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Hyderabad PS, Kendriya Vidyalaya win titles

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Public School (Ramanthapur) and Kendriya Vidyalaya (Begumpet) won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the 20th Regal Sports inter-schools volleyball tournament for Naresh memorial trophy, here on Tuesday.

In the boys’ final, HPS defeated Government High School (Yousuguda) 25-23, 10-25, 15-8 with Pradeep, Raju and Manoj combining well while for the loser Ajay, Sridhar and Venakatesh put up a good show.

Sowmya, Ankitha Sharma and Sreelatha came up with impressive display to fashion KV Begumpet’s 25-16, 28-26 win over St. Pious High School. M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, MP, gave away the prizes.

The results: Boys: Final: HPS Ramanthapur bt Govt High School (Yousuguda) 25-23, 10-25, 15-8. Semifinals: Govt HS, Yousufguda, bt Govt HS, Jamia Osmania 25-21, 25-21; HPS Ramanthapur bt Sanghi Public School 25-15, 25-20.

Girls: Final: KV Begumpet bt St. Pious HS 25-16, 28-26. Semifinals: St. Pious HS bt St. Philomena 25-12, 25-13; KV Begumpet bt Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 23-25, 25-16, 15-12.

N. Sai Santosh defeated J. Narsing Rao 13-25, 25-9, 25-14 in the non-medallist singles quarterfinals of the second YMIS State-ranking carom tournament, sponsored by Joshi Masala, at YMSI here.

The results:

Non-medallist: Singles: Quarterfinals: N. Sai Santosh bt J. Narsing Rao 13-25, 25-9, 25-14; S. Ramesh bt Ahmed 21-25, 25-12, 25-9; T. Vijaya Krishna bt L. Gopikrishna 25-15, 10-25, 25-0; S. Pavan Kumar bt Zubair 5-25, 25-24, 25-5.

Men’s singles: First round: Ravi Kumar bt Suresh Kumar 25-5, 25-5; Pavan Kumar bt Bashratullah 25-2, 13-25, 25-1; Sajid Ali Khan bt K. Devender 25-3, 0-25, 20-16. Doubles: Second round: K. Srinivas & S. Naveen bt Ravi Kumar & Uday Raj 9-25, 25-8, 25-0; V. S. K. Naidu & K. Kushal bt Gajender & Kranti 25-6, 25-4; M. V. S. N. V. Prasad & G. Ramesh bt N. Sai Santosh & T. Vijaya Krishna 25-5, 25-8; R. D. Dinesh Babu & V. Anil Kumar bt Brijesh Chowda & Narender 25-10, 25-2.

Deloitte recorded a comfortable, 53-run win over Tata Consultancy in the third SBH T-20 corporate cricket tournament here.

The scores: Microsoft 110 bt Hyderabad House 86; Deloitte 143 for seven (Sandeep 48 not out) bt Tata Consultancy 90; Ness Technology 65 lost to SBH ‘B’ 113 for two (Ashish Sikka 53); Standard Chartered Bank 103 for nine (Krupakar 52) lost to NMDC 105 for four (Murali 73); Kun Group 161 for six (Prem 60) bt Aegies BPO 99 for nine.

P. Praveen Prasad won the AP Open prize money chess tournament at Maharshi Vidya Mandir here with 4.5 points from five rounds.

Sai Srija of Delhi Public School won the children open category title with five points from five rounds. Maharshi Vidya Mandir (Kondapur) won the inter-schools trophy.

Final placings: Open: 1. P. Praveen Prasad, 2. S. Panchasheel, 3. Jagadeesh, 4. Perumallu, 5. Prateek.

Children: Overall champion: 1. Sai Srija. Under-6: V. Shiva Prakash. Under-8: S. Rakesh. Under-10: K. Ashwin. Under-12: Venkatesh.

Girls: Under-10: Mallika Gupta. Under-12: V. Divya. Under-14: P. Kiranmayee. Under-16: K. Rajyalakshmi.

Rama Rishabh of Kendriya Vidyalaya (Bowenpally) entered the final of the boys’ under-14 category with a 8-7(7-2) over Saha Kapadia in the semifinals of the Wilson Sub-junior tennis tournament here.

In the other semifinal, Wahab defeated Akhil 8-5.

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