MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sania-Martina pair lifts WTA J&K in driver’s seat after 4th Ravi Singh Charak Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament Abrar Club, United CC script Finals doubles trophy enforcing follow-on HYDERABAD, Nov 1: Dereck Prince (56*) at the SINGAPORE, Nov 1: Before this, Sania and unbeaten in 22 matches, stretch- crease. convincing victories Martina had won eight titles ing back six tournaments. In Hyderabad were 122 for two J&K had posted 460 while Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, winning the toss advance into the next round. Indian tennis ace Sania (Indian Wells, Miami, fact, since their last defeat -- to in their second innings on day batting first, largely due to the and batting first, Nagrota Batting first, United Cricket Mirza and her Swiss partner Charleston, Wimbledon, US Chan Hao-Ching and Chan three, trailing Jammu and efforts of Mithun Manhas (150), JAMMU, Nov 1: Abrar Cricket Club scored a fighting Club scored a decent total of Martina Hingis lifted their ninth Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Yung-Jan in Cincinnati -- they Kashmir by 58 runs after fol- Parvez Rasool (75) and Ian Dev Cricket Club and United total of 148 runs in the stipulat- 180 runs in the allotted 20 title together this year beating Beijing) and finished runner-up have dropped just two sets. lowing on in the Ranji Trophy Singh (83). Cricket Club registered con- ed 20 overs, losing 6 wickets in overs. Makhan Singh and Vicky Muguruza and Suarez Group C match here. Brief Scores: vincing victories over their the process. Rahul Singh was were the main scorers with 55 Navarro -- late replacements in Hyderabad, resuming their Jammu and Kashmir 1st rivals to advance into the next the top scorer with 59 runs, and 49 runs respectively. Sahil the draw after Casey Dellacqua first innings at 113 for two, were Innings: 460 all out in 131.2 round of the ongoing 4th Ravi while Ishant, Mintu and and Gopi also contributed with and Yaroslava Shvedova's with- bowled out for 280 courtesy a overs (Mithun Manhas 150, Ian Singh Charak Memorial T20 Rajinder contributed with 27, 27 and 14 runs respectively. For drawal -- were completely out- spirited bowling effort by J&K's Dev Singh 83, Parvez Rasool Cricket Tournament, being held 24 and 17 runs to the total GNCC, Vicky and Neeta took 2 played in the match. Rohit Sharma and Zahoor Sofi, 75, Anwar Ahmed 5/92). at Satwari Cantonment ground, respectively. wickets each, while Akash In the second game, Sania who picked up four wickets Hyderabad 1st Innings: 280 here. For Abrar Club, Deepak claimed one wicket. unleashed a ferocious forehand each. all out in 92 and 122/2 in 39 In the first match of the day, Dogra (Baba) was the pick of In reply, GNCC managed to to break Muguruza. The hosts were grinding it overs (Hanuma Vihari 46 bat- Abrar Club outplayed Nagrota the bowlers, who took 2 wick- score 119 runs in the allotted The second set was more out in the second innings with ting, Dereck Prince 56 batting). Cricket Club by 6 wickets in an ets, while Sourav and Ashish overs, thus lost the match by 61 competitive, but Sania and Hanuma Vihari (46*) and (PTI) easy contest. claimed one wicket each. runs. Vicky, Jasvinder and Martina did not let go of their In reply, Abrar Cricket Club Bunty contributed 25, 21 and supremacy and wrapped up after chased the target easily by los- 16 runs to the total respective- little over an hour on court. ing 4 wickets to win the match ly. Harry Sharma was the pick "I feel like it was a perfect by 6 wickets. Deepak and of the bowlers, scalping 3 day," Hingis said. "Sania just Ishtiyaq were the main scorers wickets, while Gulshan Bali, played out of her mind - she was with 56 and 49 runs respective- Makhan and Danny took 2 everywhere today, getting ly. For Nagrota Club, Kamal wickets each. Makhan was Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India cel- everything back and playing took 4 wickets. adjudged as man of the match. ebrate with their trophy after defeating Garbine Muguruza of incredible tennis." In another match, United The matches were officiat- Spain and compatriot Carla Suarez Navarro in their women's This triumph is especially Cricket Club got better of ed by Vijay Choudhary and doubles finals tennis match of the WTA Finals at Singapore huge for Martina as the trophy Gandhi Nagar Cricket Club by Sam as umpires, while Dinesh Indoor Stadium. (UNI) was her 50th WTA doubles title, a big margin of 61 runs to Sharma was the scorer. a milestone only 15 players the Spanish pair of Garbine just once (Rome - falling to have reached (Martina Avinash, Tushar, Gulshan bag special awards Muguruza and Carla Suarez WTA Rising Stars Timea Babos Navratilova, Rosie Casals, Pam Navarro to clinch the WTA and Kristina Mladenovic). Shriver, Billie Jean King, Finals women's doubles trophy The Indo-Swiss pairing Natasha Zvereva, Lisa Young Rovers wins Senior Division here today. dropped serve only once Raymond, Jana Novotna, Sania and Martina, the top through the match and broke Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Gigi seeds, prevailed 6-0 6-3 over their opponents five times to Fernandez, Helena Sukova, Football League Tournament their eight-seeded rivals in a wrap up a comprehensive victo- Larisa Neiland, Cara Black, Excelsior Sports Correspondent minute. Avinash Kumar of Young lopsided summit clash, which ry. Rennae Stubbs, Wendy Turnbull Cueists Ananya and Arjun aiming at target during a match of Junior Snooker District lasted little over an hour. Sania and Martina are now and Liezel Huber). (PTI) JAMMU, Nov 1: Outplaying Rovers was declared best scorer Championship at MA Stadium in Jammu. — Excelsior/Rakesh Sainik Colony by two goals to of the League, while Tushar one (2-10 in the summit clash, Heer of Jammu United Club and Players display composure in Young Rovers Football Club lift- Gulshan Kumar of Lone Star ed the title trophy of the Senior Football Club were adjudged second round of Jr Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent Stadium, here. Danish Gupta beat Ishan Singh Earlier, Mandeep Singh top- (2-1), Aman Choudhary trounced JAMMU, Nov 1: Players dis- pled Aman Sharma (2-1)by(63- Samarth Amla (2-0), Vasu dev played composure and showed 36,26-61, 63-34), while Kunal Singh beat Mohit Khajuria (2-0) promise and grit to enter the pre- Jamwal got better of Sidharth and Rohit Chib outplayed quarterfinals of Junior Snooker Jamwal (2-0), Ragun Choudhary Akshay Kumar (2-0). District Championship in the outplayed Divya Pratap (2-0), Marker Rakesh Sharma con- ongoing 23rd Jammu District Rajat Gandral prevailed over ducted the matches, while the Junior and Senior Billiards and Akshay Sharma (2-0),Aditya matches are being held under the Dignitaries and students during celebration of 61st Annual Day at Presentation Convent Senior Snooker Championship, being Sharma prevailed over Sahil (2- supervision of organizing com- Secondary School in Jammu on Sunday. organized by J&K Billiards and 1), Rohit Sharma beat Amarjeet mittee headed by Jaideep, Snooker Association at MA Singh (2-1), Arjun Singh Gurjeev Singh and Sohail Presentation Convent celebrates Shahidi Cup trounced Ananya Mahajan (2-0), Khalid. Winners of Senior Division Football League posing for a Cricket tourney Young Lal Chowk FC wins group photograph alongwith DIG Jammu on Sunday. Annual Day with pomp & show gets underway Division Football Tournament at best goal keeper and upcoming Excelsior Correspondent RD Sharma, Vice Chancellor Principal of the School, Sr Excelsior Sports Correspondent football final via tie-breaker GGM Science College Football player of the League. Jammu University was the chief Hema, Primary School Excelsior Sports Correspondent The chief guest distributed ground, here today. The match was officiated by JAMMU, Nov 1: The second guest on the occasion, while Rt. Coordinator, Shweta Bakshi and KARGIL, Nov 1: The prizes among the winners and For Young Rovers, Rahul Suresh Kumar Gupta, Vijay day of the 61st Annual Day of Rev Bishop Ivan Pereira was Head Girl, Bhavya Jain. Shahidi Cricket Cup T-20 tour- SRINAGAR, Nov 1: J&K runners-up teams on the occa- Sharma scored the first goal in Kumar, Moon Stephen and Presentation Convent Senior also present. The musical dance drama nament at Khri Sultan Cho Bank finally emerged the sion. 17th minute of the match, while Rooney Yallop. Secondary School , Jammu was The programme began with titled 'Beckoning Light' depicted Stadium, Biamathang is organ- champions of the State’s J&K The tournament was organ- Arun the netted the second goal Ashkoor Ahmed Wani, DIG celebrated with pomp and show the lighting of the ceremonial the agony of an expatriate who ised in the memory of brave Bank and Khyber Big Premier ized by J&K Football in 22nd minute. For Sainik Jammu was the chief guest on in the School Campus, here lamp by the chief guest, had been away from her domain hearts of Indian Army and Football League 2015, here Association (DFA Srinagar) Colony, Dharam Pal Singh was the valedictory function, while today. Manager of the School Sr Stella, but longs to be part of her realm, Kargil Awam who laid down the goal scorer in 45th minute of Sukhdev Singh Chouhan (SP her Motherland. their lives during the Indo- Pak the match through penalty. City), Karan Chalotra (SHO) The programme resonated wars of 1947-48, 1965, 1971 Yellow card was shown to and Vijay Kumar (SI) were pres- the values of presentation legacy and the Kargil Conflict of 1999.