India File

Fifteen year old 11th standard student from Hyderabad Public School, Anant Sitaram, first leg winner in Hyderabad, accounted for third seed Siddarth Sudhakar of Karnataka 6-3, 6-2 in the 56 minutes match.

Qualifier Preeti Rao stunned top seed T Yamini 8212; her first ever win in competitions over her 8212; 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in 85 minutes.

OTHER RESULTS

Boys u-16: Anant Sitaram AP bt Siddarth Sudhakar Kar 6-3, 6-2. U-12: M Vinod TN bt Karthik Raju Kar 6-3, 7-5.

Girls u-16: Preeti Rao TN bt T Yamini TN 5-7, 6-2. 6-3.

Players clash

BANGALORE: Four people were injured and a few vehicles damaged following a clash between two cricket teams in Chamarajpet, here on Sunday.

Police said the trouble started when a cork ballhit a player of another team, leading to the clash. The players resorted to stone throwing, in which a car, a scooter and two autorickshaws were damaged, police added.

Double for MRF

NASHIK: N Leelakrishnan and his navigator MK Chander of MRF were declared overall first in group A modified cars at the Castrol Challenge Rally 1998. Zubin Patel and his navigator KE Suresh Kumar, also of Team MRF were placed first in the two-wheeler category.