IBM win five gold medals in Hyderabad Corporate Olympics

Hyderabad: IBM won 5 Golds, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze medals in all in the Tennis event. HSBC GLT won 1 Gold, Deloitte won 2 Silver & 4 Bronze medals. Verizon won 1 Silver & 3 Bronze medals in the Hyderabad Corporate Olympics - Basketball & Tennis Event

BASKETBALL (MEN) –

10 teams participated in Basketball (Men) which are Deloitte, Microsoft, ADP, Cognizant, Oracle, Amazon, GE, HSBC EDP, Hinduja & HSBC GLT.

Results (Basketball Men) –

Gold Medal Match – Microsoft def. Deloitte (38-22)
Bronze Medal Match – Amazon def. GE (40-34)
Semi-Finals 1 – Microsoft def. Amazon (43-24)
Semi-Finals 2 – Deloitte def. GE (38-22)
Most Valuable Player – Ewin Davis (Microsoft)

Results (Basketball 3on3 Women) –

Deloitte def. ADP (12-2) to win the Gold medal.
Most Valuable Player – Diana Mary (Deloitte)

TENNIS –

VISAKH V S of HSBC GLT won the GOLD MEDAL in the Men's Singles category defeating ARJUN SOMANCHI in the Finals.

MAHESH BHOGADI of IBM won 3 GOLDS (Men's Singles >35 Yrs, Men's Doubles >35 Yrs partnering with Saideep Mohanty & Mixed Doubles partnering with Spandana Paluri) & also in contention for the Men's Doubles Finals which is not held yet.

SPANDANA PALURI of IBM won GOLD MEDALS in the Women's Singles category, Women's Doubles category partnering with Bhanu R Mudhireddy & Mixed Doubles category with Mahesh.

Men’s Singles

Finals –             Visakh V S (HSBC GLT) def. Arjun Somanchi (CSSI): 6-3, 6-1
1st Semifinals – Visakh V S (HSBC GLT) def Suryabir Singh (EA): 6-0, 6-4
2nd Semifinals - Arjun Somanchi (CSSI) def. Chintan Sheth (Deloitte): 5-7, 7-6, 10-7

Men’s Singles (above 35 years)

Finals –                Mahesh Bhogadi (IBM) def. Uday Yadati (Verizon): 4-1, 4-0
1st Semifinals –  Mahesh Bhogadi (IBM) def. Ramki Krishna (Colruyt): 4-0, 4-0
2nd Semifinals - Uday Yadati (Verizon) def. Saideep Mohanty (IBM): 4-1, 3-3 (7-3)

Men’s Doubles (above 35 years)

Finals –                Mahesh Bhogadi / Saideep Mohanty (IBM) def. Ramki Krishna / Aravinda Pai (Colruyt): 4-1, 4-1
1st Semifinals – Mahesh Bhogadi / Saideep Mohanty (IBM) def. Krishna Valavala / Kiran Chavva (ADP): 4-0, 4-1
2nd Semifinals -Ramki Krishna / Aravinda Pai (Colruyt) def. Ayodhyaram / Srinivasa Murthy (Verizon): 4-2, 0-4 (8-10)

Women’s Singles

Finals –                Spandana Paluri (IBM) def. Bhanu R Mudhireddy (IBM): 4-0, 4-0
1st Semifinals – Spandana Paluri (IBM) def. Komal Bajwa (Deloitte): 4-0, 4-0
2nd Semifinals - Bhanu R Mudhireddy (IBM) def. Neelima (Deloitte): 3-3 (14-12), 4-2

Women’s Doubles

Finals –                Spandana Paluri / Bhanu R Mudhireddy (IBM) def. Komal Bajwa / Neelima Penmesta (Deloitte): 4-0, 4-0
Semifinals –       Spandana Paluri / Bhanu R Mudhireddy (IBM) def. Namita &Subbalakshmi (Verizon): 4-0, 4-0

Mixed Doubles

Finals –                Spandana Paluri / Mahesh Bhogadi (IBM) def. Komal Bajwa / Deepak Swaminathan (Deloitte): 4-2, 4-1
1st Semifinals – Spandana Paluri / Mahesh Bhogadi (IBM) (IBM) def. Namita Baddula & Uday Yadati (Verizon): 4-0, 4-0

2nd Semifinals - Komal Bajwa / Deepak Swaminathan (Deloitte) def. Saideep Mohanty / Bhanu R Mudhireddy (IBM): 4-1, 4-2

By Indian Sports News Network