Eighth-seed Karunuday Singh shocked second-seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in straight sets and advanced to the semifinals of the MPTA-ITF Men’s Futures at the SDAT Tennis Stadium on Thursday. Without any hassles he ousted Nedunchezhiyan 6-3, 6-3. Prajnesh Gunneswaran, N.Sriram Balaji and Vijayant Malik complete the semifinal line-up.
RESULTS: Men’s singles quarterfinals: Karunuday Singh (Ind) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Ind) 6-3, 6-3; Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) bt Toshihide Matsui (Jpn) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3); N Sriram Balaji (Ind) bt Bumpei Sato (Jpn) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Vijayant Malik (Ind) bt Garvit Batra (Ind) 6-0, 6-3.
Tamil Nadu Clinch Volleyball Double
Tamil Nadu girls and boys emerged champions in the St Joseph’s College of Engineering–21st Mini National Volleyball Championship. In the boys final, Tamil Nadu beat UP 25-23, 25-20, 25-15. In the girls segment Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal 25- 21, 25- 23, 25-11 to bag the crown.
Ganapathy-Varun Champions
KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar comprehensively won (10 pts) the Chennai Super Kings Open Coastal National Championship. Ganapathy and Varun were in great form and finished ahead of the fleet in both the races held on Thursday with a considerable lead.
FINAL RESULTS: Race 9: KC Ganapathy/Varun Thakkar (TNSA), Varsha Gautham/Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (TNSA), Aman Vyas/Subham Pillai (NSS).
Race 10: KC Ganapathy/Varun Thakkar (TNSA), VarshaGautham /Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (TNSA), Aman Vyas/Subham Pillai (NSS).
Overall position: KC Ganapathy/Varun Thakkar (TNSA) 10 pts, Varsha Gautham/Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan (TNSA) 18pts, Shiv Rekhi/Ankit George (RMYC) 29 pts.