CARROM
Dr. Akhilesh Memorial Deccan Premier Carrom League Season 2 to begin from August 23
Many internationals will take part in the second edition of the Dr. Akhilesh Memorial Deccan Premier Carrom League, presented by Vajra Sports Pvt Ltd, to be held at Navyabharathi Global School (Nizamabad, Telangana) from August 23 to 26, according to Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sampathy, chairman of the League.
Dr. Sampathy said that thanks to the initiative of Mr. K. Santhosh Kumar, chairman of the Navyabharathi Global School who is himself a player, the event would be much a bigger success as all the needed improvements on the organisational front have been put in place.
Players from the seven States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Keral,a Maharashtra and Odisha besides some internationals would be in action.
In all eight teams will vie for top honours with each team comprising five (men and women) in the league to be played on league-cum-knock-out format of two singles and one doubles matches in team event while the singles will feature Swiss round-robin league followed by knock-outs.
Registrations begin on May 12 and close on May 27 and the players will be shortlisted and notified on May 30.
Directors of Carrom Live Platform Jay Suryadevara and Aditya Chavali, along with the key partner SPSMT, will be providing all-round support to ensure live streaming of the highest standard, Mr. Sampathy informed The Hindu.
Carrom Live Platform will, for the first time in India, have paperless scoring, scores entry through the mobiles, live scores and online statistics besides live streaming.
Besides the teams winning cash prizes for the top four finishes, the singles winner will get Rs. 60,000, second-placed Rs. 40,000, third-placed Rs. 20,000 and the fourth-placed Rs 10,000. And, the white slam fetches Rs. 3000 and the black slam Rs. 1500 each.
- V.V. Subrahmanyam
TENNIS
Junior Davis Cup: India beats Indonesia for second win
The Indian team beat Indonesia 3-0 for its second victory in group-B in the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday.
Rethin Pranav gave a flying start for the team by blanking Rais Dewantara. Kriish Tyagi ensured victory with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Muhammad Akkmal.
Kriish combined with Aarjun Pandit to win the doubles 10-8 in the super tie-break.
The Indian boys who had beaten Iran earlier, will play Japan in the last league match to decide the group topper. Both the teams have already made the quarterfinals.
Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are the teams in the other groups that have confirmed their entry into the quarterfinals.
The results (league):
ITF women’s tennis tournament: Isabella Aguirre beat Ashmitha Easwaramurthi
Isabella Aguirre beat Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Vierumaki, Finland.
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