Dinesh Kanwar was shown the exit door by Vineet Kholsa, who scored a 59-37, 65-23, 35-65, 55-19 win to get a berth in the next round. In the third match of the day, Amar Benipal defeated Narinder Kumar 38-12, 45-14, 39-47, 56-5. In another match, Tejpal Singh lost to Sandeep Kochar 8-53, 35-46, 47-52.

Chandigarh v'ball
Sports Complex, Sector 7 lads dominated the opening day of the Chandigarh State volleyball championship (men and women), winning all their three league matches for the day, here today.

They beat Shivalik Public School-41, Govt Model Higher Secondary School-19 and Govt Senior Secondary School-27.

Results: Boys: SGGSS-35 bt Eagle Club 15-1, 15-1, 15-1; SC-7 bt SPS-41 15-1, 51-3, 51-5; SPS-41 bt GSSS-27 15-9, 15-9, 15-11; SC-7 bt GMHS-19 15-2, 15-7, 15-6; SC-7 bt GSSS-27 15-4, 15-3, 15-8. Girls: GGSSS-18 bt GSSS-19 15-3, 15-1, 15-6; SGGGS-35 bt GGSSS-8 15-4, 15-13, 15-13.

Rajiv wins
Chandigarh lad Rajiv Kumar (Bony) won the first Mini Tour event of the PGA of India, held at the Aravalli Golf Club recently. He carded 145 (76+69) to pocket a purse of Rs 16,600. Susheel Kumar with 152 finished runner-up.