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Irudayaraj and Karthik move up

Coimbatore: R. Karthik (Chennai) and R. Irudayaraj (Nilgiris) scored hard-fought wins and entered the men’s singles second round in the Aircel-Tamil Nadu senior State-ranking badminton tournament at the Jenney Club courts here on Thursday.

Karthik bounced back from a set deficit to oust local hope Cibi 14-21, 21-16, 21-18, while Irudayaraj struggled for most part before getting past B. Mahesh of Chennai 22-20, 15-21, 21-10.

Other results (first round): Men’s (singles): K. Dinesh bt R. Karthick 21-11, 21-5; Manoj bt Selvaraj 21-16, 23-21; N. Sriram bt R. Patrick Prince 21-12, 21-8; R. Mahendran bt H. Gokul 21-16, 21-8; V. Shravan bt R. Samuel 21-11, 21-8; Dharani Vasudevan bt Vinod Kumar 21-15, 21-16; Kavin bt N.S. Karthik 21-8, 21-17; C. Prakash bt Ruban Prasanna 21-4, 21-8; R. Sidarth Rajan bt Sathish 21-1, 21-3; G. Yuvaraj bt K. Eswar 21-14, 21-15; C. Ashwin w/o M. Hariharan; A.K. Sudarshan w/o M. Shyam; Deepak Narayanan w/o G. Krishnan.

Doubles: K. Dinesh & K. Ishanth bt Jeoffrey & E. Joel 21-19, 21-12; R. Patrick Prince & Rubin Prasanna bt Kanakaraj & Sankaraj 21-19, 21-12; B. Mahesh & N.S. Vinod bt Vishnu & Vijay 21-14, 21-19.

Selection trials

The selection trials for the under-19 boys and girls and the district-level chess tournament for the under-8, 11, 14 and Open categories will be held at the Devar Thirumana Mandapam on July 5.

The top four finishers in the under-19 section will represent Coimbatore in the State championship scheduled at Chennai from July 15 to 21. For details, contact V. Vijayaraghvan at 94881 66077 or K. Dhanasekar at 93632 11753.

Inter-media cricket

The ninth annual inter-media cricket tournament for the Midtown Rotary Rolling Trophy, organised by the Coimbatore District Sports and Games Welfare Association, will be held at the Bharathiar University grounds on July 5, 19 and 26.

For details, contact O. Shanmugasundaram at 94430 59837. — Sports Reporter

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