Variyar, an eighth Standard student, Yashodham, a seventh Standard student, Pednekar and Arora outwitted Milind Ketkar (Pune Vidya Bhavan), Harsh Ambardekar, Arun Subramaniam, both of Pendharkar College and Sachin Sale (Chinai College), respectively.

Kaushik Shahukar, Rohit Kulkarni and Niraj Dube who defeated Dayanand Naik, Yogesh Deshpande and second seed Aditya Bhatt, respectively, are jointly on the second spot with 3.5 points apiece.

The youngest Group A player, six-year-old Karan Ajinkya (second Standard, Yashodham School) has won three games.

Results

Group A (top board 4th-round): Mugdha Variyar (4) bt MilindKetkar (3); Yashodhan Gogte (4) bt H Ambardekar (3); Arun S (3) lost to N Pednekar (4); Anil Arora (4) bt Sachin Sale (3); Aditya Bhatt (2.5) lost to Niraj Dube (3.5); K Shahukar (3.5) bt D Naik (2.5); Y Deshpande (2.5) lost to Rohit Kulkarni (3.5); D Dhuri (2.5) lost to Prachi Kushte (3); G Gadodia (2) lost to Sachin Bansode (3); Ankit Shah (2) lost to Gaurav Gadodia (3); A Patil (3) bt Salil Kulkarni (2); G Pednekar (2.5) drew with Kirit Shah (2.5); Rithvik Hegde (3) bt Rajesh Bhosale (2); Akshay Bhor (2) lost to Nitin Pednekar (3).

Sosa, Ambekar excel

Unseeded players Dilip Sosa and Sandeep Ambekar stunned Internationals Sanjay Nagaonkar and Arun Kedar, respectively, in the men's singles fifth-round of the Kshatriya Union Club open district ranking carrom tournament, sponsored by Philips India, Colgate Palmolive, Indian Oil, LIC, State Bank, Punjab National Bank and Abhyudaya Bank, at the Vanmali Hall, Dadar (W), today.

Results

Men's singles (5th round): Dilip Sosa bt Sanjay Nagaonkar13-16, 21-12, 25-17; Sandeep Ambekar bt Arun Kedar 1-25, 25-7, 17-14; Allwyn D'Souza bt Vinit Dadarkar 25-15, 14-19, 16-15; Sandeep Jogle bt Rajesh Gaddam 22-20, 13-23, 25-9; Dinesh Boricha bt Shailendra Barve 25-8, 11-25, 25-0; Ashok Gangawane bt Kamlesh Waghela 17-20, 25-7, 20-5; Ashok Gurav bt Mahesh Shetye 18-19, 25-0, 25-14; Sandeep Deorakhakar bt Dipesh Choksi 25-8, 2-19, 25-0; Nityanand Dontul bt Keshav Kotian 4-21, 25-8, 25-1; Ravi Bachalwar bt Bhalchandra Kamble 25-19, 22-7; Manu Baria bt Rajendra Kalambar 22-7, 25-4, Nagesh Etambe bt Sunil Kumar Ram 25-0, 25-5; Vijay Sawardekar bt Rajesh Badbe 25-4, 25-10.