Sport - Sports : General

Kapil in main draw

Mysore: Unseeded Kapil Bhat of Bangalore rallied well after being down 3-5 at one stage to register an upset win over top seed and local player M.S. Darshan 8-7(3) in the boys’ under-12 singles final qualifying round to enter the main draw of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament at the SJCE courts, here on Saturday.

The results: Boys: U-12 singles (best of 15 games): Final qualifying round: Kapil Bhat (Kar) bt M.S. Darshan (Kar) 8-7 (7-3); K. Hemanth (Kar) bt A. Aandhavan (TN) 8-5; M. Arjun (Kar) bt S. Eshwar (Kar) 8-0; R. Prathik (Kar) bt Vaastav Ganapathy (Kar) 8-1.

Second round: Harish Chakravarthy (TN) bt Benjamin (Kar) 8-0; Varun Venkat (TN) bt Sanchith Mada (Kar) 8-4; M.D. Chirag (Kar) bt P. Revanth (Kar) 8-1; Kumar Nishok Bharath (Kar) bt M. Siddarth (Kar) 8-0. U-14 singles: Second round: M.S. Rakshith (Kar) bt Sampreeth (Kar) 8-0; M.S. Darshan (Kar) bt Skandan Jairaj (Kar) 8-6; Balaji Karthikeyan (Kar) bt A. Aandhavan (TN) 8-2; Rohan Shenoy (Kar) bt Sanchith Mada (Kar) 8-4; Krish Tejas Bharath (Kar) bt Kapil Bhat (Kar) 8-0; Vivek (Kar) bt Sourab D (Kar) 8-0; Akhil I (TN) bt Rohan Devaiah (Kar) 8-0; S. Sagar (Kar) bt Abhijeet (Kar) 8-6; Alok Aradhya (Kar) bt M. Arjun (Kar) 8-5; C. Vasisht (Kar) bt Akhil P (Kar) 8-1; Chirag Prasanth (Kar) bt Vishal Dev (Kar) 8-0.

Vinoba and Somaiah struck a brace each as ITI defeated Flying Hockey Club 6-0 in a State ‘A’ division hockey league match at the KSHA Stadium, here on Saturday.

Sebastian and Poonacha also scored for ITI.

Other results: MEG 5 (Monnappa 2, Samson Fernandes 2, S. Jayaseelan) bt BEL 1 (Prasad); MLI 3 (Praful, Krishan Patil, Romi Ekka) bt Coorg Blues 0.

Domlur defeated Srirampuram 8-7 in a N.A. Harris Cup football tournament match, here on Saturday.

Other results: Gowthampuram bt Camp Boys Austin Town 5-4; Austin Town Blue bt Brother SC XI 1-0; Ranganathan XI bt Ashok Nagar XI 5-3; Murphy Town XI bt Shanthi Nagar 1-0; Austin Town Blue bt Gowthampuram 1-0.

The following players will represent Karnataka in the 38th senior National carrom championshipJanuary 12 to 17.

The team: Men: B. Rajesh Wilson, Shyamsundar, N. Surendra, Zahir Pasha and Madhusudhan. Veteran men: S.V. Rangaswamy and C. Srinivas. Veteran women: Pravathi Bhat and V. Seethalakshmi.

Century Club will conduct a State-ranking sub-junior and mini badminton championship for boys and girls in the U-10, U-13 and U-16 age groups at the club courts, Bangalore from January 24 to 27. Entries close on January 20. Details may be had from the Karnataka Badminton Association at 2263686.

Karnataka State Netball Association will conduct the State junior and sub-junior championships at the Nrupathanaga grounds, Nagarbhavi from January 23 to 26.

© Copyright 2000 - 2009 The Hindu