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TN retains title

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Holder Tamil Nadu with a 2-1 win over Uttar Pradesh retained the boys' title in the 34th National sub-junior carrom championship at the Muslim Association hall here on Wednesday.

Bihar took the girls' title with an easy 3-0 victory over Chandigarh. Andhra and Tamil Nadu finished third in the boys' and girls' sections respectively.

The results:

Boys (final): TN bt U.P. 2-1 (D. Sriram lost to Umar Tanveer 25-13, 11-25, 23-25; A. Vigneswaran bt Mohd. Adil 25-20, 25-21; Tamil Selvan/Franklin bt Mohd.Faiz/Saif 25-17, 23-25, 25-1). Losers' final: Andhra bt Hyderabad 2-1.

Girls (final): Bihar bt Chandigarh 3-0 (Deepika Sinha bt Farheen 25-11, 25-16; Suruchi Kumari bt Surbhi 25-1, 25-4; Suchitha/Kamna bt Anjali/Tuba 25-7, 25-7). Losers' final: Tamil Nadu bt Haryana 3-0.

Open events (first round): Boys singles: Umar Tanveer (UP) bt S.K. Elahi (And) 14-12, 14-13; D. Sriram (TN) bt Abhilash Mohanty (Ori) 25-0, 25-0; A.Vigneswaran (TN) bt M.Saran (Ker) 25-13, 25-7; K. Srinivas (Hyd) bt Sooraj Moorthy (Ker) 25-17, 25-0; Ankit Jajodia (Har) bt Salman (UP) 8-22, 2-7, 22-19; Mohd. Adil (UP) bt Faizal Salam (Jkd) 25-1, 25-14; Hasan (Chd) bt Rohit (Kar) 25-4, 25-0.

Cadet boys singles: A. Pavan (And) bt R.A. Vishnu (Ker) 25-0, 25-0; Ankur Singh (Har) bt Atul Kumar (Pud) 25-0, 25-0; Visakha Gupta (UP) bt Mohd. Wasim (Bih) 25-7, 25-0; J. Giridharan (TN) bt Varun Gosari (Mah) 4-25, 22-17, 24-16; Rahul (Bih) bt P.Bharat (And) 15-23, 24-10, 21-5; Shehbaz Akhtar (UP) bt Ayush Memdan (Chd) 25-0, 25-6; V.R.Venkateswaran (TN) bt Rachi Maugla (Har) 25-0, 25-0; A.Amarjit (Man) bt Vishal Parmar (Mah) 25-0, 25-4.

Girls singles: Deepika (Bih) bt Anjali (Chd) 25-5, 25-7; Sweta Nevgi (Mah) bt Pooja (Chatt) 25-0, 25-0; S. Vidya Raj (Hyd) bt Visalkashi (Ker) 25-0, 25-0; S.V. Rajitha (And) bt Priya (Hyd) 25-4, 25-5; M.S. K. Harika (And) bt Swati (Bih) 25-0, 25-0, Surichi (Bih) bt S.Khatun (Jkd) 25-5, 25-0.

Cadet girls: N. Abhirami (TN) bt V.Meenakshi (Ker) 25-0, 25-0; Neha Sapte (Mah) bt K.Akshaya (Ker) 25-0, 25-0; K. Parveen (TN) bt Asha Bharadwaj (Chatt) 25-13, 25-8; V.Shravya Reddy (Hyd) bt P. Gopika (Ker) 25-0, 25-0. — Special Correspondent

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