SPORTS

Sumit Gupta, Jeevan in jr tennis semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 6
Seedings held good in the boys singles when the top four seeded players sailed into the semi-finals of the ITF South and Central Asia 14 and Under Tennis Tournament No 2 at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association deco-turf courts in the Capital on Wednesday. Top-seeded Sumit Gupta of India disposed of compatriot Tejeswi Rao 6-2, 6-2, while third-seeded Jeevan Nedunchezian, also of India, shocked fifth-seeded Alexander Lidzar of Kazakhastan 6-2, 6-4. Second-seeded Umarov Jamol of Uzbekistan was made to sweat by sixth-seeded N. S. Nischendiren of Sri Lanka before coasting home at 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 while fourth-seeded Franklyn Emmanuel of Sri Lanka beat Stanislav Bykov of Kazakhastan 6-7 (2-7), 6-0, 6-4.

In the girls singles, third-seeded Sandhya Nagraj and sixth-seeded Madura Ranganathan of India made it into the last four stage.

Sandhya beat Dilyara Saithodjaeva of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-2 while Ranganathan stunned second-seeded Yekaterina Morozova of Kazakhastan 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

In other matches, top-seeded Maria Vasilyeva of Kazakhastan crushed C. K. Shweta of India 6-1, 6-1 while another Kazakh, Amena Rakheem upset fourth-seeded Sandri Gangotri of India 6-2, 7-5.

SGTB Khalsa down Ranchi in Colleges Hockey
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New Delhi, February 6
Sri Guru Teg Bahadur (SGTB) Khalsa College, Delhi scraped past St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi 2-1 in the opening match of the ninth Nehru-ONGC Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium in the Capital on Wednesday.

In a closely-contested match, SGTB forged ahead in the 14th minute when Navneet Kumar drove home a penalty corner.

Then for a long time, both the teams fought hard to garner a goal, but without success as the second goal came only in the 66th minute when the Delhi College cemented their lead, with Amandeep Singh striking a stunning field goal.

St.Xavier’s College, Ranchi pulled off the equaliser during injury time when Cyprian Kullu blasted into the net a field goal.

The Tournament was inaugurated by Mr Arjun Hira, general manager, Bharat Petroleum, who are co-sponsors of the tournament.

Thursday’s fixtures: St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore vs UTD Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur (12 noon); Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar vs LNIPE, Gwalior (2 p m); Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh vs TUK Arts College, Thanjavur (Tamilnadu) (3.30 p m)–Shivaji Stadium.

Sports Briefs...

Saurabh Chopra stars in Star Club’s victory

Star Club: 166 in 17 overs (Saurabh Chopra 56, Rahul Sharma 43, Lohit Sharma 24, Samarth Saxena 1/13).

Raman shines in NDTV’s narrow win

S.V. Raman played a sheet-anchor role both with the bat and the ball, knocking up a stroke-filled 76 (6x4) and claiming 3 for 25, to guide NDTV to a thrilling one-wicket victory against JRA (Jassal Ranganathan and Associates) in the ninth Teri Cup Cricket Tournament, organised by TERI (Tata Energy Research Institute) at the Teri Oval, Gurgaon.

JRA won the toss and opted to bat. They made 165 for 4 in the alloted 25 overs, but NDTV pulled the rugs out of JRA, thanks to the brilliant all-round performance of Raman.

Raman was adjudged the man of the match

Scores: JRA: 165/4 in 25 overs (K.A Sriram 45 (4x4), Sandeep Kohli 31 (1x4), D. Ranganathan 30 (4x4, 1x4), S. V. Raman (3/25).

NDTV: 166/9 in 24.3 overs (S.V. Raman 76, Rakesh Gaur 21 (3x4), K Sriram (3 for 24), D. Ranganathan (2/33), Ravi Chandran (2/35).

McKinsey win in CRY Cricket

McKinsey beat Arthur Andersen by nine runs in a first round match of the second CRY Cadence Corporate Cricket Challenge, played at the Bhagat Singh College ground. Munish of Arthur Andersen was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: McKinsey: 177/6 in 25. Arthur Andersen: 168 all out in 24.5 overs.

Rewari Panchayat Tournament

The eighth Rewari district Panchayat Tournaments will be held in Rao Tula Stadium here on February 15 and 16, Kabaddi (National as well as Haryana style), volleyball, 500m Camel and Oxen-cart races, tug-of-war and wrestling competitions (58 to 67 kg and above) will be held for the men participants, while women participants will have kabaddi (national style), volleyball, Kho-kho, pitcher race and wrestling competitions (54 to 63 kg and above).

There will also be athletic competitions comprising 100m, 400m, 1500m and 5000m races, shotput, discus throw, bicycle race, weightlifting, high jump and long jump events for men as well as woman participants.

There would also be race competitions for officials as well as members of the Panchayats, Block Samitis and Zila Parishad.

Ranchal bowls Sonnet Club into final

A devastating bowling performance by Ranchal Chowdhary (6 for 42) and fine knocks by Shobhit Kaushik (55) and Naved Chowdhary (50)powered Sonnet Club to an 82 runs victory against Madan Lal Cricket Academy in the first Chowdhary Nahar Singh Vir Singh Saini Memorial Cricket (Under-15) Tournament at Ashok Vihar.

Brief Scores: Sonnet Club: 263 for 7 in 35 overs (Shobhit Kaushik 55, Naved Chowdhary 50, Akash Chohan 44, Jasbir Singh 30, Kavin Gupta 2/47, Onant Jai Singh 2/25).

Madan Lal Academy: 181 in 31.5 overs (Kavin Gupta 77, Rohan Sehdev 32, Abhishek Kapoor 27, Ranchal Chowdhary 6/42, Jasbir Singh 2/23).

Sahgal Stud beat Kalaan Farm in SMS Gold Vase Polo

Sahgal Stud beat Kalaan Farm by eight goals to two in the SMS Gold Vase (eight goal) Polo Tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre Polo ground in the Capital on Wednesday.

Oliver Taylor (three), Basheer Ali (four) and Rajesh Sahgal (one) scored the goals for the winners while Angad Kalaan and Harshwardhan Singh struck the goals for Kalaan.

In another match, Jindal Steel and Power beat South Delhi by 5-4. Samir Suhag (four) and Naveen Jindal scored for Jindal Steel and Power while Phillip Elliot (three) and Bhawani Singh Kalvi were the scorers for South Delhi.

JPC beat Cavalry A 5-2 and Taragarh beat Indian Navy by seven goals to two and a half, in other matches. Shamsheer Ali scored all the five goals for JPC while Capt. Tarun Sirohi and Maj. A. S. Randhawa scored one goal each for Cavalry A.

Uday Kalaan scored four goals, Vikramaditya Singh, Jai Shergill and Abhimanyu Pathak scored one goal each for Taragarh. Navy had begun with a two and a half goal handicap, and failed to score any.

Thursday’s fixtures: IMA vs NDA (10 am); Aravali Polo vs Jindal Steel and Power (11 am); Cavalry B vs Teachers (2 pm), Sahgal vs JPC (3 pm). OC