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Aparna ranked 28th in worldBANGALORE: Aparna Popat, who recently won the French Open ladies badminton title, has moved up from 40th to 28th ...

Aparna ranked 28th in world

BANGALORE: Aparna Popat, who recently won the French Open ladies badminton title, has moved up from 40th to 28th position in international singles ranking, according to a fax message from the International Badminton Federation received by the Karnataka State Badminton Association here.

The city-based national champion, trained at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, became the first Indian woman to win an international title when she beat top-seeded German Katja Michalowsky in the French Open finalon March 22.

Vinod Sridhar packs off Marcus Hilpert

CHENNAI: Only Gaurav Natekar among the seeded players still survives after Day Three of the Indian Oil Servo invitation tennis tournament. In Saturday8217;s semi-finals, Vinod Sridhar plays Harsh Mankad in a battle of unseeded players while Natekar meets unseeded Manoj Mahadevan.

Top seed Marcus Hilpert, the National champion lost 3-6, 3-6 to Vinod Sridhar. Third seed Vasudeva Reddy conceded the match to ManojMahadevan after leading 4-1 in the first set. Fourth seed Vishal Uppal lost to Harsh Mankad 6-3 6-1, while Natekar won 6-2 6-3 over CV Anand.

Moras, Paite migrate to Bagan

MUMBAI: Local league champions Air-India8217;s star defender and international Jeevan Moras and speedy mid-fielder Khentang Paite would be donning the green and maroon colours for Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan this season. Air-India and Maharashtra State football coach Bimal Ghosh, who returned from Bangalore after hunting for new talents, said today that it was a big loss for his team as both Moras and Paite had performed impressively in the just concluded National League.

Pratibha, Subhashini share lead

KOZHIKODE: Y Pratibha and T S Subhashini, both from Tamil Nadu, emerged as joint leaders with five points each at the end of the sixth round of the 14th National Sub-junior Girls Chess Championship at the indoor stadium here today.

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Important 6th round results: C V Rajalakshmi TN 4.5 lost to Y Pratibha TN 5. TSSubhashini TN 5 bt JE Kavitha TN 4, C Delphin TN 4.5 bt Baisakhi Das WB 4, RA Mahima TN 3.5 lost to Koneru Humpy AP 4.5, Ananya Sarkar WB 4.5 bt Madhuri M Patil Mah 3.5, Manasi Dadarkar Mah 3 lost to Kanjula James TN, K Charanya TN 3 lost to P Sumathi TN 4, B Vijaya Deepthi AP 3 lost to Ashwini Kulkarni Mah 4, Monalisa Malakar Mah 3.5 drew with Eesha Karavade Mah 3.5.