CHESS

WORLD YOUTH championships

Batumi (Indians unless mentioned), Boys U-18 — Arun Prasad S (5.0) drew Rohit G (5.0) Girls U-18 — Dronavalli Harika (6.0) lost to Arutyunova Diana (Ukr, 5.5) Mary Ann Gomes (5.5) lost to Khotenashvili Bela (Geo, 6.0) Boys U-16 — Spoelman Wouter (Ned, 5.5) bt Sai Srinivas (4.5) Aswin Jayaram (5.0) bt Sadeh Shahin (Iri, 4.0) Girls, U-16 — Siradze Salome (Geo, 4.5) drew Ramya Krishna (4.5) Ozturk Kubra (Tur, 5.0) bt Dave Dhyani (4.0) boys U-14 — Perez Ponsa Federico (Arg) drew Adhiban B (5.5) Sandeep Y (4.5) bt Alizadeh Sakhir (Aze, 4.0) Girls U-14 — Sukandar Kharisma Irine (Ina, 5.5) bt Bhakti P Kulkarni (4.5) Lakshmi Sahiti P (5.5) bt Ugulava Lela (Geo, 4.5) Pon N Krithika (5.0) drew Hejazipour Mitra (Iri, 5.0) Boys U-12 — Narayanan Srinath (6.5) drew Aghasaryan Robert (Arm, 6.5) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (5.0) lost to Bajarani Ulvi (Aze, 6.5) Robson Ray (US, 6.0) bt Sri Harsha Lingala (5.0) Girls U-12 — Padmini Rout (6.0) bt Ibragimova Sabina (Aze, 5.5) Mohana Priya J (4.5) drew Vasiljeva Sofija (Lat, 4.5) Boys U-10 — Beradze Irakli (Geo, 5.5) lost to Girish A Koushik (8.0) Sai Krishna GV (6.0) drew Chakravarthi YVK (6.0) Eswar R (6.0) drew Sayantan Das (6.0) Girls U-10 — Zhai Mo (Chn, 5.5) drew Sahajasri Ch (6.5) Kotepalli Sai Nirupama (6.5) bt Shamatava Ana (Geo, 5.5) Gaboyan Susanna (Arm, 5.0) bt Bharathi G Uma (4.0) Boys U-8 — Prince Bajaj (6.5) drew Mohineesh Ch (7.5) Soumya Sharma (5.0) lost to Sanal Vahap (Tur, 6.5) Tutisani Noe (Geo, 6.0) bt Satvik M (4.5) Girls U-8 — Furtado Ivana Maria (7.0) bt Mahalakshmi M (5.5) Navyavyshnavi Mannepalli (6.5) bt Osmak Iulija (Ukr, 5.5) Sweety Patel (6.0) bt Shreya M Gomini (5.0).

TENNIS

WTA Linz Open

Round I — Jelena Jankovic (6, Ser) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3 Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 4-3 (Hantuchova retired) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Chanda Rubin (US) 6-1, 6-2 Ana Ivanovic (5, Ser) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 6-1, 7-6 (2) Round II — Nicole Vaidisova (4, Cze) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 7-6 (4), 6-0 Nadia Petrova (2, Rus) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-1, 6-1.

ATP St Petersburg Open

Round I — Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Dmitry Tursunov (6, Rus) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tommy Haas (4, Ger) bt Nenad Zimonjic (Ser) 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2 Raemon Sluiter (Ned) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Round II — Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Nikolay Davydenko (1, Rus) 2-6, 3-3 (Davydenko retired) Ernest Gulbis (Lat) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Potito Starace (Ita) bt Jarkko Nieminen (5, Fin) 7-5, 3-2 (Nieminen retired).

ATP Basel International

Round I — Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Tobias Clemens (Ger) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Agustin Calleri (8, Arg) 7-6 (6), 6-2 David Nalbandian (2, Arg) bt Roko Karanusic (Cro) 6-2, 6-4 Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 Tim Henman (GBR) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-2, 6-3 Juan Ignacio Chela (9, Arg) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-4, 7-5 Fernando Gonzalez (3, Chi) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3) Jose Acasuso (7, Arg) bt Albert Montanes (Esp) 6-4, 6-3.

For the book

The second edition of Kabaddi World Cup is to be held at Karnala Sports Academy ground in Panvel, Maharashtra, from January 24-26 next year. International Kabaddi Federation has approved the Karnala Academy's proposal to organise the world event.