Sports Briefs: Sasikumar beat Rahul in straight sets at ITF World Tennis Tour in Hyderabad
Pickle ball: Mayank and Rushil pair win thriller in Pickle in Pink
Hyderabad: Second-seeded Sasikumar Mukund defeated Rahul Lokesh 6-1, 6-2 in the men’s singles first round of the ITF World Tennis Tour men’s tournament at Jubilee Hills International Centre here on Wednesday.
The results: Singles: 1st round: Raghav Jaisinghani bt Sarthak Suden 6-3, 4-1 (retd); Pawit Sornlaksup (Tha) bt Dmitry Dolzhenkov 6-3, 6-7, 6-1; Caheer Warik bt Mukkesh Sabaresh Vijay Shankar 6-0, 6-1; Timofei Derepasko bt Dev Javia 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; Aditya Balsekar bt Duchkee Lee (Kor) 6-3, 6-0; Mukund Sasikumar bt Rahul Lokesh 6-1, 6-2; Aryan Lakshmanan bt Ivan Iutkin 7-5, 5-7, 6-4; Arjun Rathi bt Parth Agarwal 6-1, 6-1; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Rohan Mehra 6-3, 7-6 (2); Hitesh Chauhan bt Udit Kamboj 6-4, 6-3; Ishaque Eqbal bt Nikita Ianin 6-4, 6-2.
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Mayank, Rushil pair win thriller in Pickle in Pink
In a closely contested final, Mayank Shete and Rushil Gupta defeated Abhishek Yelagani and Gopi Nathiddy in a 2–1 thriller, with scores of 8–11, 11–10, 11-2 in the ‘Pickle in Pink’ charity pickleball tournament at Cross Courts in Gandipet here.
The winners were presented with the trophy by Mallikarjun of the Bollineni Group and Gagandeep Singh, Chairman, SRT 33.
Gagandeep Marwah, spokesperson for SRT 33, said, “Pickle in Pink is where sport meets service. “The overwhelming response reaffirms that every rally played today contributes to building a better future for those in need.”
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Hockey: Chandra to lead SBI Hyd Circle
MK Chandra Kumar will lead SBI Hyderabad Circle in the All India SBI inter-circle hockey championship to be held in Bengaluru from January 29 to February 2.
The team: MK Chandra Kumar (capt), T Harinath Reddy, Iftekar Ahmed, ES Sanjay Kumar, Abdul Sayeed, CR Bheem Singh, V Phillip Kumar, PN Suresh, Gyan Chand, Surender Singh, Md Sayeed Abdul, KP Sushil Kumar, B Vamshi Mohan, SK Mohammad Rafi, M Seetharam, MM Gopinath.
Manager: Victor Moses.
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OU women beat Pondicherry University
Osmania University scored a 46-run win against Pondicherry University in the South Zone inter-university women’s cricket tournament in Chennai on Wednesday.
Shivani Goud (72, 55b, 12×4, 3×6) and Sukanya Panda (33, 23b, 4×4) were the lead performers for OU.
Osmania will take on Sri Krishnadevaraya University (Anantapur) on Thursday.
The scores: Osmania University 177/4 in 20 overs (Shivani Goud 72, Sukanya 33, Yalani Senthil 2/28) bt Pondicherry University 131/4 in 20 overs (Abhinaya 48, Raghavika 35 not out).
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OU inter-college sports
Osmania University Inter-college chess championship for men will be held at Vivekananda Government Degree College (Vidyanagar) here on February 2 and 3.
For details, call Prof.S Jagan Mohan, organising secretary, on 9440038233.
It is also informed that the OU Inter-college karate championship for men will be held at Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology here on February 5 from 7.30 am.
For details, call organising secretary Habeeb Khan on 9705139780.
And the OU Inter-college best physique championship for men will be held at Vivekandana Government Degree College (Vidyanagar) on February 7. For details, call Prof. S. Jagan Mohan, organising secretary, on 9440038233.
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Hyd settles for draw against TN
Hyderabad settled for a draw against Tamil Nadu in the South Zone Inter-state (under-14) cricket championship first round match at Vizianagaram on Wednesday.
The scores: At Vizianagaram, Tamil nadu 448/7in 90 overs drew with Hyderabad 249 in 74.3 overs (G Rakesh Sekhar 50, Raghaav Narayan 38, P Vivaan Reddy 46, Mohd Kamran 40, N Lalik 3/36, G Harichandran 4/48).
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Mahadev Cricket Club, Hyderabad Wanderers enter final
Mahadev Cricket Club and Hyderabad Wanderers entered the final of the HCA C-Division one-day knock-out tournament here on Wednesday
The scores: Semifinals: Sunshine 221 in 50 overs (Vedanth Yadav 40, JLN Mehar Prasad 47, P. Abhishek 39 no, N Tarun Raj 4/38) lost to Mahadev 225/6 in 37.4 overs (Gowtham Raj Yadav 41, Premchand 40, N. Tarun Raj 60 no, M. Madhu 37 no, JLN Mehar Prasad 3/58).
Hyderabad Wanderers 269 in 44 overs (Sai Vrath Reddy 30, Shariq Akhtar 84, A. Anil Kumar 68, Khaleem Khan 30, Mirza Houzef Baig 3/16) bt Nizam CC 259/10 in 45.1 overs (Mirza Houzef Baig 59, Mirza Maqbool Baig 97, Khaleem Khan 3/48).
