SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Federer, Djokovic in dream US Open final Harikrishna, Sethuraman Ageless Paes lifts US Open mixed NEW YORK, Sept 12: final, where Djokovic triumphed years to get back to the final and to claim his ninth career Grand tonight it worked," Federer said Roger Federer reached his Slam crown. after his 92-minute win sealed win in World Chess Cup first US Open final in six years, Federer, the holder of 17 by a 10th ace. doubles trophy with Hingis BAKU (AZERBAIJAN), Sept 12: same result against Bruzon where will face world number majors but without a Grand "I am playing at a good NEW YORK, Sept 12: with Paes when they won them have come with Indians. Lazarov of Cuba. one Novak Djokovic in the 42nd Slam title since Wimbledon in level, possibly my best. I am Australian Open and the She won her first mixed dou- Highest rated Indian P M R Lalith Babu also secured Veteran Indian tennis star serving very well, going for my Wimbledon in 2003. bles trophy with Mahesh Harikrishna crushed Max half a point against much higher Leander Paes scripted history by shots. With this win, the Paes- Bhupathi when they won 2006 Illingworth of Australia to virtual- rated Radoslav Wojtazsek of notching up the US Open mixed "I'd love for it to keep work- Hingis duo, which also won the Australian Open. ly book a second round berth in Poland but Surya Shekhar doubles title with Swiss partner ing for one more match." the World Chess Cup now under- Ganguly ended on the receiving Martina Hingis to become the Federer is the oldest finalist way here. end against talented Russian format's most successful male in a Slam since 35-year-old Grandmaster S P Sethuraman Vladislav Artemiev of Russia. player in the Open era. Andre Agassi at the 2005 US also scored an easy victory over The USD 1.6 million event The fourth seeded Indo- Open, which the Swiss star won. Russian Sanan Sjugirov in the first did not have any major hiccups for Swiss pair edged past unseeded On Sunday, he will face game of the first round of this the higher ranked players in the Americans Bethanie Mattek- Djokovic for the sixth time this knock-out event among 128 play- opening round as most of them Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4 3-6 year -- all have been in finals. ers. cruised through. However, Anish 10-7 in a tricky final to win their "Novak has had a tremen- Harikrishna and Sethuraman Giri of Holland and Boris Gelfand third Major title together this dous year. There's a lot on the just need a draw with white pieces of Israel were amongst the few season. line. He could win his third in the return game to meet each stars who were held to draws by The 42-year-old Paes has Slam of the year while I can win other in the second round of one of lesser known opponents in the first now won nine Grand Slam my first for some time. the toughest event, based upon the game. mixed doubles titles, surpassing "He's the best mover on hard survival-of-the-fittest theory. With one more game to go compatriot and former partner Leander Paes along with Martina Hingis after winning US courts. He will be tough to beat It turned out to be a mixed day under standard time control in Mahesh Bhupathi's record of Open mixed doubles title in New York.(UNI) but I am ready for the chal- otherwise for the remaining round one, none of the stars look eight titles. lenge," said Federer, the cham- Australian Open and the Hingis is also in contention Indians in the fray as B Adhiban in any danger of crossing the first He is now behind only the pion from 2004-2008 and run- Wimbledon titles early this sea- in women's doubles, where she Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after beating Stan could get a half point against round and the next round will see legendary Martina Navratilova, ner-up to Juan Martin del Potro son, have become the first is partnering Sania Mirza. The Wawrinka of Switzerland on day twelve of the 2015 U.S. Open Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia more lively pairings on almost all who won 10 mixed doubles tro- in 2009. (Agencies) mixed doubles team since 1969 two had earlier won the tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis while Vidit Gujrathi achieved the boards.(PTI) phies. Of those 10, two came Center. (UNI) to win three Grand Slam mixed Wimbledon this year. doubles titles in the same year. They are up against round of their heavyweight 2012, will take a 21-20 career J&K Bank enters final round of Khyber Bhaskar Degree College It was Paes' 17th Grand Yaroslava Shvedova of rivalry. edge over Djokovic into the Slam title overall and Hingis' Kazakhstan and Casey Five-time champion Federer, championship match, having Super Division Football League organizes table tennis tournament 19th. Hingis has won four Dellacqua of Australia in the 34, bidding to become the oldest Grand Slam titles and all of summit clash. (PTI) won their last duel in Cincinnati Excelsior Sports Correspondent The momentum carried on as Excelsior Sports Correspondent In the girls category, the New York champion since 1970, in August. swept past Swiss compatriot the team in its last match quarterfinal were played The Swiss legend was impe- SRINAGAR, Sept 12: J&K against JK Police dominated UDHAMPUR, Sept 12: Kohli, Ishant, Dhawan among Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 Bank Football Team one of the between Asia, Swati, Rachna, rious against Wawrinka and his possession from the word go Bhaskar Degree College Djokovic, the 2011 champi- power houses of the State con- Shweta, Pooja and Simran as victory means he has not with attacking football from Udhampur organised a two day on, booked a place in the final tinued its excellent run in the Pooja and Simran got a bye in dropped a set since the Rizwan and Rohit. The 2nd half inte-section table tennis tourna- 45 Ranji probables for the sixth time with a record State Annual Super League with the first round. The semifinals Wimbledon final, a perfect started on the same note with ment for the students, which NEW DELHI, Sept 12: Chauhan said in a release. 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 rout of defending an emphatic 2-0 win over JK were won by Simran and Pooja. stretch of 28 sets, as he reached Bank pressing from early on concluded at the College The selected players: champion Marin Cilic in the Police and qualified for the final Campus, here today. The finals were played between Indian Test Virat a seventh US Open final. when Toufiq's shot was saved by , Shikhar most one-sided US Open semi- round. A total of 36 students partic- Pooja and Simran, in which Kohli is among 45 cricketers Dhawan, , "I'm very happy. It's been a the rival goalkeeper. The persist- final of the modern era. The League which features ipated in the tournament and 34 Simran was declared the winner. named for Delhi team's Ranji , , great tournament so far, I have ent pressing was rewarded when Tomorrow's clash will be a 14 of the State’s best matches were played. The tour- The chief guest was chief Trophy camp beginning at the , , tried very hard in the last six Rohit pelted the ball into the top rematch of July's Wimbledon Departmental and Private Clubs nament was smoothly conducted patron of the College, Ashok Feroz Shah Kotla here , Vaibhav Rawal, corner. Then Adnan netted witnessed four teams making under the supervision of Rajesh Khajuria, while Shiv Kumar and September 14. , , another goal to help his team City Invitational Football their way into the final round Verma, Director Sports and members of Management, Prof. Besides Kohli, who led , Mohit which included Food & win by (2-0), thus resulting in Physical Education. Sukham Chand Principal to a historic Test series triumph Sharma, , Supplies, JK Forest, Lones Star their qualification. The winners of semifinals Bhartiya College of Education , in Sri Lanka recently, the likes , , tournament inaugurated Kashmir FC and JK Bank, the The final round will see the were Ankit, Rajat, Raman and Principal Bhaskar Degree of , Ishant Shelly Shaurya, Kshitiz Sharma, 4th and final team to qualify for best 4 teams pitted against each Kunal while the final was College Udhampur and faculty Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Jagrit Anand, Aditya Kaushik, Excelsior Sports Correspondent bearers of the Association were other with each team playing 3 Ashish Nehra were also named also present. the League. played between Ankit and members were present on the , Pratyush Singh, SRINAGAR, Sept 12: The The team started its cam- matches each and the team with Raman, wherein Raman was occasion. among the probables. Himmat Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Praising the efforts put in by the most points will be crowned "The camp will start from first edition of City Invitational organising committee for conduc- paign with a goalless draw declared the winner in boys cat- The winners were awarded Sarthak Ranjan, Rahul Yadav, Football Tournament 2015 was as the champion. Monday, September from tion of the tournament, Mr Thakur against Kashmir FC but soon egory. trophies by the chief guest. , Javed Khan, inaugurated at Eidgah Ground J&K Bank defeated 8:30am at Ferozeshah Kotla assured all possible help to the gathered momentum with con- , , with an exhibition match between Maharaja Sports Club today in Grounds, New Delhi. The play- organising committee for smooth secutive wins over JK SRTC, , , J&K F&S XI and Loan Star KFC, its last league match before the ers will report to Madan Lal, Ex- conduct of the tournament . Arafat sports, Maharaja Sports , Shivam Sharma, here today. beginning of the final round. Test cricketer who will be the Ex-chairman J&K Bank and Jhelum Sports FC. Arjun Gupta, Rishab Pant, The tournament is being Chief Mentor Advisor. He will Jaideep Chauhan, Pradeep Sports Board, Abdul Hamid played under the aegis of J&K be assisted by Amit Bhandari Malik, Sarang Rawat, Rajesh Banday, who is the chairman of Football Association and is being Jammu, Srinagar lift State (former cricketer)," the Delhi Sharma, Saurabh Passi, Gagan the organising committee thanked sponsored by Saifco Cements Pvt and District Association Bhatia, Sidhant Sharma, Rishit all the stakeholders for their sup- Ltd. (DDCA) vice-president Chetan Saini, Sagar Malik. (PTI) The tournament is a joint ini- port. Level Basketball titles tiative of Ex-Football players of Local people of the area and Excelsior Sports Correspondent by 25-8 points, while as District Bajrang misses out on bronze the area and Safaloo Football football lovers across the Valley Jammu defeated District Swimmers of Jodhamal Public School posing for a group JAMMU, Sept 12: The two Club. appreciated this initiative of Udhampur by 29-17 points. photograph alongwith School Management on Saturday. days Inter District State Level President J&K Football organisers and JKFA, he added. The prizes and trophies were Basketball Tournament for Under- medal finish at Worlds Association, Zameer Ahmad Today’s exhibition match distributed by Sukhdev Raj 17 and Under-19 boys concluded Medal winning swimmers of LAS VEGAS, Sept 12: did not have an ideal start as he Thakur who also happens to be between F&S & Lone Star Club Sharma, DYSSO Jammu among at M A Stadium, here today. was beaten by the eventual sil- Joint Secretary State Sports was won by F&S by a margin of the winner and runners-up. Rising India wrestler In Under-19 boys summit Jodhamal Public School felicitated ver medallist Batbold Nomin Council was the chief guest on the 2-1 goals. The first match of the The tournament was organ- Bajrang narrowly missed out clash, Jammu defeated District Excelsior Sports Correspondent The medal winners in girls of Mongolia 0-10 in the quali- occasion. tournament will be played tomor- ized by the Department of Youth on a third-place finish, going Srinagar in the final match by 31- relay category were Saba fication round. The occasion was also graced row between Jehangir Sports and Services and Sports as a part of down in the bronze medal play- 17 points, while district Srinagar JAMMU, Sept 12: The stu- Jamwal, Prabhnoor Sahni, But since his Mongolian by Nazir A Khan, former presi- Al-Mansoor XI at 4 pm at Eidgah annual calendar of sports activi- off round in men's 61kg defeated District Jammu by 13-36 dents of Jodhamal Public Matangi Mahajan and Bhavya rival reached the final, Bajrang dent JKFA, besides all office Ground. ties under the patronage of School, who brought laurels to Freestyle category even as made it to repechage round, points in Under-17 boys final. The Bhushan, while in boys catego- other Indians continued to dis- third place went to Udhampur in Jahangir Mir, Director General the School by winning 9 gold, 4 ry, the medal winners included where he won both his bouts to Youth Services and Sports and silver and 8 bronze medals in the appoint at the World advance to the bronze medal both the categories. Prakhar Bist, Shivain, Rehan Championship here. Earlier, in 1st semifinal, under the overall supervision of recently held swimming compe- Goel and Mayank Jain. play-off. Madan Lal, Jt Director and tition were felicitated by the Besides Bajrang two other In his two repechage bouts, Srinagar defeated Kupwara by 25- The winners were felicitated Indian men -- Naresh Kumar Sukhdev Raj, DYSSO Jammu. School Management, here he first defeated local grappler 04, while in the second semifinal, in the assembly by School (86kg) and Mausam Khatri The matches were officiated today. Reece Weslee Humphrey 6-0 Jammu defeated Udhampur by Principal, Trilok Singh Bist, (97kg) -- failed to make it to by Vishal Bharti, Ravi Singh, The championship was before getting the better of 37-25 points. who lauded the efforts of the the medal round. While Sarita Amit Kalsi, Vaneet and Rajesh organized by K.C International Beka Lomtadze of Georgia 13- In Under-17 boys 1st semifi- winners and stressed upon them wrapped off the female nal, Srinagar beat Samba District Bandral. School Jammu, in which around to achieve the pinnacle of suc- 6. 100 students drawn from 11 wrestling competition on a dis- But in the bronze medal cess and become excellent play- mal note, losing in the qualifi- Schools participated. ers. play-off the Indian fell to Vasyl cation round itself. Shuptar of Ukraine to lose out State boys and girls Basketball teams posing for a group pho- Sudipti wins gold in badminton in Arjuna Awardee Bajrang on a podium finish.(PTI) tograph before leaving for Gujarat. Indo Nepal Youth Rural Games DC Kishtwar declares open J&K Basketball teams Excelsior Sports Correspondent The gold medalists in skat- ing in this Championship District Level tournament JAMMU, Sept 12: Sudipti included Varun Anand, Jaideep Khanna, Akansha and Priti won Excelsior Sports Correspondent petitions is to imbibe sports- leave for Youth Nationals Singh, , Vasu Dev men spirit and leadership qual- gold medals in badminton dur- Singh, Tejeshwar Tak, Keshav KISHTWAR, Sept 12: The Excelsior Sports Correspondent (all Kashmir). ing the 2nd Indo Nepal Youth ities among the youth. He The girls team comprised of Basotra and Arindham Langer, Deputy Commissioner advised the students to regu- JAMMU, Sept 12: A 27- Rural Games and Sports Kishtwar, Saugat Biswas Dikshita Raina, Sakshi Koul, while Vikas Singh and Tarbjeet larly participate in sports as it member contingent comprising Championship at Pakuhawa today declared open District Danish Koul, Komal Manyal, Singh won gold in martial arts keeps them healthy and shapes of 12 boys, 12 girls, two coach- Campus ground Bhaerva in and Rizwan Choudhary and level tournament for girls Ishita Dhar, Alisha Uppal, Nepal recently. their personality. es and a manager left for the Rahul Sharma claimed silver in organized under Rajiv Gandhi Appreciating the efforts of 32nd Youth National Basketball Sonali Chib, Antriksha Pathania, The Games and Sports Khel Abhiyan. Bhumi Singh, (all Jammu) and cricket. the Department of Youth Championship, being organized Championship was organized by JB Thappa, organizing secre- Girls in large number from Naureen Iqbal, Hadiqa Tariq, Services and Sports in organ- at Bhavnagar in Gujarat from the Youth Rural Games and tary of the event had a special eight blocks of the District are Dafne Troia (all Kashmir). izing such competitions , the September 14 to September 20, Sports Association of Nepal and word of thanks for the partici- participating in the competi- Shahzia Ayub is accompanying DC assured all possible help to 2015. Youth Rural Games Federation pating players and officials from tion in Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, the team as manager. of India (YRGFI). ensure that students partici- Children alongwith their grandparents on Grandparents Day The boys team comprised of India. basketball and handball. The pate in extra co curricular Gourav Rajwal, Aman Tiwari, Earlier, Yuvraj Vikramditya sports event has been organ- at DRS Kids, Bantalab in Jammu on Saturday. MLC, Dr. Vikram Handa Narulas The First Step School activities side by side their Rohit Kumar, Abhinav Sharma, ized by the Youth Services and studies. Kushagar Langeh, Devyanshu Secretary, Ashok Singh treasur- Sports Department. DRS Kids celebrates Grandparents Day er, Kuljit Singh, Associate secre- Chief Education officer Pandey, Aryan Shant Bakshi, celebrates Grandparents Day Addressing the partici- Kishtwar Ab Hamid Fani, Excelsior Correspondent of activities in which grandpar- tary and other members of the Ishwar Jeet Singh, Shivam Heer Excelsior Correspondent School, Tanvi Narula with her pants, Biswas said that the real prominent citizens and parents ents participated to enjoy the (all Jammu) and Aryan Rafi, Association flagged off the team speech, who lauded the perform- aim of organizing such com- JAMMU, Sept 12: DRS day. JAMMU, Sept 12: Narulas witnessed the competitions. Hammad Chisti, Rayan Qadri from MA Stadium. ance of the students, teachers Kids, Bantalab celebrated Some grandparents shared The First Step School celebrated and co-operation of the grand- Grandparents Day with great their views, some sang songs, Grandparents Day with enthusi- GHSS Ramgarh holds seminar enthusiasm and fervour, here some shared jokes and some asm and fervour in the School parents. today. played antakshari. premises, here today. Excelsior Correspondent Ramesh Sahrma, Lecturer in The ceremony started with a The programme was a great The programme aimed at Sanfort celebrates Education ,who threw light on SAMBA, Sept 12: Govt traditional tilak and flower and entertaining get-together for putting forward the role of the causes which lure youth into Grandparents Day Higher Secondary School shower. everyone. grandparents in the lives of chil- the world of drugs. He also Ramgarh held a seminar on Earlier, the staff members Later-on, Managing dren. The programme began Excelsior Correspondent apprised the youth about the 'Tendency of rising drug abuse welcomed the chief guest with a Director, Kapil Chib and with the prayers of different reli- dangerous consequences of drug JAMMU, Sept 12: Sanfort- among youth ' in the School welcome song. Principal Monika Sharma pre- gions followed by rhymes, addiction. The UK concept preschool premises, here today. The School hosted a variety sented vote of thanks. songs, dances and musical play Twelve students from their chain celebrated Grandparents The proceedings of the pro- depicting importance of grand- respective Houses spoke on the Day at its branches in Trikuta gramme were conducted by Winners of Quiz Competition posing alongwith School parents. occasion and the atmosphere of Principal Sanjeev Pardhan and other dignitaries at JK Police Nagar, Miran Sahib, Channi the School was charged with The children presented cards and Lower Roop Nagar, here. Arindam Langer, S/o Public School in Jammu. to their grandparents. academic vibes and positivity. The kids and their grandpar- Mamta and Atul Langer, The first, second and third The programme was con- ents participated in different Student of Class JK Police Public School cluded by the Principal of the prize went to Vaishali, Megha, games like ball game, colour 6th of Jodhamal Sahil, Farooq and Inderjeet Haroon Yusuf, student of game , clutcher game, stack and Public School, Kour. organizes GK Quiz Competition class 10th of S M. Jain Hr. Sec. pyramid game. who bagged gold Lecturers Navin Katoch and Excelsior Correspondent question followed by rapid fire School, Kachi The grandparents alongwith medal in Skating Virender Choudhary also spoke round. The winner of the com- Chawni, who won their grand children enjoyed all Championship in on the occasion. JAMMU, Sept 12: JK Police petition was Ambedkar House. third prize in the games and had fun during 2nd Indo Nepal Principal of the School, J S Public School organized Inter- The students who represented the speech contest the celebration. Youth Rural Games and Sports Manhas, while appreciating the House GK Quiz Competition for the House included Manmeet on Universal The School Principal, Championship 2015-16 held at students for their participation, Middle Block in which four stu- Kour (VI B), Niyati Gupta Brotherhood Day Prabdeep Kour presented gifts Pakuhawa Campus Ground advised them to remain away dents from each House partici- (VI B), Simrandeep Singh (VII organized by to all the winners as a token of Bhaerva in Nepal recently. The from drug menace and serve as pated. B) and Ankita (VIII B). Vivekananda Kendra appreciation and gratitude to the Championship was jointly agents in spreading the aware- Basketball team of Govt MAM College Jammu, which won Students were asked ques- The winners were awarded Kanyakumari interschool com- grandparents. organized by the Youth Rural ness about drug abuse. the overall trophy in the Inter-Collegiate Basketball Tournament tions on Indian Heritage, prizes and certificates by School petition held in Jammu. School She said that grandparents Games and Sports Association A pledge to remain away organized by the University of Jammu, recently. Also seen in the Science and Technology and Principal, Sanjeev Pradhan who Principal Suresh Gupta lauded serve as nurturers, mentors and of Nepal and the Youth Rural from drugs was also adminis- picture are Principal Dr Anita Sudan, Prof Sumbodh Kumar General Awareness. lauded the efforts of the students the efforts of the student for role models to their grandchil- Games Federation of India tered to the students and the (Sports Convener), Dr Nirlape Kour (In-charge Team) and There were four rounds of for outstanding performance. this achievement. dren. (YRGFI). staff. Balbir Singh, Physical Director of the College.