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ICF stuns IOB, to meet IB

CHENNAI: Integral Coach Factory (ICF) pulled off a stunning 69-59 win over reigning State champion Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in the semifinals of the Mayor Radhakrishnan memorial BC State-level basketball tournament at the Corporation ground here on Friday.

ICF will meet Indian Bank in the final. IB overcame BSNL 75-63 in the second semifinal.

It was a sweet win for ICF against IOB, coming as it does after three years. Its last win over the champion outfit was way back in the 2004 State championship semifinals in Tiruchi.

IOB began, as usual, in a whirlwind fashion taking an 18-14 lead in the first quarter and 33-30 in the second. ICF shot ahead for the first time in the third, and diligently maintained the lead till the final whistle.

Southern Railway will clash with SRM Rising Star in the women’s summit clash.

The results (semifinals): Men: ICF 69 (Srinivasan 17, Ashwin 11, Sikander Ali Raja 18) bt IOB 59 (Sukaneswaran 27, Vineeth R. Mathew 14); IB 75 (Amarnath Gopi 10, Bhuvaneswaran 18, Thangasuran 14) bt BSNL 63 (Delli

Raj 10, Sanya Selvam 10).

Women (semifinals): SRM Rising Star 39 (N. Soumya 14) bt IOB All Star 29 (A. Jayamala 10); S. Rly 45 (Anitha P 12) bt Physio Care 18 (Prabhavathi 10).
Hannah, Ansari in final

Grace Hannah and Shahin Ansari entered the girls’ under-18 singles final of the ABI-Showa tech TNTA KTC junior tennis tournament, at KTC, Kottivakkam, on Friday. Grace beat P.A. Sindu Nila 6-1, 6-0, while Shahin prevailed over K. Sumana 6-0, 6-2

Other results: Girls’ doubles: Final: Grace /Shahin bt R. Bhavani /Preethi Srinivasan 6-2, 6-4. Semifinals: Grace /Shahin bt B. Nithya Raj/ C. Sai Samhita 6-1, 6-2; Preethi /Bhavani bt Sumana /M. Cindana 6-2, 6 -4.
Prasanna, Vaisali triumph

Prasanna Kumar (Don Bosco)and Vaisali Ramkumar of Vidya Mandir emerged the senior boys’ and girls’ singles winners respectively in the YMCA Royapettah inter-school table tennis tournament held recently.

Other results: Winner: Junior: Boys: Sai Iswar Bharat (Vidya Mandir). Girls: Selena Deepthi (Good Shepherd). Sub-junior: Boys: Baiju Akshay (Don Bosco).
Vishal, Niveditha win TT titles

V. Vishal of Loyola and A.V. Niveditha of M.O.P. Vaishnav emerged the men’s and women’s singles winners respectively in the table tennis event of the Krishnadas Purushotham Das Trophy inter-collegiate and inter-school tournaments here.

T. Paneer Selvam, Post Master General, Chennai City region gave away the prizes. The Chairman of D.G. Vaishnav College, Krishnadas Purushotham Das, presided over the function.

The results: Inter-college: Men: Final: V. Vishal (Loyola) bt Muthukumar (D.G. Vaishnav) 13-11, 11-4, 11-9. Women: Final: A.V. Niveditha (MOP) bt Mahasrutha (AAC) 11-5, 11-7, 11-4.

Inter-school: Boys: Upto Class XII: Final: D. Kishore Kumar (Santhome) bt Vasanth Christie (St Bede’s) 3-1. Semifinals: Kishore Kumar bt L. Satishwaran (Bishop) 3-2; Vasanth Christie bt P.R. Hariharan (Santhome ) 3-2;

Upto Class X: Final: P.R. Hariharan (Santhome) bt Kamal Teja (BSBB) 3-2. Semifinals: Kamal Teja bt D. Kishore Kumar (Santhome) 3-1; Hariharan bt V. Shanmugam (Princes) 3-0.

Upto Class VIII: Final: A. Kamal Teja (BSBB) bt Daniel Raj David (D.B. Egmore) 3-0. Semifinals: Kamal Teja bt C. Karthikeyan (Bhavans) 3-0; Daniel Raj David bt R. Srivatsan (BSBB) 3-2.

Upto Class VI: C. Final: Karthikeyan (Bhavan’s) bt Naveen Kumar (Princes) 3-0. Semifinals: Karthikeyan bt R. Koushik (JVV) 3-0; Naveen Kumar bt A. Seetharam (Bhavan’s) 3-1.

Girls: Upto Class XII: Final: Divya Rajaram (SBOA) bt M.N. Subhasree (St. John’s) 3-0. Semifinals: Divya Rajaram bt J.P. Roshini (St. Johns) 3-1; Subashree bt Shruthi Rajaram (Vidya Mandir) 3-0.
TT tournament

J.V.S. Rao memorial State-ranking and State-level inter-school table tennis tournament will be held at the Hall of TT, Nehru Stadium. The State-ranking event will be held on August 11 and 12 while the inter-school championship will be on August 13 and 14. Stree Seva Mandir and Jawahar Vidyalaya SSS (Ashok Nagar) are the sponsors of the tournament.
Vasu named coach

V. Vasu, the former Tamil Nadu paddler, will be one of the coaches of the Indian team taking part in the ITTF World junior table tennis circuit to be held in Taiyuan, China from August 22 to 26.

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