MUMBAI, August 11: In a major upset of the event, unseeded Jagan Bengle thrashed top seed Vilas dalvi out of the Pratapchandra Gupta Memorial District Ranking Carrom Tournament, today. Bengle, a former State champion, faced a tough challenge in Dalvi in the first set but the former eventually won it 25-4. The second set however was a cake-walk for Bengle with a smooth 25-9 victory to enter the semis.

National Champion Parimi Nirmala faced some hiccups before finally overcoming former National Champion Nalini Bolingkar 25-9, 11-25, 25-16, to enter the semis in the womens singles.

Results (singles QFs)

Men's: Chakor Salve (Boricha Sports Club) bt Ramesh Deokule (MLWB) 25-10 20-25 25-10; Jagan Bengle (PNB) bt Vilas Dalvi (Ganesh Carrom Club) 25-24, 25-9; Mahendra Tambe bt Shamji Padaya (BMC) 25-0 25-6; Nagsen Esambe (BOI) bt Amit Mohite (Khar Carrom Club) 25-5 25-6

Women's: Anupama Kedar bt Manisha Nagaonkar 25-14 23-25 25-5; Parimi Nirmala bt Nalini Bolinjkar 25-9 11-25 25-10; Malti Kelkar bt Supriya Harshe 25-0 25-0; Monaz Cooper bt Shamala Karanjkar 24-25 25-0 25-10

OLPS beat Anthony's: OLPS (Chembur) pipped St Anthony's (Malwani) 4-3 in a thrilling first round encounter of the under-16 Ahmed Sailor at St Xavier's ground, Parel today.

Jimmy Jose, Sriram Ramamoorthy, Menlyn Joseph and Kunal Katyal scored for the winners while Noel D'Souza, Tristan Mascarenhas and Sheldon Gracias found the net for St Anthony's.

Results

Under-16: IV-E: St Anthony's (Saki-Naka) 0 drew with St Aloysius (Bandra) 0; IV-F: St Augustine (Nerul) 2 (Yogesh Chawla, Praveen Shetty) bt School of Sacred Heart (Byculla) 0; IV-G: Hindi Vidya Bhavan 1 (Damani Viraj) drew with St Xavier's Boy's Academy 1 (Damani Vikram)

Ahmed Sailor under-16 (first round): OLPS (Chembur) 4 (Jimmy Jose, Sriram Ramamoorthy, Kunal Katyal, Menlyn Joseph) bt St Anthony's (Malwani) 3 (Noel D'Souza, Tristan Mascarenhas, Sheldon Gracias)

Under-14: III-A: Vidya Vikas (Vasai) 3 (Sanjay Colaco, Shanla Tushar, P Singh) bt Our Lady of Health (Sahar) 0; III-H: Atomic Energy Central School 4 (Sunil Sharma 2, Lakra Anjul, Patil Kunal) bt Our Lady of Dolours (Marine Lines) 0; III-L:: Anjum Khairul (Madanpura) 4 (Ansari Sameer 2, Noor Mohammad Gous, Wasim Qureshi) bt St Xavier's Boy's Acad 0 Army Red retain title: LAST year's winner Army Red retained the Services Racquet Championship title that concluded at Dhanush, Integrated Mess Complex here yesterday.

Army Green were runners-up while Indian Navy and Air Force secured third and fourth positions respectively. The championship consisting of team and individual events commenced on August 4.

Maj Rajdeep Brar won the individual championship by beating Maj R Malik in a keenly contested match. In the semis Maj Brar saved seven match points to quell Lt Kalia, while Maj Malik used his guile to outwit Capt N Narain in five games.

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