CHENNAI: Prithivi Sekar defeated Vimalraj Jeyachandran 6-2, 6-1 in the men’s U-25 final of the SSN Open 2K17 tennis tournament organised by SSN College.
(All finals) U-25: Men: Prithivi Sekar bt Vimalraj Jeyachandran 6-2, 6-1. Women: Nithyaraj Baburaj bt Adithi Venkatakrishnan 6-1, 6-1. U-15: Boys: Krthan bt Md Musharaf 6-1, 6-3. Girls: Adithi bt Mirudhula Palanivel 6-1, 6-1.
Shoaib cracks ton
Shoaib Md Khan’s 104 was the feature of TI Cycles Sports and Recreation Club’s 27-run win over Parry’s Sports and Recreation Club in a TNCA Second Division Elite Group match.
II Division ‘Elite’: TI Cycles Sports and Recreation Club 313/7 in 50 ovs (Shoaib Md Khan 104, Adhithya Giridhar 64, S Avaikkarasan 51 no, Varun Narendar 51; Aashish Srikrishnan 4-56) bt Parry’s Sports and Recreation Club 286/5 in 50 ovs (M Suriyah 72, P Prabhakaran 68 no, Aashish Srikrishnan 53 no). Aruna Cricket Club 215/9 in 50 ovs (R Prashanth 62) lost to Nelson Sports Club 219/5 in 46.1 ovs (D Govindaraj 129, M Sridhar Raj 59).
TN Rapid chess
The Tiruvallur District Chess Association will conduct the 21st Tiruvallur District Selection Rapid chess tournament for Open, U-12 & U-14 (boys and girls) on March 26 at Britannia High School.
Souvik stars in MSU win
Goalkeeper Souvik’s heroics ensured Madras Sporting Union beat Hindustan eagles 1-0 in a St Joseph’s-CFA Senior Division league match held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Senior division: Hindustan Eagles 0-1 Madras Sporting Union. First division: Arrows 4-1 Eleven Warriors SC.