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South African cricket captain Shaun Pollock poses with the trophy after his team defeated Pakistan in the Singapore Challenge 2000 cricket triangular final in Singapore on Sunday. South Africa strolled to a 93 run win over Pakistan with 197 for seven in 35 overs. — AFP photo

SA cruise to win over Pak SINGAPORE, Aug 27 — A whirlwind partnership by Gary Kirsten and Nicky Boje paved the way for a 93-run South African victory over Pakistan in the final of the 2000 Singapore Challenge cricket tournament here today. In a rain-shortened match, South Africa made 197 for seven at the end of their 35 overs, with a further 17 runs were added under the Duckworth-Lewis system for a rain disrupted innings, leaving Pakistan a target of 215.

Venus stretches winning streak
NEW HAVEN, Aug 27 — Venus Williams overcame second seed Monica Seles 6-2, 6-4 to defend her WTA Pilot Pen title here, winning her 19th consecutive match and fourth title in a row heading into the US Open.

Cronje was ‘unaware of’ gravity of wrongdoing
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 — Sacked South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, at the centre of a government inquiry into alleged match-fixing, said he was unaware he had done anything “seriously wrong’’ until the scandal broke.

‘Decision on Kapil in few days’
CHENNAI, Aug 27 — A decision on Kapil Dev continuing as the coach of the Indian cricket team would be taken in a few days, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, Mr A.C. Muthiah said today.

Sisters corner glory in Rajiv marathon NEW DELHI, Aug 27 — Sisters Sharmila and Parmila from a local government school hogged the spotlight, taking the first and second positions, respectively, in the 10 - 14 age group, in the seventh edition of the Rajiv Gandhi Marathon Run, for school children from the slum areas, organised by the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) here today. PCA to set up centre of excellence CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has decided to establish a centre of excellence on the lines of the cricket academies in Australia and South Africa to give a big boost to the game. This was decided at the annual general body meeting of the association held at the PCA Stadium at SAS Nagar today .

Arsenal's Thierry Henry, behind, tries to take the ball from Charlton Athletic's Richard Rufus during the English Premier League soccer match at Arsenal's Highbury stadium north London on Saturday. Arsenal won the match 5-3. —  AP/PTI photo

Peris-Kneebone set to become dual sport Olympian
THIS might be the fairy tale story of the Sydney Olympics. And don’t say you were not warned. Australian athlete Nova Peris-Kneebone, has many accolades under here belt already. Despite all the hype which surrounds Cathy Freeman, Nova, in fact, is the first and only Aboriginal Australian to win Olympic gold. She was an important part of the all-conquering Australian women’s hockey team in Atlanta four years ago. 

U-16 badminton title for Rohit
CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — Rohit Bhakar, a deaf and dumb player of Bhiwani could not have asked for more, when he won the double crown in the under-16 section at the Haryana State Sub-Junior Badminton Championships, which concluded this evening at Sector 7 community centre, Panchkula. 

SA cruise to win over Pak

SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (AFP) — A whirlwind partnership by Gary Kirsten and Nicky Boje paved the way for a 93-run South African victory over Pakistan in the final of the 2000 Singapore Challenge cricket tournament here today.

In a rain-shortened match, South Africa made 197 for seven at the end of their 35 overs, with a further 17 runs were added under the Duckworth-Lewis system for a rain disrupted innings, leaving Pakistan a target of 215.

But the task was beyond Pakistan who were unable to recover from a middle-order collapse and were all out for 121 in the 29th over.

Boje, the man of the match, was promoted up the order to join Kirsten when South Africa were struggling at 29 for two after 10 overs, and desperate to revive their game plan of a brisk start. The pair of left handers put on 40 runs in their first five overs together, before a two-hour rain interruption, then returned to the wicket to continue their no-holds barred attack.

When Azhar Mahmood bowled Kirsten to break the partnership, Kirsten and Boje had put on 97 runs in 82 balls and lifted the run rate to nearly 5.5.

Kirsten, the man of the series, scored 62 off 77 balls, while Boje, who was out soon after, faced 48 balls for his 54 which included six fours and a six.

Daryll Cullinan, who had been out of sorts in the early matches in the series, found form at the right time for South Africa and was unbeaten on 31 from 23 balls at the end.

The batsmen were particularly heavy on Abdur Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood. Although Razzaq did pick up two wickets he went for 54 in his seven overs and Mahmood took one for 48.

Fielding lapses hurt Pakistan, with Cullinan and Boje both surviving chances. On a slow outfield because of the rain, 215 runs at over six an over was always going to be difficult for Pakistan.

Trying to force the pace cost early wickets with Imran Nazir out in the second over, Yousuf Youhana in the sixth and Salim Elahi in the 10th.

Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed put on 39 for the fourth wicket before Saeed was run out for 24, starting a middle-order collapse in which three wickets fell in the space of 11 balls for just two runs, and Pakistan never recovered. “In the past few years we’ve played badly in finals, so it’s nice to play well when it really counts,” South African captain Shaun Pollock said, singling out the Kirsten-Boje partnership as crucial to their win.

“We decided that it was easier to score up front, that’s why Nicky Boje was promoted up the order and he played superbly well with Gary. And once the rain interruption was over the guys carried on... and scored at a great rate.” Pakistan captain Waqar Younis was left to regret a match of missed opportunities.

“The fielding really let us down. It wasn’t the (South African) runs it was the dropped catches,” he said. 

SCOREBOARD

South Africa:

Kirsten b Mahmood 62

Hall c Ijaz b Kabir 5

Kallis b Kabir 1

Boje c Elahi b Arshad 54

Klusener c Arshad b Razzaq 12

Cullinan not out 31

McKenzie b Razzaq 3

Dippenaar c sub (Younis) b Waqar 17

Pollock not out 2

Extras (lb-6, w-1, nb-3) 10

Total (7 wkts, 35 overs) 197

Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-29, 3-126, 4-138, 5-143, 6-152, 7-188

Bowling: Waqar Younis 7-1-28-1, Kabir Khan 7-0-33-2, Abdur Razzaq 7-0-54-2, Azhar Mahmood 7-0-48-1, Arshad Khan 7-1-28-1.

Pakistan:

Nazir c Kirsten b Telemachus 1

Elahi lbw Telemachus 26

Youhana c Boje b Pollock 8

Anwar runout (Kirsten) 24

Ijaz Ahmed lbw Klusener 31

Razzaq c and b Klusener 0

Mahmood lbw Boje 0

Zaman c Pollock b Hall 18

Waqar c Cullinan b Pollock 11

Arshad Khan run out (Pollock) 0

Kabir Khan not out 0

Extras (lb-1, nb-1) 2

Total (all out 28.1 overs) 121

Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-33, 3-35, 4-74, 5-75, 6-76, 7-102, 8-119, 9-119.

Bowling: Pollock 6.1-0-26-2, Telemachus 6-1-20-2, Kallis 4-1-9-0, Klusener 7-0-35-2, Boje 4-0-24-1, Hall 1-0-6-1.

Venus stretches winning streak

NEW HAVEN, Aug 27 (AFP) — Venus Williams overcame second seed Monica Seles 6-2, 6-4 to defend her WTA Pilot Pen title here, winning her 19th consecutive match and fourth title in a row heading into the US Open.

Top seed Williams collected 87,000 dollars as winner.

The $ 15 million US Open, the final Grand Slam event of the year, starts tomorrow in New York and continues for a fortnight on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.

Naturally full of confidence after the best run of her career, Williams believes she is capable of adding the US Open title to her list of successes.

“I definitely think so,” she said. “A lot of times it isn’t about playing well enough. It’s about which points you play well and it’s about how you feel in your mind, if you feel that you are better than that person, especially on a particular day. As long as I’m mentally there and ready to be tough, sure I can win.”

Seles, who began slowly against Nathalie Tauziat in the semifinals, made another poor start and dropped the first three games, dumping a backhand in the net to lose her serve in the opening game and then hitting two successive double-faults to go down 0-3.

A lapse by Williams allowed Seles to win the fourth game, but Seles continued to struggle and dropped her serve again to fall behind 1-4.

Looking sluggish and sometimes not even trying for the ball, Seles had to fight off yet another break point at 1-5, but finally held serve for the first time after 25 minutes of play.

In the second set Williams again broke in the first game, forcing an error off her return, and then saved two break points to hold for 2- 0.

Seles was now offering more of a fight and finding her range with her powerful groundstrokes, while Williams began to suffer a let-down. Seles was offered a window of hope when Williams double-faulted three times and allowed Seles to level at 2-2, but her fightback was short-lived. Williams regained the lead by breaking for 4-3 when Seles netted a backhand after a long rally. Then, serving for the match, Williams was forced wide but sent a sizzling forehand pass down the line to go up 30-0, and then closed out the match with two aces.

“I think most of the time when they come out against me they’re playing catch-up,” said Williams. “Sometimes they can see me but they can’t grab hold of me and I speed up again, and that’s how I feel about today. I was a little step ahead.”

Williams explained that her run of success was the result of re-assessing her game style during the six months she missed because of tendinitis in her wrists earlier this year.

“The change is basically because of my attitude, because I’ve always had the game,” said Williams. “I’ve always had the groundstrokes and the serve and the speed, but I’ve never had the consistency and on the big points pulling it through. Now, since my injury I’ve had time to think about it and change my whole attitude more towards just playing the match and being ready for the competition.”

Nine-stroke lead for Tiger Woods

AKRON, Aug 27 (AFP) — Tiger Woods could hear the chanting “59, 59” from the crowds here in the $ five-million World Golf Invitational.

His army of fans wanted him to equal the lowest round in PGA Tour history. It didn’t happen.

Woods leveled off finishing with a three-under-par 67 in the third round and a commanding nine-stroke lead after starting off with birdie, eagle, birdie following his course-record 61 on Friday at the Firestone Country Club. After setting a PGA Tour 36-hole mark with 125 on Friday, Woods’ rocket-like start set a buzz among the crowd that he just might equal or better a 59 round.

Six days after defending his title at the PGA Championship, the top-ranked Woods is placed to collect his eighth title of the season and second straight at this event.

He is 17-1 lifetime when he either holds or shares the lead heading into the final round.

Woods’ 18-under 192 is a 54-hole record on this course and his nine-stroke break entering the final round marks the second-largest on the PGA Tour this year, second only to his 10-stroke advantage at the US Open, which he won by a whopping 15 shots. Phil Mickelson shares second spot with Hal Sutton and Phillip Price of Wales as Woods’ closest but distant pursuers. Sutton posted the low round of the day with a 65, Price carded 66 and Mickelson a 69.

Woods’ solid start began on the par-4 first hole as he used a wedge to set up a 10-foot birdie putt. He maintained his success on the 497-yard second, where he hit his tee shot 178 yards to the flag, banged a 6-ir on just off the green and made a 15-footer for his third straight eagle on that hole.

Woods completed his early surge on the par-4 third when he pitched to a foot and tapped in for birdie, extending his lead to 11 shots.

Cronje was ‘unaware of’ gravity of wrongdoing

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 (Reuters) — Sacked South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, at the centre of a government inquiry into alleged match-fixing, said he was unaware he had done anything “seriously wrong’’ until the scandal broke.

In an interview with South African television pay channel M-Net Supersport, Cronje said it was only when news of his involvement with bookmakers while he was on tour in India became public that the gravity of the situation dawned on him.

“Before April 7, I was not aware that what I was doing was that bad,’’ Cronje told former Australian cricketer Mike Haysman in the interview on Saturday.

“It was then that I became aware of the extradition under corruptions act. That’s when I first realised that what I had done was seriously wrong. My lawyers told me that there was only one way out and that was to tell the truth.’’

Asked why he sold information to bookmakers, Cronje said: “The only explanation I can give is that it didn’t affect the way I played on the field.

“I always gave 100 per cent and just furnished information for money. That’s how I tried to rationalise it...If I could have it all over, I would change it.’’

He regretted involving team mates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams, who have admitted accepting an offer of $ 15,000 each via Cronje to underperform in a one-day international against India in Nagpur in March before changing their minds.

A United Cricket Board of South Africa disciplinary committee will rule on their cases on Monday.

“I view that as the biggest mistake in my life,’’ Cronje said. “It was totally wrong and I can’t believe I did that.

“It was wrong of me to put their careers on the line. I’m embarrassed and ashamed that I did it.’’

Cronje said of Shaun Pollock, his successor as captain: “I believe he’s the right man for the job. He’s got the talent and a good cricket brain. But the whole country needs to support him. Captaincy can be a lonely place.’’

Cronje said he saw his future in business. “I’ve always enjoyed working with money and that’s why I studied financial management.’’ 

Sisters corner glory in Rajiv marathon
From Our Sports Reporter

NEW DELHI, Aug 27 — Sisters Sharmila and Parmila from a local government school hogged the spotlight, taking the first and second positions, respectively, in the 10 - 14 age group, in the seventh edition of the Rajiv Gandhi Marathon Run, for school children from the slum areas, organised by the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) here today.

The Delhi Education Minister, Dr Narendra Nath, along with NSCI President Subhash Chopra, flagged off the 3-km race from the Delhi and District Cricket Association ground, which culminated at the NSCI Club on Mathura Road.

More than 20,000 children vied for the honours, but Sharmila, who was placed 23rd in 1998, pipped her younger sister Parmila to the tape, to steal the show. Parmila had won the title in the 6 - 10 age group both in 1997 and 1998. Laxmi took the third position.

In the 6-10 age group, Radha emerged first while Laxmi and Ram Kumari came second and third, respectively. 

Sydney countdown — 55

Peris-Kneebone set to become dual sport Olympian
By Andy O’Brien

After qualifying for the one-lap final at the recent Olympic trials at Stadium Australia, Peris-Kneebone received a “go girl” e-mail from compatriot and 400m gold medal favourite Cathy Freeman, who Nova trained with in London recently. There was also a phone call of encouragement from her old Australian hockey coach, Ric Charlesworth. “Nova, if anyone can do it, you can,” Charlesworth told his former charge. Mother of a 10-year-old daughter, Nova like so many of her race, has come up the hard way. From playing hockey barefoot to the pressures of being a black woman trying to make it big, Nova has seen it all and has overcome enormous odds to achieve what she has. “Everyone has a dream and everyone has ability. You have to be prepared to make sacrifices and do the hard work and you can achieve anything,” is Nova’s way of looking at life. For someone from an Aboriginal background (It was only in 1970 that Aboriginals were legally considered to be “people”) to merely represent the great sporting nation of Australia at the Olympics is a huge achievement. To do so in two sports and have won gold is unthinkable. When she ran barefoot through the red Uluru desert with the Olympic torch two months ago, she ran with hope in her heart that she would make the Olympic track and field team. “It is a dream come true,” the 29-year-old said after qualifying. Ask her why she switched from hockey to athletics and she will put it simply: “I’ve wanted to run for my country since I was nine years old. Attractive, with a dimpled smile and a happy demeanour, the dual Olympian is bound to win the hearts of everyone at the Games. And if Nova doesn’t then her daughter who is always by her mother’s side and who plans to be there at the finish line, surely will.

More headaches for customs officials

Even though reports of a South African coach bring caught with performance enhancing drugs at Perth airport have been played down and denied, the issue still at large is that there are going to be serious problems for Australian customs officials because of the Olympics and it’s not only with drugs. With three weeks until the Games begin, customs officers are facing Olympics-related headaches as athletes unfamiliar with Australia’s border controls arrive at Sydney airport. It has now come to light that Australian customs officers have stopped Russian rowers with kilograms of raw meat and a Japanese shooter with weapons, and had to deal with yachts, kayaks and canoes arriving as normal luggage. Customs officers said the Russian rowers were stopped with dozens of kilograms of raw meat, while the Japanese shooter did not realise his pistols should have been declared as dangerous. A senior Customs officer admitted last week that at least one country, realising guns were banned, wanted to bring in flak jackets, he said. On a lighter note, crunch time came last week for Customs officers when the stamp collection of International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch failed to arrive. Sydney airport staff were relieved to learn the stamps, a commemorative collection of past Olympics, arrived on Monday.

Press reports claims that the paperwork for a large number of crates containing medicines for each team has been enormous. And the paperwork for New Zealand police bringing in their own guns arrived at the airport just in time. Not to mention the 237 horses for the equestrian events, which each needed a passport. And 200 special chemical and biological-proof suits bound for Sydney’s terrorist-trained police may still attract tax and import duty. It came to light during the break of the South African bust that Customs officers have done their best to explain the country’s rules and regulations to athletes before they arrive. But mistakes are going to take place. The Japanese shooter explained that he did not declare his pistols as weapons because they were in fact sporting equipment. Australian quarantine officials have seized a broad range of dietary supplements. A customs official has said: “We went out of our way to advise the (national Olympic committees) about differences in Australian laws and the banned substances. — PMG

‘Decision on Kapil in few days’

CHENNAI, Aug 27 (UNI) — A decision on Kapil Dev continuing as the coach of the Indian cricket team would be taken in a few days, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, Mr A.C. Muthiah said today.

Mr Muthiah said Kapil was to meet him within a few days.

The BCCI President said during his last meeting with Kapil he had asked him (Kapil) whether it would be possible for him to continue as the coach in the background of the match-fixing inquiry.

Asked whether the BCCI would go in for a foreign coach and if former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh had been approached, he said: “We had never mentioned Rodney’s name”. But we have an open mind on appointing a foreign coach”.

On the proposed tour to Pakistan, Mr Muthiah said: “We will go if the government permits us”. 

PCA to set up centre of excellence
By Abhijit Chatterjee
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has decided to establish a centre of excellence on the lines of the cricket academies in Australia and South Africa to give a big boost to the game. This was decided at the annual general body meeting of the association held at the PCA Stadium at SAS Nagar today . The meeting also re-elected Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra and Mr M.P. Pandove as president and secretary, respectively, of the association. While Mr Bindra was elected to the post for the eighth time in succession, Mr Pandove was elected for the seventh consecutive time.

The general body left it to the newly constituted executive committee to decide on the modalities of running the centre of excellence which in any case will start functioning from this year itself . The centre will have a annual budget of about Rs 7 crore and will be run under the overall supervision of a foreign coach. The association has yet to decide on the foreign coach but the exercise is on to spot one. While the foreign coach will be overall in charge of the centre he will be helped by Indian coaches. “While foreign coaches are good in planning, Indian coaches can interact with the trainees better”, was the opinion of many who attended the meeting.

The meeting also authorised Mr Pandove to go to South Africa and see the working of the cricket academy being run by the South African cricket board. Mr Pandove has already visited Australia in this connection and has visited the Adelaide cricket coaching centre being run by the Australian Cricket Board.

The centre of excellence will not only have cricket coaches but also physiotherapist, doctors, physical trainers, psychologist, dietician and related personnel. The centre, which will function at the PCA Stadium where all necessary facilities for the centre already exist, will impart training to Punjab players as also players of other states. While players from Punjab will be selected for the centre by the PCA itself, players nominated by other states will have to pay the charges for use of the centre by their players. Mr Bindra also said that players from foreign countries would be encouraged to use the facilities of the centre for which they will have to pay the necessary charges.

The funds for the proposed centre would come from sponsors as also from the PCA which by now has cleared all its debts incurred during the construction of the PCA Stadium. Mr Bindra indicated that the sponsors for the centre had already been identified .

Also, in a related development the PCA has earmarked a sum of Rs 25 lakh for promoting the game in the districts. The money will be spent on buying ground equipment for the district centres, playing equipment and also for payment of the salary for a cricket coach if the district wants to do so. “This move,” Mr Pandove said, “will enable the districts to help build their teams and also to nurture talent.” Besides this, the state association will also subsidize the construction of infrastructure in the districts.

The association today decided to start five new tournaments from this season. With the addition of these tournaments, the PCA will be conducting a total of 13 tournaments annually. The new tournaments added to the PCA’s calendar are the inter-district under-14 and under-22 tournaments, inter-district tournaments for schools and colleges as also an inter-institutional championship.

The general body also decided to start a benevolent find on the lines operated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Meanwhile, a number of changes were made in the list of office-bearers of the association. While Mr Bindra and Mr Pandove retained their posts, Mr G.S. Walia was elected treasurer in place of Mr Sudhir Mittal, who has been elevated to the post of vice-president. Mr Lalit Mohan and Mr Ashwani Kumar Minna, are the other two vice-presidents who come in place of Mr Satish Kakkar and Mr K.L. Likhi.

Two changes have also been made in the executive committee with Mr Rajeev Bali replacing Mr P.S.Gill and Justice S.S. Sodhi coming in place of Mr Walia.

Boxing squad to leave on Sept 2
Tribune News Service

SHIMLA, Aug 27 — The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation will send an eight-member squad for the Sydney Olympics.

The squad consisting of four boxers, namely S. Suresh (light fly weight), Dingko Singh (bantam weight), Jitender (light middle weight) and Gurcharan Singh (light heavy weight) will assemble at New Delhi and leave for Sydney on September 2.

B.I. Fernandes, the Cuban coach, and G.S. Sandhu, the Indian coach, will accompany the team along with Dr Ashok Ahuja, the team doctor. Mr Rajesh Bhandari, secretary of the federation will be the manager. He said the boxing events would commence on September 16 and the team would utilise the 15-day period for acclimatisation and training. The team is expected to put up a better show than previous Olympics.

PATIALA (FOSR): All the four Olympic bound boxers -Dingko Singh, Jitendera Kumar, Suresh Singh and Gurcharan Singh-after months of rigorous training at the NIS here, left for New Delhi en route Sydney.

All the boxers had qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a string of good performances in a series of qualifying tournaments and it is for the first time in the history of Indian boxing that four boxers have qualified for the Olympics.

Out of the four pugilists, star boxer Dingko Singh, is suffering from a nagging thumb injury for the last many months. Even during the Cuban tour, the coaches did not let Dingko go flat out and fielded the boxer in only the first competition of the tour, where the Indians took part in three competitions. Even at the NIS here, the coaches were reluctant to let Dingko Singh go full stream ahead in his training bouts.

Jitender Kumar is also recuperating from a hand injury and the coaches did not field him in any of the three meets the Indians took part in Cuba. Gurcharan Singh is still grappling with a shoulder injury. Doctors say that Gurcharan’s injury is minor in nature, but it has surely restricted his movements.

The fourth boxer Suresh Singh lost in the first rounds of all the three competitions he participated in.

U-16 badminton title for Rohit
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Aug 27 — Rohit Bhakar, a deaf and dumb player of Bhiwani could not have asked for more, when he won the double crown in the under-16 section at the Haryana State Sub-Junior Badminton Championships, which concluded this evening at Sector 7 community centre, Panchkula. The other players who impressed with fine performances were Saurav Kapoor of Panchkula, who won the under-13 singles title and later went for doubles title too and Pallavi Aggarwal of Panchkula who won the under-10 singles title.

Mr Devender Singh, Vice- President, Badminton Association of India, gave away the prizes.

It was a marvellous win for 15-year old Rohit, who unexpectedly upset the national under-13 champion Sumit Dahiya also of Bhiwani, in three games. Rohit was also a member of the Indian team which won the world deaf and dumb meet at Denmark in 1997.

Results:

U-10 singles (boys) : Abhishek (Rtk) b Gaurav (Rtk) 15-10, 15-10; girls: Pallavi Aggarwal (Pkl) b Deepali (Fbd) 11-2, 11-2; U-13-singles (boys) : Saurav Kapoor (Pkl) b Gaurav (Bh) 15-2, 15-1; doubles-Saurabh, Anshul (Pkl) b Adhiraj, Prateek (Pkl) 15-10, 15-10; girls singles: Anita (Bh) b Kannu (Pkl) 11-7,11-1; doubles: Anita, Meenu (Bh) b Pallavi, Kannu (Pkl) 15-1, 15-2; U-16: singles (boys) : Rohit Bhakar (Bh) b Sumit Dahiya( Bh) 15-7, 14-17, 15-0; doubels-Rohit Bhakar, Sumit (Bh) b Sachin Garg, Piyush Aggarwal (Pkl) 15-6, 15-4; girls: Roma Pandey (Fbd) b Gauri (Pkl) 11-7, 11-5; doubles-Roma, Chanchal (Fbd) b Anita & Monika (Bh) 17-16, 15-4.