MUMBAI, JAN 7: Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana, Nagpur (SNG) and Indian Navy had few problems in setting up a summit clash in the men's final of the 2nd Fr Agnel Open basketball tournament at Vashi today. While Shivaji Nagar brushed aside Chembur YMCA by a 29-point margin, the Navymen ousted Income-Tax 68-47.The morrow promises two exciting showdowns. Ghatkopar YMCA, whose stock has been soaring this season, will take on Mastan YMCA in the junior boys final for the second consecutive time: At their home tournament last month, Ghatkopar had won with comfortable ease. The men's final is expected to go SNG way, who have not lost in the city since June 1997.
RESULTS
Men's league (semis): Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana, Nagpur 77 (Shirhari Garge 21, Pradeep Mukherjee 15, Pankaj Deshmukh 14, Satish Warrier 12) bt Chembur YMCA 48 (Santosh Rao 16, Anish Sanghvi 12) HT 33-22; Indian Navy 68 (Satyan 24, Jophy 16) bt Income-Tax 47 (Stephen Rodrigues 16, Clarence Menezes 11) HT 40-29; (QF): Income-Tax 72 (StephenRodrigues 25, Shibu George 18, Clarence Menezes 10) bt Mumbai Police 56 (Irfan Khan 22, Noor Mohammed Shaikh 14, Sudhir Nagvekar 10) HT 36-32; Chembur YMCA 80 (Anish Sanghvi 23, S Gopal 15, Santosh Rao 14) bt Swastik Kreeda Mandal, Nagpur 67 (Ankush Raut 23, A Kanpurkar 15) HT 43-34.
Doctors in semis
Doctors Acharya and Pendharkar advanced to the over-45 semi-finals of the Khar Gymkhana veteran's doubles tennis tournament today. The doctors beat Satish Khanna-Thakurdas Jagwani 6-3, 6-1.
RESULTS
Over-45 (quarter-finals): Dr Acharya/Dr Pendharkar bt Satish Khanna/Thakurdas Jagwani 6-3, 6-1; DA Kapadia/A Natrajan bt S Dalvi/NK Choksi 6-1, 6-2; Sudhir Shah/Rajan Shahri b Mohan Belani/Jamnu Dhankani 6-1, 6-2; Dharmu Punjabi/Moti Shewararmani bt N Valecha/Mani Subramaniam 6-0, 6-2.
Over-65 (quarer-finals): Cap Godbole/Mohan Mirchandani bt C Fernandes/Bringi 6-2, 6-1; KC Rai/H Baijal bt RM Sane/Parulekar 6-3, 6-0; SC Kakar/Chandan Sidhwani b K Razdan/P Kewalramani 6-2, 6-1.
BESTdown Sachivalaya
BEST destroyed Sachivalaya Gymkhana's dream of making it to the top of the Punjab National Bank-sponsored BHA Third Division league by defeating them 2-0 at the Naigaum Police ground here today. BEST finished their engagements with two wins, one draw and a loss for an aggregate of seven points. Sachivalaya have won two matches and drawn on with two matches remaining. Sunil Sakre and Dominic Pereira scored for the winners.
Orissa, Maharashtra win
Orissa men and Maharashtra women won the team titles in the All-India Telecom badminton Tournament at the Andheri Sports Complex recently. Maharashtra and Mumbai finished second in men and women respectively.
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