Sanam goes down fighting to former World No 3 Davydenko

Chandigarh:City tennis player,Sanam Singh, went down fighting to former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko as he failed to reach the second round of the Malaysian Open tennis tournament on Wednesday. Sanam,who was part of the Indian Davis Cup team that thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in their Davis Cup tie at Chandigarh recently,put up a brave battle against the 31-year-old Russian. After coming agonisingly close to win the first set which he lost 5-7,Sanam once again stretched Davydenko in the second set. However,the highly experienced Russian staved off the brave challenge from Sanam and defeated him 6-4 to set up a second-round clash with Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin,who upset sixth seed Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3,6-2 earlier in the day.

In another second-round encounter,top seed David Ferrer of Spain faces Russia’s Alex Bogomolov Jr.,who beat British qualifier Dominic Inglot 7-5,6-3.

Tennis tourney from September 29

Panchkula:The Total Tennis Academy will organise the DC Model Total Tennis Open Tournament from September 29 to October 1. The tournament will be played in boys (U-10,U-12,U-14,U-18) and girls (U-12,U-18) categories. Interested players can send their entries to coach Hooda at 9781707026 or at Total Tennis Academy.

Gymnastics C’ship from Oct 12

Chandigarh:The Punjab State Junior and Sub-Junior Gymnastics Championships (Artistic & Rhythmic) will be organised at Guru Nanak Dev University,Amritsar from October 12. Junior group will include boys below 17 years and girls below 15 years. Sub-Junior group will include boys under 14 years,under 12 years,under 10 years while girls category will include under 12 years,under 10 years and under 8 years gymnasts.