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Behl ousts Tanna
NEW DELHI: Third seed in the boys under-14 section, Krishna Tanna was ousted by Rishi Behl 6-3, 6-4 in the Adidas Junior Masters Tennis Tournament at DLTA grounds. The other seeds to fall are fifth-seeded Saurabh Kohli, and Deepa Chakravarthy, seventh seed Krushmi Chadda and eighth seed Nivedita Venkatesh in girls under-14 were sent packing.
Girls under-14: 1-Sania Mirza bt Ormila Ram 6-0, 6-2; Marutha Devi bt 8-Nivedita Venkatesh 6-1, 6-1; 3-Lata Asudhani bt Parul Goswami 6-1, 6-1; Kartiki Bhat bt 7-Krushmi Chadda 7-5, 6-3; Sanaa Bhambri bt 5-Deepa Chakravarty 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; 4-Priyanka Parikh bt Sharnya Pattabi 6-2, 6-4; 6-Ankita Bhambri bt Neha Singh 6-4, 6-2; M Kamini bt 2-Sandra Shashidharan 6-3, 7-5.
Narain third
CHENNAI: India8217;s 23-year-old motor racing prodigy has secured the third place in the overall standings in the FIA British Formula Three championship by emerging the victor in the seventh round at Brandshatch, England. Narain thus qualified to compete in the prestigious FI support race at Silverstone, moving a step closer to realising his ambition of being the first Indian Formula 1 driver.
PSCB favoured
GANDHIDHAM: Petroleum Sports Control Board PSCB appear set to completely dominate both in men8217;s and women8217;s sections at the KPT 29th All India Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships which begins at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Auditorium, here from Wednesday.
Booty for Usha
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ace athlete PT Usha would be presented a cash award of Rs 90,000 by Kerala Chief Minister EK Nayanar on June 25 for her stupendous performance in the Bangalore National Games in 1997-98.
