Chatwinder eyes double

NOVEMBER 12: Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh beat Jaco T Mathew (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 6-0 in the boys under-16 quarter-finals and then defeate...

NOVEMBER 12: Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh beat Jaco T Mathew (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 6-0 in the boys under-16 quarter-finals and then defeated Rishi Behl (Maharashtra) to make the last four in the boys under-14 section of the Yonex National-level Open tennis championships at the Practennis courts, Andheri (W), today.

Results

Boys u-16 (Q-F): Amanjot Singh (Chd) bt Karan Rastogi (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; Rohan Gajjar (Mah) bt Amit Karunakaran (Mah) 7-5, 6-1; AR Anandkumar (AP) bt Gavryl Fernandes (Mah) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Chatwinder Singh (Chd) bt Jaco T Mathew (TN) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys u-14 (Q-F): Chatwinder Singh (Chd) bt Rishi Behl (Mah) 6-3, 6-2; Sujay Mahadev (Mah) bt Jay Mehta (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; P Vikas (AP) bt Anirudh Kulkarni (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Karan Rastogi (Mah) bt Mayur Patil (Kar) 6-1, 6-1.

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Girls u-16 (Q-F): Megha Vakaria (Mah) bt Preeti Rao (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; Liza Pereira (Mah) bt Lata Asudani (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; Samrita Shekar (TN) bt Medini Sharma (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt Alice Joy (TN) 6-3, 6-4.

Girlsu-14 (Q-F): Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt SL Manasa (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Anuja Parikh (Mah) bt Ronuk Shah (Mah) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4; Karti Bhat (Mah) bt S Gangotri (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Krushmi Chheda (Mah) bt Lizenka Pereira (Mah) 6-1, 6-0.

Birbahadur steals show
A fine bowling spell by Birbahadur Khadka (9-52) enabled Marwari Vidyalaya beat Sacred Heart in the third-round of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Giles Shield cricket tournament, today.

Brief scores (3rd round): Marwari Vidyalaya 115 (Vikrant 4-15) bt Sacred Heart 98 (Birbahadur Khadka 9-52). St Xavier’s, Borivli 62 (Durga Yadav 5-8, Dhanish Nair 3-8) lost to Powai English 65-1 (Amarnath Hegde 40). Nabar Guruji Vidyalaya 121 (Yash 5 wickets) bt Vasant Vihar, Thane 96 (Shidesh Pawar 5-20). St Xavier’s, Andheri 58 (Vikrant Gupta 4-19, Siddharth Pai 3-21) lost to St Francis D’Assisi 60 for no loss. Cardinal Gracias 281 (Amit Narvekar 59, Nikhil Sawant 64; Kunal Tupe 5-107) bt St Stanislaus 82 (Sameer Singh 5-35).

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Maneckji Cooper 198 (Anirodh Baidoor 41,Nouzer Bhopti 88; Qasim 3 wkts, Sameer Ahamed 3 wkts) bt St Andrew’s 158 (Qasim Ladiwala 47; Varun Prasad 3 wkts, Anirodh Baidoor 3 wkts). GD Somani 130 (Malay Bhattar 3-24) bt St Lawrence 66 (Samkit Jain 5-22). St Joseph’s, Wadala 101 (Zariab Ranji 4-3) bt Marble Arch, Andheri 88 (Brian D’Penha 4-18, Sankarsan Nayak 4-37).

Jasudben ML 138 (Harvinder Singh 6-58, Hasan Mulla 4-35) lost to Amrut Education Academy 141-4 (Harvinder Singh 63; Rishi Vijan 3-40). Tarapur Vidya Mandir 232 (Raghu Gurumurty 69, Shaikh Mohmad Shadawal 53; Vilas Gawde 4-23, Ajinkya Kolte 4-65) bt Yashodham, Goregaon 91 (Shayam Bahadur 4-37, Vijayan Pillai 3-11). OLPS, Chembur 172 (Anand Bhagat 65; Hitesh P 4 wkts) bt Manav Mandir, Malabar Hill 102 (Anand Bhagat 3 wkts, Neilkantan R 3 wkts).