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France have plenty in reserve Akram, Younis Khan frustrate Lanka Judge warns Cronje
Domestic strife for Zidane if France win India rout Lanka 3-0
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Matthaus hits out at team-mates
Davenport, Hingis set to renew rivalry
Harsh storms into final
Bhupathi faces Huet
Tushar
emerges champion
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AMSTERDAM, June 23 (DPA) — If Holland and France meet in the final of the European Championships, their group D match will remain nothing more than an interesting footnote to the tournament. Despite an entertaining encounter and five goals in the Amsterdam Arena on Wednesday night, there was something of friendly match feeling about the meeting. The quality was high but with little at stake as it was noticeable that the big-match pressure was off. The Dutch were eager to win the clash of the favourites to finish top of the group and thus remain before their home fans for the rest of the tournament rather than have to play in neighbouring Belgium. The 3-2 victory means Holland play their quarter-final against Yugoslavia in Rotterdam on Sunday, and with victory move on to Amsterdam before hopefully progressing to the final in Rotterdam. The Dutch resolve was demonstrated as they stepped up a gear in the second half against virtually a reserve French team after trailing 2-1 to run out 3-2 winners. By then Les Bleus coach Roger Lemerre had demonstrated just how strong his squad really was. As both teams had already made sure of qualifying Lemerre made eight changes from the French team which defeated the Czech Republic. He could afford the luxury of resting the likes of midfielder Zinedine Zidane, defenders Laurent Blanc and Lilian Thuram, strikers Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka as well as goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. Only Marcel Desailly remained of the first-choice eleven. But when the world champions can call on players of the likes of midfielders Robert Pires and Johan Micoud or striker Sylvain Wiltford — all impressive against the Dutch — it hardly seems to matter. “The reservoir of players we have is very good. The whole selection can play at a very high level,’’ said Lemerre. France have now got to face Spain in Bruges for a place in the last four, but Lemerre seemed less worried about Sunday’s forthcoming encounter. On the strength of performances so far France should be more than a match for Jose Antonio Camacho’s side. “It doesn’t matter who you play. We have analysed all the teams but there is still one goal needed to reach the semi-finals,” he said. Defender Frank Leboeuf, the second choice to the rested Laurent Blanc, believes the French squad, although little changed, is stronger than it was two years ago. “All the factors that made us a great side are still there,” he said. “We’re more experienced than we were two years ago, we control games much better, and the lethal finishers we now have up front are a constant threat to our opponents. So we now dominate teams that used to pose us problems.’’ Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard was impressed. “The French always have technically strong players but what they showed above that was a lot of confidence,’’ he said. “You could see we were playing the world champions. They have a strong squad and were very strong in possession of the ball and dangerous up front, but we showed we can equal the French and even do better than them.’’ “We wanted to win, but we had to work hard and in the end we got the result we wanted. We knew they would give everything they had because the players want to prove themselves to the coach that they are willing and able to play in the line-up.’’ Holland’s midfielder Edgar Davids — who won the man-of-the-match award — said the Dutch “didn’t get anything for free’’ against the French, although their star players were absent. “They played very well and we had to work hard. It would be nice to meet in the final again. Then we can see who is the strongest.’’
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Akram, Younis Khan frustrate Lanka Replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 181, Pakistan declared at 600 for eight wickets with four of their batsmen scoring centuries. By stumps on the third day, Sri Lanka had wiped 45 runs off the deficit, but had lost their captain Sanath Jayasuriya for 21 at the Galle International Stadium overlooking the Indian ocean.
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CAPE TOWN, June 23 (Reuters) — Disgraced former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje took the witness stand today for the third time with a stern warning from Judge Edwin King to tell everything to the match-fixing inquiry or face prosecution. “At this stage in your evidence I must tell you that unless I am satisfied that you have told this inquiry all you know... I will not be able to make a recommendation to the prosecuting authorities”, he said. Cronje, sacked as captain on April 11 after first denying, then admitting, taking money from bookmakers, has been offered immunity from prosecution if Mr King is satisfied that he has made full disclosure. He told the inquiry last week he had accepted close to $ 100,000 from bokies over the past four years but had never actually fixed any matches. Yesterday he said there might have been more tha $ 30,000 extra. |
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Domestic strife for Zidane if France win ROTTERDAM (Netherlands), June 23 (AFP) — France’s World Cup winning talisman Zinedine Zidane will doubtless enhance his status of national hero if the world champions see off Spain in Sunday’s Euro 2000 quarter-final in Bruges, Belgium. But a star performance against the Spanish might be less well-received in the Juventus playmaker’s own home. For Zidane’s wife Veronique is from Spain and Zidane has already courted domestic disharmony the last time France and Spain met. The Marseille-born star scored the only goal in a 1-0 Friendly victory for France against Spain in the stade de France on January 28, 1998, the first match ever contested at the futuristic arena in the Paris suburb of St Denis. Zidane baptised the stadium with the only goal but it is his two headed strikes against Brazil that put France on the way to a 3-0 World Cup final memory that have given the stade de France — and Zidane himself — a place in the hearts of the French people. Unlike many of France’s World Cup winning stars Zidane remains a modest, even shy man who is less at ease with the media spotlight than other more extrovert members of the France 98 team like Fabien Barthez, Laurent Blanc or Bixente Lizarazu. Zidane believes in the virtues of humility and respect that he says were instilled in him by his Algerian parents Ismail, a nightwatchman, and Malika — a housewife and full-time mother to Zidane and his four siblings — in Marseilles. And the former Cannes and Bordeaux star believes that those values were instrumental in the success that made him the 1999 FIFA world player of the year. “In football you have to be generous. I give the ball to a team-mate 99 times out of 100 when I think he is in a better position than me. My football is influenced by my father,” said Zidane. “My father is wonderful,” said Zidane. “He taught me that if you are respectful to everyone you will earn respect.” He also remains close to his childhood friend from Marseille Malek — a frequent visitor to his Turin home once inhabited by Christian Vieri — but his best friend in football is his fellow ‘Bleu’ and former Bordeaux colleague Christophe Dugarry. Some unkind commentators have suggested that Dugarry’s prolonged career in the national team is because of his friendship with Zidane. Zidane’s idol as a youngster was Uruguayan star Enzo Francescoli, who was the hero of the Marseille club Zidane supported at the time. He named his first child Enzo and also has another son Luca. How Veronique, a former dancer, will react if her husband eliminates her mother country remains to be scene. But she is known to be keen to return to her homeland and last year Zidane admitted that he wanted his next career move to be to either Real Madrid or Barcelona because his spouse was not settled in Italy. If Zidane ends Spain’s interest in Euro 2000 on Sunday then he might have to delay that move a little longer. |
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JAMSHEDPUR, June 23 (UNI) — Two headers from Syed Rahim Nabi in the second half brightened India’s race for qualifying for the final round when the hosts routed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the group four of the ninth Asian youth soccer under-16 championship at the JRD Tata Sports Complex today. After a barren first half prolific striker Nabi gave India lead in the 55th minute from a header and then in a similar fashion struck home in the 67th minute. Eleven minutes later tfa product from Manipur Malswam Tulunga’s rightfooter gave India 3-0. Now India face strong contender Bangladesh in their last match on June 27. With this Nabi from Bengal became top scorer with four goals. Earlier, he scored two goals in the inaugural match against Pakistan. Nabi hit the net in the 55th minute when he got an aerial corner shot from Joyful Ramnghinglo beating the islander golie Devinda. He sent another header home. |
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Anand shares lead with Kasparov FRANKFURT, June 23 (PTI) — Top contenders Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand of India and Gary Kasparov of Russia shot into a joint lead with a win and a draw each at the end of the second round of the Fujitsu-Siemens Giants Chess Tournament here last night. Anand outplayed Alexander Morozevich of Russia while Kasparov defeated Hungarian Peter Leko in their second games. Earlier, they drew their game with each other. Both have 1.5 points from two games. Morozevich and another Russian Vladimir Kramnik trail the leaders by 0.5 points while Leko and Alexei Shirov of Spain have half points each after two rounds of play. Playing with black pieces against Kasparov, Anand opted for the Sicilian Taimanov defence and had no trouble in holding the Russian. The middlegame became equal after Kasparov exchanged the minor pieces and obtained a passed pawn on the queenside. Kasparov’s happiness, however, was shortlived as Anand exchanged the queen at an appropriate time to enter a level rook and pawns endgame. The game was drawn after 32 moves. In the second game, Anand faced the Rossolimo attack of Morozevich and entered a double edged continuation from an equal middlegame. Morozevich went for an all-out attack against the king but Anand proved too quick on the queenside, winning a couple of pawns. In the dying stages, Morozevich sacrificed a piece for elusive counterplay but never got the desired compensation. Anand netted the full point after 34 moves. The Kramnik versus Leko encounter ended in a draw without much ado in round one. Kramnik employed the English opening with white pieces and faced the symmetrical set up. After exchanges of major forces the truce was signed in a drawn endgame. The only winner of round one was Morozevich who surprised Shirov in the Winawer variation of the French defence with black pieces. Both players castled on the queenside and Shirov appeared to have an edge in the middlegame. However, a tactical oversight by Shirov enabled Morozevich to launch an attack against the king with a temporary piece sacrifice. Morozevich’s queen penetrated Shirov’s camp to win decisive material. Kasparov, who was frustrated by Anand in his first game, made mincemeat of Leko in the second round. Facing the Rossolimo attack with black pieces, the highest rated player in the world equalised in the early middlegame and then postered his knights in the blockade squares to effectively end Leko’s kingside attack. After a flurry of exchanges Leko found himself with a bad bishop compared to Kasparov’s dominating knight and lost a pawn. The rest was a matter of routine technique. Shirov opened his account in the tournament with a draw against Kramnik. The game took shape in a rare variation of the sicilian defence and Kramnik got a level position from black pieces. Soon an opposite colour Bishop and rook endgame was reached and the position remained locked. After a lot of excitement in the mutual time scramble, the peace treaty was signed. |
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Matthaus hits out at team-mates COLOGNE, June 23 (AFP) — Lothar Matthaus dished out harsh criticism blasting his German team-mates’ lack of character at Euro 2000 while former Germany player Thomas Helmer laid some of the blame at the veteran libero’s own feet. The inquest into the dismal Euro 2000 performances of the outgoing champions continues to reverberate around Germany. “We really have to take a long hard look at the players’ character,” Matthaus said yesterday in Kicker magazine. “We are better off selecting a player who goes about his stuff with heart and who is proud to play for Germany.” “Never again can a German team be allowed to take the field where each individual earns millions but isn’t prepared to give his all. It is a downright disgrace and totally lacking in character when some of those involved choose to get drunk after such a catastrophic game and such a poor tournament.” Germany finished bottom of their group and played possibly their worst game ever against a Portuguese second string side which coach Erich Ribbeck admitted had torn them asunder. That 3-0 defeat and collective talk of being “ashamed” did not stop some players returning to the German team’s Dutch headquarters and drinking their blues away until the early hours of the morning. Journalists there reported hearing drunken revelry from within the Vaals Hotel. Matthaus is bitter that his unrivaled international career should end under such a cloud. He was singled out for fierce criticism when he dragged himself through the opening match against Romania with a thigh muscle injury which hadn’t healed completely after two weeks rest and never found his rhythm again. That set the tone for the tournament and the 39-year old Mathuselah — along with the rest of the team failed to recover. The infamous Portugal game was Matthaus’ last for his country and marked his 150th cap, a world record, although he hasn’t had time to savour it. “This sort of milestone was something I should have been able to feel proud about,” Matthaus growled. “I didn’t give a damn though after all the hitching of the last two weeks. If I had known how it was going to be I would never have made my come back.” Former Bayern Munich club mate Thomas Helmer who was also a member of the German team which won the 1996 European title believes Matthaus should shoulder some of the blame himself. Writing in the national daily Die Welt Helmer accused the New York based libero of pulling the team down with him. “Everyone (in the team) thought Lothar should not have been allowed to play. But no one dared say that in public. For me it would have sent out the right signal if Lothar had voluntarily dropped himself from the team,” Helmer wrote. “The whole thing reminds me of the 1998 World Cup. Lothar’s presence held back other players. They couldn’t develop and play their own game.” Having seen the damage first hand Matthaus has recommended the German Football Federation (DFB) toss out as much deadwood from the team as possible and build up a brand new team of fresh, untarnished young players — adding however, that in doing so, he doubts Germany will be good enough to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, The first thing on the DFB’s plate, however, is finding a new coach after Erich Ribbeck took the rap and fell on his sword. Front runner Christoph Daum ruled himself out yesterday saying he would serve out the two remaining years on his contract with Bayer Leverkusen and is not available for any additional DFB responsibilities. A fresh name has been added to the list, that of Dutchman Louis van Gaal, proposed by Benfica’s German coach Jupp Heynckes, himself a desired candidate. “I am in favour of German trainer being selected but if that proves too difficult then I would start looking at an internationally successful coach, specifically Louis van Gaal,” Heynckes said. |
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Davenport, Hingis set to renew rivalry LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) — The towering figure of Lindsay Davenport stands between Martina Hingis and her ambition of winning another Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. But though Davenport has had the better of the rivalry with Hingis of late, injury had hampered her preparations for next week’s defence of her Wimbledon title. The American, who has beaten Hingis in two of their three meetings this year, has been testing out her back on the Eastbourne grass courts this week after injuring herself as she warmed up for a match at the Italian Open last month. She declared herself fit, but rusty. “My back is feeling fine,” said the world number two after winning her first match at Eastbourne on Wednesday. “There was some stiffness in practice but that is not a problem any more.”. “It is a major relief, looking forward to Wimbledon,” said Davenport whose attempted comeback at the French Open ended in the first round when she aggravated the injury and lost against Belgian Dominique Van Roost. “I am happy to be back on grass and my problems today were more about the lack of practice on the surface than fitness,” said Davenport who looked uncomfortable at times during her 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over Jana Kandarr of Germany. If Hingis, who has not won a Grand Slam since the 1999 Australian Open, is to exploit this rare weakness in her rival she will have to tidy up her own performance. The world number one remains the bookmakers’ favourite for Wimbledon fortnight despite losing in the semifinals of the French Open, to eventual champion Mary Pierce, and in the final of the Australian Open in January, to Davenport. Last year’s Wimbledon was a disaster for the Swiss teenager, champion at the All-England Club in 1997. With the hostility of the Roland Garros crowd still ringing in her ears after a petulant display in the French final against Steffi Graf, Hingis dispensed with her mother Melanie Molitor’s services as coach for Wimbledon. The move was a mistake as Hingis discovered when she was beaten in the first round by Australian qualifier Jelena Dokic, her earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in four years. Hingis, who could face Venus Williams, another tall and imposing American, in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, has been warming up at the Den Bosch Tournament in the Netherlands this week. But Davenport, her projected opponent in the final, is already on her mind. “She is the most consistent player in the world,” Hingis said. “She has the ability to kill you right away.” Davenport will have to banish all thoughts of friendship when she walks out on to centre court to begin her defence on Tuesday. Her first opponent will be fellow American Corina Morariu, the friend with whom she won the Wimbledon doubles last year. Davenport could encounter Van Roost again, in the fourth round, and could find the in-form Pierce in the last four. Pierce, the third seed, will not have endeared herself to the organisers by saying in a magazine interview this week that she was not looking forward to Wimbledon. “Wimbledon is not player-friendly,” the Frenchwoman was quoted as saying. “Transport is difficult. They don’t want to pick you up at the airport — there are a lot of things which make different to other tournaments and it’s not one I look forward to.” Wimbledon fans will sorely miss Graf, who retired six weeks after losing last year’s final, but will be pleased to see Anna Kournikova back again. |
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Harsh storms into final NEW DELHI, June 23 — Second-seeded Harsh Mankad made light of Rishi Sridhar’s challenge with an emphatic 6-4, 6-2 victory in one hour and 28 minutes to storm into the final of the third leg of the ITF Men’s Satellite Tennis Circuit at the Delhi Tennis Association court here today. In the final tomorrow, a repeat of the title clash in the second leg at Bangalore, Harsh Mankad takes on top-seeded Danai Udomchoke of Thailand. Udomchoke, jolted by his first set loss, roared back to win the next two comfortably to quell the challenge of the tall American-based Kunj Mjumdar 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-0. Despite the domination of Rishi Sridhar in the early stages of the contest, Harsh Mankad kept his cool and consolidated his position as the game warmed up. Sridhar’s movement, particularly his serve, was affected as he was having severe pain on his right toe, which had a “huge blister, which restricted my game”. But in the end, even Sridhar preferred not to offer any excuses for his defeat, as Mankad played really well. Mankad said the first set was very crucial “and I knew that if I could win the set, I would manage the rest”. But winning the first set was not that easy. Mankad was, however, hugely helped by the erratic performance of Sridhar, who in a bid to finish off points in a hurry, committed silly volleying and returning errors to gift away too many negative points to the glee of Mankad, whom Sridhar has never beaten. In the first set, Sridhar and Mankad traded breaks in the first two games, and then both held serves till four-all. But in the ninth game, Sridhar committed the first of his two double faults (Mankad had five in all), and played some reckless shots to squander easy points to drop serve, and Mankad held his own to lift the set. In the second set, Sridhar had no control over his returns as he looked to be in a haste, and with Mankad playing poisely and precisely, a victory for the seed number two looked certain as he gained an early break, in the very first game, and another break in the seventh game, to seal the set and the match in his favour. A finalist on the clay court contest in the second leg at Bangalore, Mankad is looking forward to avenge his defeat at the hands of Thai Davis Cupper, and top seed Danai Udomchoke. Udomchoke surprisingly displayed a casual attitude in the first set, which he lost in tie-breaker. But it was a cleverly disguised strategy as he wanted his opponent, Kunj Mjumdar, to burn out quickly, and that’s what precisely happened as in the last two sets, the US-based player of Indian stock was a total spent force, and Udomchoke comfortably coasted home to the final. |
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LONDON, June 23 (PTI) — World number two doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi will face Frenchman Stephane Huet in the first round of Wimbledon men’s singles starting on June 26. Wildcard entrant Bhupathi, who is logged in the fourth quarter of the draw also featuring No 2 seeded American Andre Agassi, should fancy his chances of making it to the next round given that Huet has never gone past the first round. The 29-year-old Huet, a clay-courter, came through the gruelling Wimbledon qualifying tournament at Roehampton, but his past record at the All-England Club has nothing to show. Huet qualified for Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997 but never made it to the next round. Bhupathi on the other hand, a naturalised grass court player, loves the surface and has doubles crown to show for his success here. In singles though Bhupathi also has 0-2 win loss record. However, his 1998 first round loss, a marathon five-setter, to former world No 1 Carlos Moya was one of the best matches witnessed that year. Ironically, Bhupathi alone leads the Indian hopes at Wimbledon this year with Leander Paes out of action following wrist injury. Bhupathi, who won doubles title here last year with Paes, is partnering Germany’s David Prinosil with whom he has had good results, winning two ATP Tour titles. The Indo-German pair were drawn to play Argentine duo of Mariano Hood and Sebastian Priesto in the men’s doubles first round. |
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LONDON, June 23 (AFP) — Controversial former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson faced the media for the first time before tomorrow’s fight with Lou Savarese and denied a bust-up with promoter Frank Warren.
Warren was missing from yesterday’s Press conference at the Hilton Hotel, but his continued absence from the pre-fight build-up continued to fuel speculation about an alleged incident in a London hotel earlier this week. Warren had been glued to Tyson’s side for the duration of his stay in London for his British debut against Julius Francis in January. Tyson, asked if he had assaulted Warren, replied: “No sir, I did not. I love Frank Warren.” A spokesman for American cable television company Showtime, who chaired the conference in Warren’s absence, said Warren was in London “dealing with several legal matters. We delayed the conference in the hope Warren would be able to attend but he missed his plane.” A source close to Warren insisted, contrary to reports, he did not have a broken jaw or a fractured cheekbone. The alleged argument is believed to stem from an unpaid bill of $ 630,000 which was accrued during Tyson’s last visit to Britain in January. Lawyers for the Bond Street jewellers Graff Diamonds have confirmed that they have issued a writ over the unpaid bill. Managing Director Laurence Graff said in a statement: “Tyson is saying Warren promised to pay for the jewellery, while Warren is denying this and saying Tyson is liable. “All I know is that Tyson has been in possession of the jewellery since January and Graff has not received a penny of the $ 630,000 which is due.” Tyson’s camp continues to insist that the former world heavyweight champion is in peak condition for the Hampden Park bout, but yesterday’s Press conference did nothing to allay fears about his mental readiness. Since his delayed arrival in London last weekend following the death of a close friend, who was shot dead, Tyson’s behaviour has been unpredictable even by his standards. He cancelled a scheduled open workout 10 minutes before it was due to begin in London on Tuesday. And earlier yesterday he emerged from a short gym session in the city wearing a kilt, and clambered on top of his silver Mercedes to pose for photographs. Tyson admitted the shooting of his friend had hurt him but said he had no doubts about pressing ahead with the bout. “He’s been my best friend for 35 years but I’m a pro and he would have wanted me to fight so I’m just happy to be here,” Tyson said adding “I’ve never cared about the public. I enjoy doing what I do — I enjoy hurting people. That’s what I like to do. I’m in the hurt business.” Savarese no doubt believes privately that his chances of causing a massive upset are improving by the day, but in public he and his camp are taking nothing for granted. In a thinly-disguised dig at Tyson, Savarese’s trainer Jesse Reid said: “Lou is in tremendous condition. I’m proud of his mental state. He’s very much in control and he knows what’s in front of him. It’s a great opportunity and, believe me, he’s going to take advantage of it.”
EASTBOURNE (England), June 23 (Reuters) — Anna Kournikova says she feels under no pressure to win an elusive first WTA Tour title after a disappointing quarter-final exit from the Eastbourne Women’s Tournament. With the top three seeds, including Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport, already eliminated, the draws looked open for the Russian number four seed to finally shed her image as a perennial underachiever. But eighth-seeded American Chanda Rubin had other ideas, battling her way into the semifinals with a 7-5, 0-6, 6-3, victory. |
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emerges champion CHANDIGARH, June 23—Tushar Liberhan, 13-year-old young prodigy of Chandigarh, today stopped the giant-killing spree of Harneet Singh, also of Chandigarh, disposing him of in straight sets to bag the boys under 14 singles title in the AITA Sub-Junior Tennis Tournament today. Tushar, who had early this year won the Asia Cup at Islamabad (Pakistan) and also the Vietnam international meet, played a cool game. He was in complete command of the game. His calm temperament served him well and he finished the first set at 6-3. In second set, it looked as if Harneet with his three surprise wins during past three days was not determined enough and again went down fighting to Tushar at 1-6 in the second set. Top seed Dhrub Kumar, representing West Bengal, clinched a double. The top seed had a cliff-hanger tie with second seed V. Vignesh of Andhra Pradesh in the match stretching three sets. The Bengal player with long rallies caused the downfall of Vignesh in first set which went into tie-breaker at 7-5. Andhra lad played well in the second set and levelled at 6-4. In the final set Vignesh fell into trap of fine base line volleys of Dhrub, who won it 6-2 . Later in partnership with Manoj Sewa he struggled hard to beat V. Vignesh & Saurabh Kohli at 7-5, 6-2. In girls under 14 singles final, Sanaa Bhambri of Delhi facing her elder sister Ankita, managed to take revenge of Wednesday’s defeat in under 16 section winning in straight sets at 6-4, 6-4. Both the sisters bagged the double crown. In the under 16 section, Ankita Bhambri allowed few games from the fancied Priyanka Parekh gather three games in first set while one game in second to ultimate got hold of her second title. Mr Rajan Kashyap, chairman, Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association awarded prizes. Results (all finals): Boys: Under 14: Tushar Liberhan (Chd) b Harneet Singh (Chd) 6-3, 6-1. Under 16: Dhrub Kumar (WB) b V. Vignesh (AP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 Girls: Under 14: Sanaa Bhambri (Dli) b Ankita Bhambri (Dli) 6-4, 6-4. Under 16: Ankita Bhambri (Dli) b Priyanka Perekh 6-3, 6-1 Boys doubles (under 16): Dhrub Kumar and Manoj Sewa b Saurabh Kohli and V. Vignesh 7-5, 6-2.  |
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