Sonu, Sashi enter third round

MUMBAI, JULY 3: Sonu Murani and Sashi Gupta staged a splendid recovery in the deciding game to register a come-from-behind 2-1 win over fa...

MUMBAI, JULY 3: Sonu Murani and Sashi Gupta staged a splendid recovery in the deciding game to register a come-from-behind 2-1 win over fancied Karan Bhatti and Jatin Guranani, to advance to the third-round of the team event in The Leela-Switcher-Monarch Handicap Team and Doubles Twin Squash Tournament at The Leela Hotel, on Sunday.

Inspired by the experience of winning nine points in a row, Murani and Gupta finally pipped their opponents for a thrilling 9-15 15-7 15-14 victory.

Results 2nd round: Carl Bokdawalla/Kabir Kapoor bt Parth Doshi/Santosh More 15-14 10-15 15-11, Anuraj Gill/Rishabh Singhvi bt Sanjay Pawar/Vijay Sonawane 17-16 15-10, Chandrakant Pawar/Abhijeet Kukreja bt Sunil Goel/Mukesh 5-15 15-7 15-14, Amitpal Kohli/Saket Wali bt Inderpal Singh/Leon Emanuel 15-12 12-15 17-14.

Central Bank score

Central Bank of India B8217; trounced Khadigram 3-0 in a team championship first-round game of the KUC 38th Open District Carrom Tournament at the Vanmali Hall, Dadar W, on Monday.

Results 8211; Team championship 1st round: Central Bank of India B8217; bt Khadigram 3-0: Balkrishna Shenoy bt Ramesh Rathod 25-9 25-4, Sudhakar Mhoshilkar bt Shashikant More 25-5 25-6, CBI got walk-over; Principle Director of Audit bt Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board D1 Road 3-0: Dilip Kale bt Mangesh Bhalerao 25-10 25-10, Jitendra Kale bt Surog Kajrolkar 10-25 25-11 20-18, Dilesh Khedekar bt Ashok Gurav 25-16 25-16; FCC bt Sachivalaya Gym 3-0: Venkatesh Myakal bt Javed Nakhwa 25-15 18-19 25-22, Sudhakar Shirke bt Dattaram Vasawe 16-25 25-22 25-10, SP Dastula bt P Bhatkar 25-9 25-0.

Badminton tourney

The Greater Mumbai District Badminton Selection Tournament will be held at the Cricket Club of India CCI courts from July 10 to 15. Entries close at 5.00 pm on July 6.