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HYDERABAD: C.S. Abhishek defeated Anirudh Yadav 8-7 (8-6) in the second round of the boys’ under-14 Surana Telecom Moin-ud-Dowla tennis tournament organised by Secunderabad Club here on Wednesday.
The results:
Boys: Under-14: 2nd round: K. Pradeep Reddy bt Sai Sourabh 8-0; K.V. Akash bt Raju 8-7 (7-2); Nikhil Arora bt K. Ruthvik Reddy 8-0; A. Mitesh Kumar bt Arihant 8-3; Piyush Khullar w\o Dheeraj; P. Anish bt B. Sambudho 8-0; V. Varun bt M.A. Athesham 8-3; Leela Krishna bt M. Abhilash 8-1; Sai Keertan Kumar w\o K. Sai Siddarth; Sachin bt Aman 8-1; M. Ankit Reddy bt Gautam 8-3; S.M. Murtuza bt Surya Mani Kanta 8-4; C.S. Abhishek bt Anirudh Yadav 8-7 (8-6); S.M. Abdullah bt G. Nikhil 8-0; Narain bt B. Sashank 8-2; Nazeeruddin bt D. Siddarth Reddy 8-1.
Men’s singles: 3rd round: N. Venugopal w\o A.S. Suresh Krishna; Ram Mohan bt O. Varun 9-4; K. Ram bt G. John Abraham 9-3; K.V.N. Murthy w\o S.Surya; Chetan Pandit bt D. Manish 9-1; Md. Rasheed bt Rohan Srivastava 9-7; A.R. Anand bt V. Nagaraja 9-0; Manchit Madan bt Y. Arvind Eashwar 9-0; D.R.C. Kiran bt B. Srinu 9-1; P. Sai Teja bt Syed M. Irfanuddin 9-0; A. Bharadwaj bt P. Shivakrishna 9-1; A. Siddarth bt B. Sunil 9-3; N. Yeshwanth bt Anjan 9-3; Vivek Reddy bt K. Narender Sai 9-4; Punna Vikas bt Goverdhan 9-1.
Surat XI posts easy win
Surat XI recorded a seven-wicket win against Secunderabad Club to win the 20th Jiji Irani Challenge Cup cricket tournament at the Zoroastrian Club here.
The scores: Secunderabad Club 168 for six in 30 overs (H. Jamsheed 114, Rustom Sethna three for nine) lost to Surat XI 172 for three in 26.4 overs (Rustom Sethna 65, Porous Bharucha 50, J. Hormusji three for 27).
Jamshedpur 207 for seven (Zubin Palia 53 not out, Homyar Dumasya 30, Homyar Casad 40) bt Nagpur 168 (Danush Doongaji 102).
Warangal boys win
Warangal and Ranga Reddy won the boys and girls’ titles in the 52nd Hyderabad State inter-district
junior ball badminton championship at HAL Grounds here. In the boys’ final, Warangal defeated Hyderabad 29-18, 29-26 while Ranga Reddy girls got the better of Medak 29-25, 29-28.
A.P. police in final
Andhra Pradesh Police entered the final of the Indira Gandhi memorial hockey tournament outplaying State Bank of India 8-0 in the semifinal at Begumpet Police Stadium here.
David Raj struck thrice while Afzal Khan, Laxminarayana, Sanjeev Kumar, Rafiuddin and Suresh scored once each for the winners.
In another match, AC Guards beat Income Tax 1-0 with the match-winner coming through Aziz-bin-Abdullah in the 40th minute.
Chess tournament
KPHB Colony Chess Association will organise a prize-money tournament from January 20 to 21 and also an under-15 tournament from January 22 to 23. Entries close by January 19 and further details can be had at the phone numbers 64540590 and 9440327948.
Jr. tennis tournament
The Yektha Tennis Alliance will organise a prize-money tournament for boys and girls in the age groups of under-12 and 14 years from January 18. Entries close by January 17. For further details call 9848471701 or 9390013388.
Body building meet
The Telangana Body Building Association will organise All India Industrial Exhibition Society open competitions on January 21 at Hanuman Vyayamshala (Sultan Bazaar). Weighing-in will commence at 4.30 p.m. Further details can be had at phone numbers 9849869860 and 9948167453.
Football tournament
City College Old Boys Football Club will organise the eighth K. Prabhakar Reddy challenge shield tournament for under-16 boys from January 18 at the Quli Qutub Shah Stadium in which 12 teams have confirmed participation.
Vamsi stuns Sai
Qualifier S. Vamsi Krishna (AP) shocked eighth-seeded Sai Nihar (AP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the second round of the AITA talent series tournament in the under-14 section played at the Eluru Club Court, Eluru (West Godavari) on Tuesday.
Top seed Surya Kiran outplayed V. Prithivi Haas 6-3, 6-1, while second-seeded Rohit Sarwate defeated Tamil Nadu’s Dhruv Balakrishnan 6-2, 6-3.
The results: Second round: Surya Kiran (AP) bt V. Prithivi Haas 6-3, 6-1; V. Savan (AP) bt A. Vamsi Krishna (AP) 6-4, 6-0; K. Srinivas (AP) bt K. Surya Vamsi (AP) 6-2, 7-5; Asadullah Shareef (AP) bt Shukur Khan (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Gautam (AP) bt Rahul Samani (AP) 6-0, 6-2; S. Vamsi Krishna (AP) bt Sai Nihar (AP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Rohit Sarwate (AP) bt Dhruv Balakrishnan (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Sai Siddhartha (AP) bt Jeyendra Sai (AP) 6-3, 6-1.
Murali on song
K. Murali Krishna (211, three for 19) was the highlight of LPCT Gujarati School’s 166-run win over Gowtham Rainbow in the KDCA inter-schools cricket tournament for the Nori Siva Ramakrishna memorial trophy in Vijayawada on Tuesday.
The scores: LPCT 336 for five in 40 overs (K. Murali Krishna 211, T. Rahul three for 56) bt Gowtham Rainbow 170 in 30 overs (Karthik 52, Kushwanth four for 43, K. Murali Krishna three for 19, Shaik Ashraf three for 58).
Noble Public School 105 in 28 overs (Sriram five for 28) bt Ravindra Bharati 69 in 20 overs (Faheem six for 30)
Jack and Jill 131 in 30 overs (A. Sanjay 35, Nagalaxman three for 15, M.K. Pratap three for 44) lost to Flora Public School 133 for five in 21 overs (T. K. Kumar 49, Wayne 42).
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