CHENNAI : Sharmitha of MVM entered the quarterfinals after beating Vaishnavi of Jawahar 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 in the junior girls category of the 7th state-ranking table tennis tournament on Saturday.
Pre-quarters: Junior: Boys: Piyush Sagar (ERD R) bt Vishwa (KTTC) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8; LN Vishwak (RTTA) bt Jay Gadia (AKG) 14-12, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9; T Akshay (KTTC) bt Md Yunis (KTTC) 11-8, 11-7, 13-11; S Preyes (CPS) bt Nandesh (ERD) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Shriram Kannan (Ch Ach) bt Karan J (RTTA) 13-11, 12-10, 11-3; K Karthikeyan (VinWin) bt P Raghuram (VinWin) 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9; Roopan Santhosh (MVM Sc) bt Varun G (MVM) 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; S Karthikeyan (RTTA) bt Harish (AKG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7. Girls: Sharmitha (MVM) bt Vaishnavi (Jawahar) 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Nithyashree (Ch Ach) bt Gopigaa (CTTF) 11-1, 11-4, 11-6; VS Nehal (SDAT-MDU) bt Hemaa K (VinWin) 20-18, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8; Swetha Steffi (LTTA) bt Yazhini (Jawahar) 9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-8; Santhana Aishwarya (VinWin) bt Shreya Shivakumar (Ch Ach) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8; Hirthika (LTTA) bt V Kowshika (SSA -E) 11-4, 6-11, 2-11, 11-6, 13-11; TR Shruthi (Ch Ach) bt Priyaharshini (AKG) 12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 10-12, 11-9; N Aashika (VinWin) bt Gladyin (CTTF) 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9.
CHA Super Six league
The Chennai Hockey Association’s Shriram City Super Six league will be played at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Egmore from October 21-31. Total prize money is `1,75,000.
Andhra crush TN
Andhra crushed Tamil Nadu by nine wickets in the BCCI women’s U-19 T20 league, played in Guntur.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 74/9 in 20 ovs lost to Andhra 76/1 in 11.3 ovs.