Other results (9th round): Rahul Shetty (7) bt IM P Mithrakant, Nassir Wajih (7) drew with IM K Murugan (7), TV Karthikeyan drew with SS Ganguly (7), Shawkat Hossain lost to DK Sharma, Enamul Hosssain bt Sandipan Chanda, K Visheswaran drew with CS Gokhale, S Satyapragyan drew with Shankar Roy

Maharashtra in final
Chennai: Holders Tamil Nadu will meet Maharashtra in the final of the Central Revenue Sports Control Board second Inter-state volleyball tournament on Tuesday. In the semi-finals, Maharashtra beat Andhra Pradesh 22-25 17-25 25-20 28-26 15-11 while Tamil Nadu defeated Delhi 25-19 25-18 25-22.

Seeds advance
Vijayawada: All seeded players in the Mini boys singles entered the second round on the opening day of the13th Mini/Sub-junior National badminton championship.

Results: Sub-junior boys: Rohan Castelino (Ktk) bt Jaideep Sarviya (Guj) 15-8, 15-2; B Vikas Reddy (AP) bt Mukul Thapa (UP) 15-6, 15-9; Vineet Manuel (Ker) bt Premkumar (Bih) 15-6, 15-2; Utsav Prkash (Ktk) bt Mayank Behl (Pun) 16-17, 15-0, 15-3. Mini: T Dinesh (AP) bt Datta Prasad Sakanth (Goa) 15-2, 15-4; Ashutosh Pant (UP) bt Suranjam Bhobare (Asm) 15-3, 15-1; P Kashyap (Ktk) bt Renu Chkravarty (Tpr) 15-1, 15-2; Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) bt Gautam (Ker) 15-0, 15-1; Ajay Jayram (Mah) bt Alexusviyaj (Pon) 15-0, 15-0; Anand Pawar (Mah) bt Vasho Vardan 15-1, 15-1; Rohi Sadani (Mah) bt Rohul Dey (Asm) 15-1, 15-1; Amit Khadgi (Mah) bt Akash Shah (Guj) 15-0, 15-1.Mini girls: Krishna Deka Raj (Asm) bt Nandini (HP) 11-1, 11-0; Shipi Kankane (Mah) bt Ch Sivarani Devi (Mnp) 11-0, 11-0; Vaidehi Dave (Guj) bt Kawleen Sehtal (Raj) 11-3, 11-5; Charu Bajaj (UP) bt Vanisha Kalhotra (JK) 13-10, 11-7.