Ishan, Fazal in SFs

Vijayawada: Y Ishan, Fazal Ali, R.Mithil and V Thanish entered the semifinals in the U-14 boys category of the AITA championship series tennis tournament being held at Star Tennis Academy, Vijayawada.
Results: U-14 boys QFs: Y Ishan bt Ishaayu Desai 6-0, 6-0; Fazal Ali bt H Mahesh 6-1, 6-0; V Thanish bt B Yaswanth 6-1, 6-2; A Mithil A. bt R. Kumar 7-6 (5) – 6-0.U-16 boys QFs: D Abhiram bt Y Getamanean 3-6, 7-6, 6-4; Y Ishan bt T Jayanth 6-0, 6-2; Mital bt V.Narendra 6-3, 6-0. U-14 girls QFs: K Sandhya bt Tanvi Sree 6-3, 6-2; Prutha Rao bt Rupa Devi 6-1, 6-0; G Jositha bt J Ruby John 6-2, 6-3; Nehal Maria bt T Jhanavi 6-0, 6-0. U-16 girls QFs: V Kethika bt Anki Reddy 6-0, 6-0; V S Prasanna bt Charitha Akshaya 6-1, 6-1; B Ristha bt G Joshitha 6-1, 6-1; T Himaja Reddy bt Nehal Maria 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
IASS shooters bag 21 medals
Trainees at the the Indian Academy of Shooting Sport, Tadigadapa secured 21 medals (12 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze) in the AP inter-district shooting championship held at the IASS shooting ranges.
Winners: Pistol: D YaswanthReddy (gold), K Bhuvana (2 gold), Koteswaramma (gold), M Mokshith Reddy (gold), V Nupura (silver), V Ruhika (one gold & one silver), Raja Rajeswari (silver), P Srihan Sathvik (silver), Akbar Basha (silver) J Gopi Krishna (bronze) . Rifle: Shanumukha Rishendra (gold), D Akshaye (two gold), S Tanvi (gold & one silver), P Hemanth Hrithik Rddy (gold), P Dharanidhar Reddy (gold), V. Bhavana (bronze) N. Sobhana Eshan (bronze).
Mahendra, Aditya, Kiran win
M Mahendra Teja, R Aditya, K Kiran and K Sowgandha won medals in the men’s category of the Guntur district men and women open chess tournament in Guntur. A Naga Siva Sai Divya, V Mohitha, K Vishnavi, Ch Radhika won medals in the girls section and were selected to participate the AP inter-district tournament held at Tirupati from May 26.
Paul for Asia Pacific
Guntur tennis player N Paul Manohar has been selected to participate in the Asia Pacific Masters Games tennis event to be held in South Korea from May 12.
Deepika bags gold
Skater P Chaitra Deepika of Krishna district has won the gold medal in pair skating and freestyle event in the 11-14 age category of the National roller skating championship held in Chandigargh.