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Sreedhar races past Muthu Kumara

HYDERABAD: T. Sreedhar of Andhra Pradesh defeated Muthu Kumara Swamy (TN) 6-0, 6-2 in the 65 years & above singles second round of the GVK-AISTA Senior national (veterans) tennis championship at SAAP Tennis Complex here on Wednesday.

The results: Second round: 65 years & above: S. Parekh (Mah) bt Narap Reddy (AP) 6-1, 6-2; H.D. Ballal (Kar) bt V. Chiranjeevi (AP) 6-1, 7-5; T. Sreedhar (AP) bt Muthu Kumara Swamy (TN) 6-0, 6-2; C.B. Raju (AP) bt D.D.R. Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-0; G. Kesava Perumal (TN) bt B. Somalingam (AP) 6-2, 6-2; C. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt D. Madhava Murthy (AP) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. 55 years & above: V. Rammohan Rao (Ap) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) 6-1, 6-4; B. Ankaiah (AP) bt M. Yadagiri Rao (AP) 1-0 (conceded); C.R. Gangadharan (Dli) bt M.S. Venkatachalam (TN) 7-5, 6-1; Pushparaj (Kar) bt A.R. Rao (AP) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; K. Radhakrishna Murthy (AP) bt Madan Mohan Singh (Ap) 6-3, 6-2; C.B. Ramachandra (Kar) bt V.R. Kulkarni (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; A. Chatwal (Dli) bt Abdul Azeez (AP) 6-1, 6-1; T.A.P.N. Rao (AP) bt S.D. Kumar (AP) 6-1, 6-3. 45 years & above: S. Narendranath (AP) bt V. Srinivas Reddy (AP) 6-3, 6-0; R.V. Rama Raju (AP) bt G. Krishnam Raju (AP) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4; Mehar Prakash (AP) bt S. Sarangi (Ori) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Yogesh Shah (Guj) bt T.K. Rao (AP) 6-1, 6-3; Puneet Gupta (UP) bt M. Suresh (AP) 6-1, 1-6, 6-1; V. Shankar (Dli) bt Paul Manohar (AP) 6-0, 6-2; V.T. Ranganath (Kar) bt Anand Swaroop (AP) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; R.E. Sudarshan Rao (Ap) bt S. Settu (TN) 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.

Zama nets winner

Osmania University XI scored a solitary goal win over Andhra Pradesh Sports School in the Susai memorial football tournament at Trimulgherry Village Grounds here. Striker Zama netted the winner.

Big win

Artillery Centre scored an 8-0 win over Youth League in the M.A. Quddus memorial invitation hockey tournament at Gymkhana Grounds here.

Junas Ekka scored thrice, Pawal Lakra twice and Jaswinder Singh, Dung Dung and Anil Tirkey one each.

Gold for AP

Andhra Pradesh clinched the gold in the 1500m team time trial boys’ under-17 event, in the National cycling championships for seniors and sub-juniors.

The results: Girls: Under-13: 500m time trial: 1. Chinju Jayan (Ker) 45.78 sec, 2. K. Gauthami (AP), 3. T. Anjitha (Ker). Women: 1500m team time trial: 1. Manipur (Tombi San Devi, Suchitra Devi, Halen Devi, Renubala Devi) 2:03.71 sec, 2. Kerala (Rajani, Mehta Mohan, Mable Antony, Reshami) 2:09.66 sec, 3. A & N (B. Neeta, Dausilla, Martha, Mary) 2:12.38 sec. Boys: Under-13: 500m time trial: 1. N. Anil (AP) 40.13 sec, 2. Agya Pal Singh (Pjb), 3. U. Vishnu (Ker). Under 17: 1500m team trial: 1. AP (J. Nishant Kumar, G. Ramya Naidu, J. Lohit, K.B.D. Teja Reddy) 1:49.76 sec, 2. Kerala (A. Fari Salam, R. Vishnu, V. Vishnu, S. Shabi) 1:54.51 sec, 3. Punjab (Deepak Mehta, Sukhpreet Sing, Kiraninder Singh, Amrit Singh) 1:57.29 sec. Men: 1500 m team time trial: 1. RSPB (Inder Kumar Singh, Bikram Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Abhishek Singh) 1:43.92 sec, 2. Punjab (Sarpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Sharma, Gagan Deep Singh, Harpinder Singh) 1:48.68 sec, 3. SSCB (M.K. Vittal, Manoj, Surender, Satish Kumar) 1:49.74 sec.

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