Sindhu and doubles teams enter last eight
Eshwar triumphs
Eshwar defeated Manas 62 in the boys’ under16 final of the Twin Cities tennis tournament at GBR Club (Kompally) on Thursday.
The results (all finals): Men, doubles: K. Chris Allan James & K. Stephen James bt Praveen & Eshwar 75.
Boys: U-12: Bhavesh bt Ayaan 62; U-14: P. Goutham bt Saiansh Puri 63; U-16: Eshwar bt Manas 62. Mixed event: U-8: Adhya Reddy bt Y. Hanish Sai 65(4); U-10: R. Goutham bt Karteek 64.
TS throwball teams
The Telangana men’s and women’s teams to take part in the 33rd Federation Cup throwball in Shirdi from March 29 to 31 were named.
The teams:
Men: Abbas (capt.), Lokesh Reddy, Yuvan Reddy, Sagar, Tarun Teja, Balakrishna, Dheeraj, Nitin, Balaji, Sahil, Karthik, Srikanth, Pranay, Vinay and Sriramulu. Coach: Siddeshwar Reddy; Manager: Sharath Kumar Reddy. Women: Varsha (capt.), Jahnavi,
One for the album:
tournament.
The medallists of the Twin Cities tennis
Sarayu, Akshita, Lavanya, Sindhu, Shailu, Mahima, Snigdha, Christiana Paul, Archana, Mukitha, Keerthi, Pavani and Renuka. Coach: P.B. Chakrapani; Manager: Mallikarjuna Siddhu.
TFA referees qualify
Telangana Football Association (TFA) secretary G. Palguna informed that four from the State qualified as national referees after clearing the preNational football referees fitness test for the South Zone championship to be held at Palakkad (Kerala). They
are Prasanth Kumar, Krishna Reddy, Syed Khaleel and Raji Naidu.
MOBS ◣I wins
MOBS ◣I scored a 32run win over Stalwart Cricket Club in the final of the Platinum Cup Twilight invitation tournament. The scores: Mobs ◣I 198/8 in 20 overs (Raj Dhoni 88, Jai Nag 35) bt Stalwart 166/8 in 20 overs (Dileep 51 n.o., S. Vikranth 3/25).
Saanvi in US women’s national cricket team
Immadi Saanvi, a Telugu girl with roots in
Saanvi.
Hyderabad, got a place in the US women’s national cricket team.
Saanvi will represent the American team in the T20 World Cup Qualifiers in the UAE later this year. The 15yearold made her cricket debut in 2020 for San Ramon Youth Cricket Association California. She claimed nine wickets on debut in the u13 category.
Sanvi was trained by ICC Level3 coach Jagadish Reddy, who hails from Hyderabad.
P.V. Sindhu made the quarterfinals of the Madrid Spain Masters badminton with a 2114, 2112 win over Taiwan’s Huang YuHsun, on Thursday.
Eighthseeded men’s doubles team of M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila and the mixed pairing of B. Sumeeth Reddy and N. Sikki Reddy also made the last eight.
With top seed Carolina Marin of Spain pulling out after her titlewinning run at the All England Championships and Swiss Open in the last two weeks, Sindhu is now the favourite to claim the crown.Sindhu won her last BWF tour title at the 2022 Singapore Open Super 500.
On Wednesday, it was curtains for K. Srikanth, Mithun Manjunath and Kiran George in the opening round.
Japan’s Koo Takahashi beat former World No. 1 Srikanth 2118, 2115, Mithun Manjunath, who qualified for the main draw, lost 1121, 1221 against Taiwan’s Wang Tzu Wei, and Kiran was beaten by Taiwan’s Chia Hao Lee 218, 2110.
The results: Women (pre-quarters): P.V. Sindhu bt Huang YuHsun (Tpe) 2114, 2112. Men: Singles (round of 32): Koo Takahashi (Jpn) bt K. Srikanth 2118, 2115; Wang Tzu Wei (Tpe) bt Mithun Manjunath 2111, 2112; Chia Hao Lee (Tpe) bt Kiran George 218, 2110. Doubles (pre-quarters): M.R. Arjun & Dhruv Kapila bt Mathew & Christopher Grimley (Sco) 2117, 2119.Mixed doubles (Pre-quarters): B. Sumeeth Reddy & N. Sikki Reddy bt Presley Smith & Allison Lee (USA) 2220, 2118.