Jayakumar, Ravindra, Karimulla enter PQFs

Vijayawada: Jayakumar, Ravindra Reddy, Sk Karimulla from Guntur while Janardhana Reddy and Ganesh from Visakhapatnam entered the pre-quarterfinals in the AP state carrom championship being held at Machilipatnam on Sunday. Results: Ch Janadhan Reddy (Vsp) bt I Veerabhadra (NTR) 25-4, 25-0; GH Srinivasa Rao (Prakasam) bt A Kiran Kumar (Krnl) 25-0, 18-17; Sk Karimulla (Guntur) bt Ch Siva Sankar (Prakasam) 25-10, 25-0; Sd Md.Sadiq (Guntur) bt G V Ramana (Prakasam) 20-18, 25-12; G Jayakumar (Guntur) bt M Ganesh (Vsp) 25-4, 25-5; A Manohar (NTR) bt D Ramachandran (Nellore) 25-0, 21-4; B Ravindra Reddy (Guntur) bt Y Srinivasa Rao (Prakasam) bt 21-5, 22-8; YSD Ramesh (Vsp) bt N Vijaya Babu (Kri ) 25-0, 25-0.Satya Krish bags double Satya Krish bagged a double in the YSR Trophy Vijayawada zonal tennis tournament at IGMC Stadium, Vijayawada on Sunday. In the 12+ category, Satya Krish defeated Sree Vaishaali 6-2 to clinch the title and in the 10+, Satya Krish beat Sree Vaishaali again 6-3 to claim the title. SD Kumar, director of the tournament, presented the trophies to the winners Results (Finals): 10+: Satya Krish bt Sree Vaishaali 6-2. 12 +: Satya Krish bt Sree Vaishaali 6-3 , 14+: Venkata Karthik bt Vaishnavi 6-2. 16+: Yudhir bt Ashish 6-4. 7+ : Peram Atharva bt D Kartheek 6-0.Uma Mahesh felicitated Vijayawada city shooter and bronze medallist in the world rifle shooting championship Maddineni Uma Mahesh was felicitated by Vijayawada municipal corporation mayor R Bhagya Lakshmi on Sunday. Uma Mahesh is beng trained by coach N Subrahmaneswara Rao at the Indian Academy of Shooting Sport, Tadigadapa, Vijayawada. Jyothi, Anusha for World varsity meetAndhra Pradesh athletes Jyothi Yerraji, Anusha Mallala will represent the Indian universities team in the World Universities athletic meet to be held in Chengdu, China from August 1 to 6. Jyothi will be participating in the 100m hurdles, Anusha will take part in the triple jump event. Jyothi had won the gold medal in the Asian Athletics championships in 100m hurdles in Bangkok recently. NTR dist U-13 football teamThe following players have been selected to represent NTR district in the AP inter-district U-13 sub-junior football tournament to be held in Eluru from August 7. Team: V Dhanush, G Kounish, D Blasik Koushil, K Akash, L Adikaran, D Tanuj Kumar, G Lokesh, S Lalith Kumar, V Sravan Kumar, N Karthik Kumar, Sk Rehaman, G Omkar, V Dhanush, M Akhil, B Bhanu Prasad, D Akash. Standbys: Sk Rehan, K Moses, P Ratnachand, M Karthik Sarma, G Yaswanth Sai, S Udaya Kumar.