CHENNAI: An all-round effort by S Swaminathan (7 for 53 and 41 not out) enabled Tamil Nadu to beat Hyderabad by seven wickets in a Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Elite Group B match played at NPR college grounds, Dindigul.
Tamil Nadu got 6 points to take their tally to 16, with Hyderabad getting none, thus staying on 12.
Brief scores: Hyderabad 295 & 165 in 65.2 ovs (Abhirath Reddy 59; S Swaminathan 7/53, Sai Kishore 3/39) lost to Tamil Nadu 323 & 138/3 in 46.4 ovs (S Siddharth 64).
Deepak Hits Treble
Deepak notched three goals to help ICF beat AGORC 3-1 in the Super Six League of the Chennai Hockey Association at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Tuesday.
Results: ICF 3 (Deepak 2, 11, 55) bt AGORC 1 (Praveen Kumar 64); IOB 5 (Rupinder Pal Singh 6, 22, 42, 59, Vindo Rayar 34) bt Indian Bank 1 (Anandasathii Krishnan 26).
Karthikeyan Champ
B Karthikeyan of Doveton school defeated Kavin Mohan of DAV, Anna Nagar 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 in the boys’ U-10 final of the Velammal inter-school open table tennis tournament.
Results: All finals: Boys: U-10: B Karthikeyan (Doveton) bt Kavin Mohan (DAV, Anna Nagar) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8. Semifinals: Kavin bt V Muralidharan (DAV, Anna Nagar) 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7; Karthikeyan bt CM Mithreshwar (SBOA, Anna Nagar) 9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-4.
U-12: PL Lakshmanan (DAV, Anna Nagar) bt G Ranjith (Doveton) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9. Semifinals: Lakshmanan bt Jaygaiya (Chinmaya) 11-5, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10; Ranjith bt Saran Raj (Chennai Boys) 4-11, 11-3, 11-2, 4-11, 11-9.
U-14: K Harish (Princess) bt Magnus Chiristopher (UC) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5. Semifinals: Harish bt S Joshua (St Joseph’s) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8; Magnus bt NK Nishanth (Kalaimagal) 12-10, 11-8, 11-8.
Girls: U-10: Kavya Shree (Bharathidhasan) bt Thaseen Jahan (Princess) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6. Semifinals: Kavya bt K Gayathri (SMA Vimal) 11-13, 11-8, 11-2, 8-11, 11-4; Thaseen bt Kannika (Navy Childrens) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6.
U-12: J Nithika (SBOA, Anna Nagar) bt Kavya 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4. Semifinals: Kavya bt KE Shruthika (KV, Anna Nagar) 13-15, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9; Nithika bt Thaseen Jahan (Princess) 11-5, 11-2, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5.
U-14: V Vaishnavi (SBOA, Anna Nagar) bt J Nithika (SBOA, Anna Nagar) 12-10, 12-10, 12-10. Semifinals: Nithika bt Kavya 11-7, 11-4, 11-7; Vaishnavi bt KE Monica (KV, Anna Nagar) 6-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8.