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Rashien Samuel and Preethi emerge champions

BANGALORE: Rashien Samuel can play at a much higher level than in the Talent series, but the 16-year old Christ Collegian opted to play just for the sake of some practice. But, he was hardly tested as he trounced Nikhil Reddy 6-3, 6-0 to lift the boys’ under-16 singles title in the KSLTA-AITA junior tennis championship which concluded at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts here on Thursday.

The fourth seeded Preethi Gokhale overpowered third seeded S.P. Ritu to win 6-3, 6-3 in the girls’ final.

The results (finals): Boys: Rashien Samuel bt Nikhil Reddy 6-3, 6-0. Girls: Preethi Gokhale bt S.P. Ritu 6-3, 6-3.

Satyam in final

J. Satyam became the first Indian contender for gold in the second Asian Paralympic badminton championship held at the Karnataka Badminton Association courts, here on Friday.

In the BM Standing Upper 4 category, Saytam defeated Hamzan Mohammed of Malaysia 21-14, 18-21, 21-18 to set up a title clash with Upul Bhandara of Sri Lanka, who defeated teammate Denzil Fernando 21-15, 21-17.

The results (all quarterfinals): BM Standing Lower-1: Jasmi Mohd (Mas) bt Nurual Hosian Khan (Ind) 21-10, 21-2; Chin Sha Hu (Tpe) bt Himagiri (Ind) 21-15, 21-8; Pramod Bhagat (Ind) bt Kalamani Gopinath (Ind) 22-20, 19-21, 21-1; A. Srikantha Reddy (Ind) bt Siddana Shaukar (Ind) 21-15, 21-18.

BMSTL-2: S. Raghuram (Ind) bt Tian An Yau (Mas) 21-15, 21-10; Chang Mang Kim (Kor) bt Hsin Chin Huang (Tpe) 21-9, 21-13; Lang Yeah Loy (Mas) bt Hwa Koon Tan (Mas) 21-17, 21-13; Chun Eyu Lee (Kor) bt Jen Huo Hsu (Tpe) 21-19, 21-11.

BMSTL-3 : Shiv Nagaraj (Ind) bt Chen Chelin (Tpe) 10-21, 22-20, 21-12; Kim Hoon Jan (Kor) bt Tarun Dhillon (Ind) 21-14, 21-18; Omar Bakri (Ind) bt Yosof Zambri Mohd. (Mas) 21-11, 21-10; Abdul Rehman Ahmed (Mas) bt Anand Bore Gowda (Ind) 21-19, 16-21, 21-14.

BM Standing Upper-5: Like Hou Cheah (Mas) bt R. Subramanyam (Ind) 21-7, 21-5; Rakesh Pandey (Ind) bt Raj Kumar (Ind) 21-10, 21-18; Meng Yu Lee (Tpe) bt Gi Yeon Kim (Kor) 21-10, 22-20; Razal Ali Jaffar (Mas) bt Haza Hussain (Ind) 21-10, 21-10.

BM Wheel Chair-2: Kim Kyung Hoon (Kor) bt Su Weng Ho (Mac) 21-16, 21-2; Ong Yu Yu (Tpe) bt Jaydeepan (Ind) 21-1, 21-8; Choi Man Jung (Kor) bt Anjana Reddy (Ind) 21-4, 21-7; Muni Dasa (SL) bt Jaya Tilaka (SL) 21-17, 21-18.

BMW-3: Sin Yeoh Jee (Kor) bt M. Srinivasa Rao (Ind) 21-8, 21-6; Zui Kafli (Mas) bt Kiong Peng (Mac) 21-4, 21-4; Madzlan (Mas) bt Sanjeev (Ind) 21-2, 21-6; Chi Tsung (Tpe) bt Long Lin Kam (Mac) 21-8, 21-5.

Vijaya Bank wins

Vijaya Bank annexed the State Association Cup basketball title yet again with a facile 85-72 win over ASC.

Vijaya Bank, the undisputed champion in the State after having claimed the ‘A’ division league title as well earlier, proved distinctly superior to ASC to record its third straight win in the semifinal league.

At the mini-stadium in Kolar late on Thursday, Vijaya Bank maintained a steady pace with the speedy Ronnie causing a flutter in the ASC defence. With the tall Sanjay Raj and Roshan too providing the needed impetus, it was the bankmen who led throughout after enjoying a 28-11 first-quarter lead.

ASC did come into the game and despite switching sides at 44-31, Vijaya Bank lost the services of international Raj in the third quarter, with five fouls, and with it the momentum.

ASC did narrow down the deficit to five points (65-70) with Nixon spearheading the revival. But the bankmen had it in them to cruise along for a comfortable victory.

The scores: Final league match: Vijaya Bank 85 (Ronnie 17, Roshan 14) bt ASC 72 (Nixon 21, Vellappan 12).

Al Ameen ‘A’ in final

Al Ameen ‘A’ will clash with ASC Centre & College in the final of the Rotary Club of Indiranagar and KSFA organised inter-Collegiate football tournament.

In the semifinals played here on Friday, Al Ameen ‘A’ routed St. Joseph PUC 5-1, while ASC defeated RBANMS 2-0. Y. Bobo Singh (45th) and Elvis Kipgen (51st) struck for ASC against RBANMS, while Kiran (2), Vignesh (2) and Darwin were the goal-scorers for Al Ameen ‘A.’ Elangovan reduced the margin for St. Joseph PUC.

The final is slated for Saturday at 3 p.m.

Anglo Urdu School posts win

Anglo Urdu School, Hubli and Basel Mission School of Dharwad won on Friday in the KSCA u-16 inter-school cricket tournament at the Karnataka Gymkhana Ground in Hubli and SDM Dental College in Dharwad respectively.

The scores: Anglo Urdu School 225 for nine in 40 overs (Imran Kotwal 111, Shakti Tadahal three for 33) bt St. Michael’s School 216 all out in 37.3 overs (Aditya Prabhu 63 not out).

KPES, Dharwad 83 all out in 19 overs (G.R. Nresh three for 11, G. Ravikiran three for 52) lost to Basel Mission 85 for no loss in 12 overs (Anup Ammannavar 50 not out).

Raghunandan shines

Mysore City Gymkhana, helped by useful knocks by Raghunandan (64) and G. Pawan (44), registered a 131-run win over C.P.C. Polytechnic in the Sri Gopalaswami Memorial league cricket tournament at the Gangothri grounds, in Mysore on Friday.

The scores: Mysore City Gymkhana 234 in 34.4 overs inclusive of 20 penalty runs for two overs short (Raghunandhan 64, G. Pawan 44) bt C.P.C. Polytechnic 103 in 21.3 overs (Rohit Muthur four for 40); Southern railway Institute (Mysore) 112 in 15.3 overs inclusive of 30 penalty runs for three overs short (Somashekar four for 16) lost to The Mysore Gymkhana 114 for four in 23.3 overs.

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