
Sadia stuns Arati
BANGALORE: Former national champion and top seeded Arati Ponnappa was knocked out of the sixth All-India Open Ranking tennis tournament 6-4, 7-5 by unseeded Sadia Pathan in the pre-quarterfinals today.
Results: Anand Radhakrishna WB bt R Manoj Kumar TN 6-3, 6-3; Marcus Hilbert Ger bt D R Jayadev Kar 6-3, 6-1; P Srinath Kar bt Ravi Kiran Bhat Kar 6-4, 6-2; Rishi Sridhar TN bt K G Ramesh TN 7-5, 6-2; Rohan Wadhera Mah bt Armugam Kar 7-6 7-2, 5-7, 6-3; Vasudev Reddy bt Rajkumar Goplan TN 6-1, 6-4; Gaurav Natekar Mah bt Vinod Sridhar TN 6-0, 6-4.
TN in final
CHENNAI: Defending champions Karnataka and last year8217;s finalists Tamil Nadu will clash for The Sportstar Trophy in the three-day South Zone under-14 cricket tournament starting on January 30 here.
Both teams have qualified for the title clash by virtue of their first innings lead against Hyderabad and Andhra respectively.