) bt Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Rashim Samuel(Kar) bt Himanshu Mali (Mah) 6-4, 6-1; R.Vigneswaran (TN) bt K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; R. Ramkumar (TN) bt Suraj Konwar (Guj) 6-3, 6-0; Hadin Bawa(Mah) bt Ranjit Maheswari (WB) 6-4, 6-4; Abhinav Mishra (MP) bt Manjunath Sagar (Kar) 6-3, 6-3; Advait Sadwilkar (Mah) bt Tushal Thavani (Mah) 7-5, 6-2; Surya Pavan (AP) bt S.Karan (Kar) 6-3, 6-2.

Under-14: Rupesh Aadic (TN) bt Sharwil Nangare (Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; A.Kashyap (Kar) bt Venkat.N.Ramanan (TN) 6-4, 6-1; Nishant Rebello (AP) bt Harsha Manjunath (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; A.Naveen Kumar (TN) bt M.S.Rakshit (AP) 6-1, 6-3; Keerthinathan (TN) bt Vishal (TN) 6-1, 6-4; Sumit Nahal (Del) bt L.Anuraag (TN) 6-1, 6-4; Fateh Deep Singh(PB) bt Saarthak Mehta (TN) 6-3, 6-2; R. Sanjeev (TN) bt Arindam Duttal (Har) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Pranav Menon reigns

Pranav Menon led from start to finish in the final of the Chennai leg of the Amaron Karting Challenge held here on Sunday, getting to the chequered flag nearly three seconds ahead of second-placed Sameeksha Asher.

On the basis of this result, Pranav, Sameeksha and third-placed Gaurav Matthew have qualified for the Grand Finale, which will be held next January in Bangalore, where they will compete with the podium finishers from the forthcoming Bangalore, Cochin, Goa, Mumbai, Kolhapur and Hyderabad legs of the challenge.

The results: Final: 1. Pranav Menon 04:17.7; 2. Sameeksha Asher 04:20.5; 3. Gaurav Matthew 04:22.0; 4. D. Vinay 04:37.3; 5. D. Akash (9 laps) 04:38.4; Shray Chandra, M. Sumith and Roopan did not finish.

Sathiyan takes trophy

G. Sathiyan (SDAT-Chandra Academy) clinched the men’s title in the BuildCraft Interior 9th State-ranking table tennis tournament here on Sunday.

The results (all finals): Men: G. Sathiyan (SDAT-C) bt E. Prabhakaran (SDAT-AKG) 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-9;

Boys: Youth: R. S. Raja (SDAT-C) bt Sivananda Seshadri (LTTA) 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8. Junior: G. Sathiyan bt S. Prasanna (PSBB) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8. Sub-junior: D. Sameera Kumar (NLC) bt R. Anadhraj (SDAT-AKG) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8. Cadet: V. Abinay (YMCA-K) bt Sachin Viswanath (Ransa) 12-14, 11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 11-6. Mini-cadet: R. Santosh Kumar (DBYC) bt A. Shrikrishna (Ransa) 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10.

Women: A.V. Nivedita (IOC) bt N. Arul Selvi (IB) 15-13, 3-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 11-8.

Girls: Youth: U. V. Agni (SDAT-AKG) bt A. V. Nivedita (IOC) 10-12, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6. Junior: V. Sneha (Ransa) bt K. K. Narmadha (IB) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4. Sub-junior: S. Narasimha Priya (PSBB) bt T. Reeth Rishya (SDAT-AKG) 3-11, 2-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. Cadet: V. Deepika (Ransa) bt C. R. Harshavardhini (MVM) 13-11, 13-11, 7-11, 10-12, 11-7. Mini-cadet: Abinaya Ramesh (Erode) bt Selena Deepthi (CC TTC) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7