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Subba Rao moves up in veterans’ over 65 section

HYDERABAD: R. Subba Rao blanked M.G. Rao 9-0 in the 65 years & above category qualifying round of the 12th GVK-AISTA Senior Nationals (veterans) tennis tournament at SAAP Tennis Complex here on Saturday.

The results (qualifying round):

65 years & above: R. Subba Rao bt M.G. Rao 9-0; E.G. Mahadevan bt V.V. Muniswamy 9-1; D.D.R. Reddy bt K.N. Raja Reddy 9-1; V. Shyam Sunder bt S.N. Subrahmanyam 9-6; C.S. Krishna Murthy bt G.S.N. Murthy 9-6; C.K. Rama Rao bt K.R. Rammohan Rao 9-3; N. Narappa Reddy bt C. Ramakrishna 9-0; C. Radhakrishna bt B.L. Somayajulu 9-5; B. Somalingam bt R. Samuel John 9-5; Sesha Sai bt P. Balayya 9-3; P. Padmanabha Rao bt N. Subrahmanyam Reddy 9-4; D.S. Goud bt J. Madan Mohan Reddy 9-3; A.V. Anand bt C. Srihari Raju 9-3; Suresh Sahay bt S.Z. Ahmed 5-0 (concd.); D.J.S. Sekhar bt A.V. Dayanandan 9-5; H.S. Sharma bt C.H. Naidu 9-5.

55 years & above: I. Sudhakar bt G.S. Harinath Prasad 9-2; P.G.K. Raju bt V. Krishna Murthy 9-4; Gajapathi bt S.V. Ramesh 9-3; Abdul Azeez bt S. Jaya Ram 9-4; M. Hanumanth Rao bt A.V. Krishna Kumar 9-4; C. Subrahmanyam bt M. Venkateswarlu 9-3; Y.V. Ramakrishna bt Sada Siva Reddy 9-2; B. Harinath Reddy bt K. Ranganathan 9-6; Madan Mohan Singh bt Nagamuni 9-3; P.G.K. Raju bt M.S. Samuel 9-5; K.S.R.A. Raju bt M. Hanumanth Rao 9-4; M.A. Azeezullah bt Surendran 9-3; M.A. Rahman bt K.A. Kadir 9-4; S. Ramakrishna bt N.R.K. Paramahamsa 9-5; V. Panduranga Murthy bt K. Yugandhar 9-2; A. Goutham Budha bt Paulson 9-3.

Rajesh’s century in vain

A century by Rajesh (123, 13 x 4) went in vain for ECIL as it suffered a three-wicket defeat at the hands of Hyderabad Bottling in the final of the A-Division (one-day) knock-out cricket tournament here.

The scores (all finals):

A-Division (one-day) knock-out: ECIL 268 (Rajesh 123, Kiran 72, Yesudas five for 69) lost to Hyderabad Bottling 269 for seven (Rajnikanth 45, Siddhu 52, Ayappa Swamy 47, Arvind 52).

C-Division (one-day) knock-out: APAU 225 for nine (Raghav Reddy 42) lost to Imperial 227 for seven (Azhar Usmani 66, Naresh 41).

Inter-colleges (under-19): St. John’s Church Jr. College 226 for seven (Achintya Rao 72, A. Akash 45) bt Bhavan’s Jr College 95 (Sandeep Goud 34).

Souvik triumphs

Souvik Roy of PG College (Secunderabad) won the 100m sprint in the men’s section clocking 11.10s in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation athletics meet here.

The results (winners only):

Men: 100m: Souvik Roy (PG College Secunderabad) 11.10s; 3,000m: Ramesh (10K) 10m 02.3s; 400m: N. John Saidulu (AP Police) 55.4s.

Boys: Under-16: 2000m: Dinesh Kumar (RMHC) 6m 37.0s; 100m: Arrsik Rajan (RMHS) 11.8s; 400m: K. Ramulu (GBHS Kachiguda) 55.2s. Under-13: 400m: Pragnis (KV II Uppal) 1m 03.5s; 100m: A. Ravi (CMR) 12.0s; Under-10: 100m: Harry Philips (RBHS) 12.2s.

Team championship: Hyderabad 10K (55 points).

Women: 3000m: Uma Maheshwari (10K) 11m 38.0s; 400m: A. Preethi (St Ann’s Mehdipatnam) 1m 07.3s; 100m: Sheeba Raj (St. Ann’s Mehdipatnam) 13.3s.

Girls: Under-16: 100m: M. Aruna Jyothi (Villa Marie) 14.4s; Under-13: 100m: P. Srilatha (Christ The King HS) 13.9s; 400m: G. Snehaja (Seventh Day Adventist HS) 1m 12.9s; Under-10: 400m: Nabeela Fatima (Mehboobia) 1m 27. 7s; 100m: P. Srilatha (St. Anthony HS) 15.8s.

Team championship: Mehboobia Girls HS (47 Points).

Easy for St. Andrew’s

St. Andrew’s High School recorded a six-wicket win over Sarojini Cricket and Fitness Academy in the Fighters & Martyrs Cup cricket tournament organised by Sujatha Group of Educational Institutions here.

The scores: Sarojini CFA 95 for seven in 20 overs lost to St. Andrews HS 98 for four in 16 overs (Lohit 31, Vihari 31 not out).

Munsiff XI wins

Munsiff XI scored a solitary-goal win over All Stars in the Susai memorial football tournament, organised by Shastri Soccer Club, at Trimulgherry Grounds here. After a barren first-half, the match-winner came through Azeem in the 65th minute.

Prajay bags silver

D.B. Prajay Kongalla of Little Flower High School bagged two silvers and a bronze in the under-14 category of the State-level School Games archery competitions held in Karimnagar, according to information received here. He secured the second place in the 60m and the 30m FITA Rounds besides a third place in the 50m event.

By virtue of this performance, Prajay was selected to represent the State in the School Games National archery to be held in January.

OU probables

The Osmania Univeristy has announced a list of probables to represent it in the inter-varsity football tournament at Annamalai University from December 10. The players listed below must report to G.M. Yezdani, coach, at the Nizam College on December 3 at 7 a.m.

The probables: Hasan Nawaz, Naresh Kumar (both goalkeepers), Mohd. Nizamuddin, Saleh, Anwar Jaweed, Tauqheer, Emanuel, Kannan, Rafiq, Zaheer, Nayeem, Ahmed, Christopher, Zama, Pratap Reddy, B. Prasant, Prithvi, Nikesh. Stand-byes: Sadatullah, Kishore, Ravi, Richard.

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