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Rashien Samuel and Ritu emerge champions

BANGALORE: Rashien Samuel continued his winning spree on the local circuit when he won his second consecutive title in as many weeks, with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Vishnu K. Jinan in the boys’ under-18 singles final of the Mahila Seva Samaja State junior ranking tennis championship here on Friday.

S.P. Ritu avenged her last week’s defeat when she scored a hard-fought victory over Preethi Gokhale 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-1 and won the girls’ under-18 singles title. It was also memorable outing for Shivani Manjunath of KSLTA’s High Performance Training Centre who won her maiden title beating Prerna Kalwar 6-3, 6-3.

Mahila Seva Samaja’s AITA Talent Series gets underway with main draw matches on December 22 and qualifying rounds will be played on Saturday and Sunday.

The results (all finals): Boys: Under-18 singles: Rashien Samuel bt Vishnu K. Jinan 6-4, 7-5; Under-12: Evans Mirjakar bt K. Mohit Reddy 6-2, 6-1; Under-10: B.R. Nikshep bt K. Hemanth 6-1, 6-2.

Girls: Under-18 singles: S.P. Ritu bt Preethi Gokhale 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-1; Under-12: Shwetha Samuel w/o Abhipsha; Under-10: Shivani Manjunath bt Prerna Kalwar 6-3, 6-3.

M. Vinod and Muzhambil clinched the junior and sub junior boys’ titles in the 31st annual State carrom championship in progress in Bangalore on Friday.

Mehboob was taken to three games by Gopi before winning 25-9, 5-25, 25-21 while in another extended match Satya Murthy downed S. Saleem 10-25, 25-4, 25-9.

Other results: Junior boys: (final): M. Vinod bt P. Ram Kumar 25-13, 25-0. Semifinals: P. Ram Kumar bt N.H. Zaheer Ahmed 22-18, 25-19; M. Vinod bt Syed Sadath 25-21, 25-18.

Sub junior boys: Final: Muzambil bt Shreyesh 25-0, 25-0. Semifinals: Muzhambil bt U. Chandrashekar 25-2, 25-12; S. Shreyesh bt M. Vinodkumar 25-13, 24-10.

Women: B. Rama bt Bharati 25-8, 25-4; P.K. Mangalmani bt A.S Geetha 25-1, 25-4.

Mithun Bhat’s unbeaten 104 set up Assistant Secretary XI’s 39-run victory over Bangalore City XI in a KSCA-Bangalore inter district under-14 tournament match here on Friday.

The scores: Asst. Secretary’s XI 274 for 6 in 50 overs (Mithun Bhat 104 n.o., Shrijith 55) bt Bangalore City XI 235 for eight in 50 overs (Dhanush 68, Abhishek Goel 45).

President’s XI 169 for 7 in 50 overs (Sanjay Choudary 48, Noel Jayaprakash four for 28) lost to Bangalore XI 170 for three in 41.3 overs (Vijaya Kumar 51, Milind 48).

Combined XI 132 in 42.3 overs (Sharath Vishnu 51, Rishab four for 32) bt Secretary’s XI 127 in 37.1 overs (G.R. Abhay five for 41).

Schools XI 185 for nine in 50 overs (Likith Gowda 63, Amith 47) bt Bangalore Zone XI 178 for eight in 50 overs (Pranjal 49 n.o.).

KPES School (Dharwad) defeated JK School by six wickets in the KSCA u-16 inter-school cricket tournament in Hubli on Friday.

The scores: JK School 92 in 30.3 overs (A. Hasan three for 20, R. Babu three for 25) lost to KPES School 93 for four in 16 overs.

St. Mary’s HS 126 in 34.1 overs (P. Niranjan four for 30, U. Keertan three for 12) lost to Chinmaya Vidyalaya 129 for three in 18.1 overs (Atreya Inamdar 38 not out).

St. Anthony School 115 in 33.1 overs (B. Likhit four for 16) lost to Pavan School 116 for two in 18.5 overs (Vineeth 53 not out).

Karnataka Rugby Football Union (KRFU) along with Inventure Academy will conduct an inter-school rugby tournament on Saturday at Inventure Academy grounds on the Varthur- Sarjapur Road, Bangalore. Six teams , including Inventure Academy, Delhi Public School, Frank Anthony Public School, New Baldwin School and two teams from the Dream a Dream Foundation, are participating.

Mr. Bette Gowda and Manak Lal were elected as the president and general secretary of the Karnataka State Amateur Body Building Association (KSABBA) on December 14. M. Chadran will be the working president while, M.R. Seetharam, former MLA, was named as the chief patron.

The Karnataka State Billiards Association (KSBA) will conduct an 8 and 9 ball pool State-ranking tournament at its premises in Bangalore from January 16. Entries close on January 10.

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