Satakshi bags a golden double
LUCKNOW: Young Satakshi Tiwari caused the biggest-ever upset at the AITA Talent Series only in the finals here on Friday when she wrested both the under-14 and under-12 titles in the girls section in style.
Playing quite aggressively, Satakshi first shocked top seed Sasa Katiyar 6-3, 6-3 in the under-14 singles final, before outplaying the same rival in the under-12 final by 6-3, 6- 2, at the Vijayantkhand stadium.
Sasa had some consolation when she bagged the girls undere-14 doubles title. While pairing with Kalpana Kumari, she defeated the pair of Gargi Das and Yati Besain 1-6, 6- 2 and 10-8.
In the boys under-14 final top seed Vansh Yadav defeated third seed Daksh Kumar Singh 7-6 (2), 6-3, whereas top seed Arjun Sharma had the under-12 title, brushing aside Siddharth Yadav 6-2, 6-0.
Under-14 boys doubles title went to Vansh Yadav and Ambitious Goldsmith, who defeated Naman Mehta and Parth Ratra 6-2, 6-2.
STATE BASKETBALL
Suparsh Awasthi Memorial Mini Under-14 B League State Basketball Championship begins Saturday, at the Amity University campus here in Gomti Nagar.
In all 20 teams of both boys and girls from all parts of the state have confirmed their participation.
OPEN CHESS
The 5th O P Nanda Memorial Open Chess Tournament starts here on Saturday in Nishatganj. So far 80 players, including many national and internationals, have confirmed their participation.
SHUBHAM EXCELS
Shubham Vishwakarma hammered an unbeaten 141 in 146 balls with the help of 20 fours and two sixes as ASCA ‘C’ trounced ASCA ‘A’ by 74 runs in a league match of the Thakur Uttam Singh Memorial cricket tournament. ASCA ‘C’ made 266/7 while batting first after winning the toss, and in reply, ASCA A got out for 192 in 49.3 overs.