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This is an archive article published on October 23, 1997
Behra upsets second seed
MUMBAI, OCT 22: Unseeded Debashish Behra defeated second seed Sheel Desai 6-1, 6-2 to enter the men's semifinals of the Practennis Open Mah...
MUMBAI, OCT 22: Unseeded Debashish Behra defeated second seed Sheel Desai 6-1, 6-2 to enter the men8217;s semifinals of the Practennis Open Maharashtra State Ranking tennis tournament at Hansraj Morarji Public School, Andheri today.
Eight-year-old Arnav Jain continued his giant killing spree, scalping third seed Irshad Allana 9-2 in the under-10 quarter-finals.
Results QF: Boys8217; under-18: Debashish Behra bt R Kartik Raj 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Under-16: Dipesh Rao bt Vivek Jhaveri 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Under-14: Rishi Ramji bt Jay Mehta 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Under-12: Rishi Behl bt Sujay Mahadevan 6-3, 5-7, 6-3; Under-10: Arnav Jain bt Irshad Allana 9-2; Girls8217; under-16 SF: Sonia Shelar bt Megha Wakharia 6-2, 7-5; Under-14: Megha Wakaria bt Johan Fernandes 6-0, 6-1; Under-12: Uttara Rao bt Krushal Chadda 7-6 11-9, 6-4; Under-10: S Phadke bt Sweta G 9-8 7-3.
NN House excel: NN House A8217; defeated Wellingdon YMCA 102-33 in the first round of the XXV Xavier8217;s Castrol Open basketball tournament at St Xavier8217;s grounds today.
Anwar Shaikh 20, Bashid Shaikh 15, Noor Khan 13, Martin Shaikh and Nadeem Khan 12 each shared the honours for the winners.
Other results: Fr Agnel Gym 70 bt IIT Powai 61; Akshay, Sayali win: Akshay Deshmukh of Abhinav Vidyalaya Dombivli top-scored with 8-5 points to triumph in the under-8 category of the Bournvita Inter School Chess Championships being conducted by the Bombay Chess Assiciation at the Patuck Technical School, Vakola. Sayali Phadke of Gokuldham High School top-scored in the girls section with six points.
Results: Boys Under-12: Amar Kamat Chandrakant Patkar, Dombivli bt Vikram Honmurgi. Vaibhav Saxena Fr Agnel, Vashi bt Omkar Kulkarni Under 8: Abhinav Nair Abhinav Vidyalya bt Ashwin Ganapathy Fr Agnel.
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