Sports Brief: Raunak bags ‘triple crown’

Raunak Sood bags a ‘triple’ by winning the Open men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Ranga Reddy district pickleball tennis tournament

Hyderabad: Raunak Sood bagged a ‘triple’, winning the Open men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles in the Ranga Reddy district pickleball tennis tournament at Paddle Fusion Pickleball Courts (Tellapur) here.

Final placings: Men: Singles: 35 years & above: 1. Chakrapani, 2. Kaushik, 3. Anand.

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60 years & above: 1. P. Ramesh, 2. Satyanarayana, 3. G. Ramesh.

Doubles: 1. P. Ramesh & D. Bhaskar, 2. M. Sudhakar & Satyanarayana Naresh, 3. Kumar & G. Ramesh.

Open: Men: Singles: 1. Raunak Sood, 2. Tribhuvan, 3. Saikethan.

Doubles: 1. Raunak & Nikitha, 2. Vasavi & Vanish.

Open: Women’s doubles: 1. Ishanvi & Mishitha, 2. Nikitha & Simitha, 3. Vaishnavi & Siona.

Open mixed doubles: 1. Raunak & Nikitha, 2. Vasavi & Vanish.

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State under-15 chess tournament from Oct 10-12

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Under-15 Chess Championship for boys and girls will be held from October 10 to 12 at the LB Stadium Yoga Hall here.

Players born on or after 1-1-2010 are eligible to take part.

There will be no spot entries, and for registrations, call 7337578899 / 7337399299 and visit the website www.chesstelangana.com.