Harsheel Dani (Air India) and P.V. Sindhu (PSPB) won the boys’ and girls’ under-19 singles titles respectively in the second Karvy All India junior-ranking badminton tournament here on Monday.
The results (all finals):
Boys: Under-17: Aditya Joshi (AI) bt Harsheel Dani (AI) 21-18, 21-19. Doubles: M. R. Arjun (Ker) & Chirag Shetty (Mah) bt Chirag Sen (Utr) & Saurabh Sharma (Har) 15-21, 21-13, 24-22. Under-19:Harsheel Dani (AI) bt Aditya Joshi (AI) 19-21, 21-19, 21-15. Doubles: G. Gopi Raju (AI) & T. Hemanagendra Babu (AP) bt Sanyam Shukla (CG) & and V. Gangadhara Rao (AP) 26-24, 21-18.
Girls: Under-17: Reshma Karthik (AI) bt Rituparna Das (WB) 21-14, 21-11. Doubles: Reshma Karthik & Sanjana Santosh bt D. Sudha Kalyani & M. Archana (AP) 21-17, 21-17. Under-19: P. V. Sindhu (PSPB) bt Arathi Sara Sunil (Ker) 21-10, 21-5. Doubles: G. Ruthvika Shivani (AP) & Poorvisha S. Ram (Ktk) bt J. Meghana & K. Maneesha (AP) 19-21, 21-11, 21-18 .
Mixed doubles: Under-19: B. Venkatesh & G. Ruthvika Shivani (AP) bt G. Ruthvika Shivani (AP) bt G. Gopi Raju & K. Maneesha (AP) 21-17, 21-16.
Prasad shines
Good spell by Ch. Prasad (six for 21) helped Sultan Shahi record a 21-run win over Visaka in the A-Division two-day league cricket championship here.
The scores: A-Division two-day: Sultan Shahi 225 for nine (P. Naveen 71, E. Mahesh Kumar Goud 49, Saikirth four for 50, M. Rohit three
for 46) bt Visaka 204 for nine (Chinthala Satish 65, Abdul Majeed 32, Ch. Prasad six for 21).
Gouds XI 468 for four ( K. Sai Arvind 118, M. K. Sandeep Naidu 119, K. Sainath 147, Sattar three for 98) vs Ours.
Hyd Titan 196( Prasad 58, K. Mahesh 34, Rahil Baig three for 47) vs Vijay Hanuman 24 for one.
Budding Stars 311 (Nivirth 40, Lenford Jude 36, Abhinay 59, M. A. Wasim 56, Anand Babu 63, Sajjad three for 46, Md. Wasimuddin four for 73) vs Brother XI.
Sujatha HS wins
Sujatha HS defeated Zilla Parishad HS (Addagutta) 25-16, 25-14 in a boys’ preliminary round of the inaugural Vemparala Annapurna memorial inter-schools volleyball tournament at Lal Bahadur Stadium here.
The results: Boys: Swamy Narayana Gurukul bt Vignan Vidyalala, Saroornagar, 25-18, 25-14; Sujatha HS, bt ZPHS, Addagutta, 25-16, 25-14; HPS Ramanthapur bt ZPHS Kothaguda ‘B’ 25-11, 25-13; Tapovan HS bt Future Kids 25-17, 25-13; DAE Kukkatpally bt Sanghi Public School 25-21, 25-19; Johnson Grammar School bt Maruthi Vidya Mandir 25-10, 25-15; Word & Deed bt Maharishi Vidya Mandir 25-15, 25-10; Geetanjali School, Chikkadpally, bt Govt. Nehru HS 25-14, 25-17; Hindu Public School bt Vignan Vidyalaya ‘B’, Nizampet, 25-20, 25-13. Girls: DAV Kukkatpally bt Johnson Grammar School 25-12, 25-12; St. Pious School bt Vignan HS 25-15, 25-18; Sujatha HS, bt Word & Deed 25-8, 25-10; St. Francis bt Maharshi Vidya Mandir 25-11, 25-14; Holy Family bt Manchi HS 25-16, 25-8; St. Anthony, Sec’bad, bt DAE School, ECIL, 25-16, 25-18.
Rawal, Aman in final
Kanuganti Rawal and Aman Khan entered the men’s singles final in the Tariq Sports Academy Open tennis tournament at Sanjeeviah Park here.
The results:
Men: Semifinals: Kanuganti Rawal bt Arvind Reddy 7-4; Aman Khan bt Arjun Reddy 7-2.
Boys: First round: Under-12: K. Harshith bt Kapil 7-1; Rahul Chandana bt Siddharth Sarda 7-1; T. Sai Prateek bt Harshith Gupta 7-2; A. Aakash bt Ch. Sai Krishna 7-0; P. Raju bt Syed Ziauddin 7-5.
Girls: First round: Under-12: K. Maheshwari bt Smriti Bhasin 7-0; Avantika bt Sri Harshitha 7-0. Under-10: Sri Harshitha bt Chahana 7-1; Avantika Reddy bt Smriti Bhasin 7-1.
Mounika, Yamuna excel
At Visakhapatnam, N. Mounika (five for eight) and P. Yamuna (three for six) bowled South Zone to a 117-run win over North Zone in the ACA under-19 inter-zone women’s tournament league match at the ACA-VDCA stadium B ground on Monday.
The scores: South Zone 168 for six in 30 overs (K. Anjali Sarvani 55, G. Chandralekha 31) bt North Zone 48 in 18.1 overs (N. Mounika five wickets for eight wickets, P. Yamuna three wickets for six runs).
Carrom tournament
The Visakhapatnam Port Sports Council is organising the Chairman Cup open tournament for men and under-14 and under-18 boys and girls at the Port indoor stadium from August 11 to 13. Entries close on Aug. 10 and have to be sent to the Sports Officer of VPT M.V. Manikyalu at the venue (mobile 9948298314). For details, call 98493 52102.
source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> News> Sports / Hyderabad, August 07th, 2012