CHENNAI: Defending champion S Shrikrishna (MYL) defeated Naveen (CBE) 72-65, 100 (84)-0, 43- 77, 61-42 in a Group A match of the Indian Oil-Tamil Nadu state ranking men’s snooker championship on Friday.
Results: Group A: S Shrikrishna bt Naveen 72-65, 100 (84)-0, 43-77, 61-42 Mustaq bt Damu Menon 60-42, 72-54, 30-59, 40-65, 73-52); Damu Menon bt Karthick 74-23, 42-55, 58-16, 60-42. Group B: Imran Ganj bt Prem Prakash 66-56, 53-92, 32-66, 43-64; Imran Ganj bt P Vijaykumar 90-25, 64-24, 85-69; R Loganathan bt Sendil 59-17, 16-48, 65-27, 80-24; Prem Prakash bt P Vijaykumar 66-56, 59-26, 72-24. Group C: R Pranit bt Monish Arya 48-31, 20-62, 31-58, 60-42, 59-28. Group D: Ashish Jain bt Sreedi Sainath 74-12, 69-36, 3-52, 64-50;
Vijay Nichani bt Santhosh 62-40, 37-54, 75-45, 66-30; Sreedi Sainath bt Easwara Murthy 62-39, 59-45, 60-29. Group E: Vadivel bt Ramesh 61-21, 73-41, 23-66, 39-58, 64-19; Sreeni bt Sajiv Mathews 35-71, 66-36, 67-35, 48-9. Group F: Hari Prabhu bt Ashwin 49-18, 55-36, 74-61. Group G: J Varun Kumar bt Prabhu 78-26, 90-15, 70-14; S Magesh bt Sasikumar 58-61, 59-8, 68-38, 45-73, 63-22. Group H: Parthiban bt Gajendran 65-22, 74-51, 66-39; Hariharan bt Sri Deepadharshan 42-61, 63-10, 59-29, 43-16; Saleem bt Gajendran 104 (88)-15, 56-13, 82-13.
TN to send 166 athletes
A contingent of 166 athletes from Tamil Nadu will take part in the 33rd national junior athletic championship to be held Vijayawada from November 16 to 20.
School TT tourney
Shri Krishnaswamy city school table tennis tournament for nonrankers will be held on November 18 and 19 at Shri Krishnaswamy School, Anna Nagar. Contact: 9884249197; 9884249199.
Inter-college cricket tourney
Dr Sarat Chandra memorial inter- college invitation staff T20 tournament will be held at Sri Ramachandra University campus from November 17.