In brief

Naruka storms into second round
Chandigarh’s Digvijay Singh Naruka rallied into the men’s singles second round with a 9-5 win over Amardeep Singh Jaglan of Haryana on the opening day of the Harvest Tennis Academy-AITA Tennis Tournament in Jassowal. In another match in the same category, Gourav of Chandigarh rallied into the second round with a 9-5 win over Jagtar Singh of Punjab.

Results:
Men’s singles:
Arvind Vishnu Bestha (AP)(1) bt Rashein Samuel (Kar) 9-7; P. Nitesh (Kar) bt Jaspinder Singh (Pb) 9-1; Sahil Bindal (Har) bt Abhijit D. Nadagouda (Kar) 9-0; Vishwanath Savadi (Kar)(11) bt Ganesh Devkhile (Mah) 9-2; Surya Pavan (AP)(2) bt Deepak Kumar Naidu (Kar) 9-1; Harpreet Singh Saran (Pb) bt Mithilesh Singh (Chd) 9-1; Jagdeep Singh (Pb) bt C. Bhargav (AP) 9-7; Harry Jindal (Pb)(16) bt L.N. Rishiyogi (TN) 9-2; Veera Vasanth Venkatesh (Kar)(3) bt Krushna Swamy (Kar) 9-0; Sunil Dutt Kaushik (Har) bt Chinmay Madhu (Kar) 9-7; V. Pranav (Kar) bt Suraj (Dli) 9-4; Rithvik Anand (TN)(12) bt Sonu Sandeep (Pb) 9-3; C.K. Narain (AP) w/o Anshuman Dutta (Asm); Digvijay Singh Naruka (Chd) bt Amardeep Singh Jaglan (Har) 9-5.

Varsha and Sachin shine
Varsha Sharma (St Soldier’s School-28) and Sachin Sharma (Sports Complex-46) secured top positions in the Chandigarh North and South District Athletic Meet organised by Chandigar Athletic Association held on July 10 at Sports Complex Sector 46 in Chandigarh on Saturday.