With two defeats in as many games, Postal’s chances of entering the knock-out round look bleak.

It looked as though the Postal players had not recovered from their long drawn out battle with CIL the previous night as they surrendered the first two sets without much of a fight.

However, spiker Lakshminarayan was at his best in the third set and he was excellently supported by setter Satish. Postal took the third set 25-19 and had only themselves to blame in the fourth set where they twice squandered four-point leads and a set point. At 24-23, they had the set in their hands, but poor reception let them down again as Mandya drew level through Harsha's lethal smash before taking two points in a jiffy to close the contest.

Meanwhile, the women's tennis final will be an all-Mysore affair with top seed Chirasanthi set to take on Anupama. Chirasanthi defeated fancied Bangalore girl S P Ritu 6-1, 6-3 at the PET College outdoor courts, while Anupama breezed past another Bangalorean Akansha 6-3, 6-3.

Kolar will take on Dharwad in the football semifinals. In the quarterfinal tie held at the PET College grounds, riding on a brace from Jayaveer, Kolar, featuring HASC striker Xavier Vijayakumar in their ranks, blanked Dakshina Kannada 6-0, while Dharwad defeated Belgaum 3-1.

Results:
Football: Quarterfinals: Kolar 6 (Jayaveer 2, Vimal, Gopi, Karthik, Senthil) bt Dakshina Kannada 0; Dharwad 3 (Y Joseph, Emmanuel, Anthiny) bt Belgaum 1 (Rohit).

Kabaddi: Men: Hoody bt Haveri 49-20 (HT: 32-9); KPTCL bt Dharwad 41-29 (17-17); KSP bt Chitradurga 63-15 (29-8); Amruth bt Dharwad 36-18 (11-9); Amruth bt Mandya 35-32. Women: Matha bt Mandya 59-32 (39-9); KSP bt Davangere 60-12 (39-4).

Netball: Men: Seshadripuram bt Mangalore SC 22-19 (12-11); Kolar bt RSA 26-17 (14-7). Women: MLA First Grade College bt Vasavi Vidyanikethan 29-13 (21-4); MLA Degree bt Maharani Sc. 38-12 (17-6).

Taekwondo: Men: Fin weight: For gold: M.Girish (Chittradurga) bt N Mohan Kumar (Harihara) 1-1 (on superiority). Bronze: A Mukesh (KTA) & Bhimappa Morab (Dharwad). Bantam weight: For gold: Pradeep P (Hi Tech) bt Ravi Kiran (VIFA) 5-1; Bronze: Abbasali Patel (Dharwad) & Jai Jagadish (Nagapura). Light weight: For gold: S Sweekar (KTA) bt Praveen Badai (Dharwad) 5-3; Bronze: Revanna Siddesh (Hrihara) & C D Ravi (Devi). Heavy weight: For gold: H M Harish (KTA) bt S Sendhil (VIFA) 8-0. Bronze: Tharun Kumar (Hi Tech) & Sheikh Mohd Mujahid (Harihara).
Women: Finweight: For gold: M Anitha (Chitradurga) bt Surabhi Srinivas (Shimoga) 6-4; Bronze: A.A. Kashmira (KTA) & Savitha Bendalgatti (Dharwad). Bantam weight: Gold: Sharmila BG (Dharwad) bt Sadhana (Chitradurga) 1-0. Bronze: Asha Kumari (Harihara) & Trushitha M (Nagapura). Light weight: For gold: S K Harshitha (Shimoga) bt Jyothi Shirur (Dharwad) 6-5. Bronze: S Rashmi (KTA) & Archana Chougule (SAI, Dharwad).

Tennis: Men (Quarterfinals): Santosh V (Blr) bt Yuvaraj D (Blr) 6-4, 6-0; A M Suraj (Tum) bt Suraj B (Blr) 6-1, 6-1; Rashein Samuel (Blr) bt Pranavand (Tum) 6-2, 6-4; Kamal S (Blr) bt Yesh Bafna (Blr) 3-6, 6-3, 3-0 (conceded). Women (semifinals): Chirashanthi (Mys) bt S P Ritu (Blr) 6-1, 6-3; Anupama Rajur (Mys) bt Akansha Kohli (Blr) 6-3, 6-2. Men's doubles: (Semifinals); Yesh B/ Suraj B bt Kamal S/ Yatish 8-5; Santosh V/ Shahul A bt Suraj/ Pranavand 8-3.

Volleyball: Men: Group A: SW Rly bt Sports Hostel (B'lore) 23-25, 25-18, 25-10, 25-11; Group B: Mandya bt Postal 25-18, 25-14, 19-25, 26-24; ITI bt Mandya 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-14; CIL bt Postal 25-20, 2-25, 25-12, 26-28, 15-8.

Women: Group A: KSP bt Vidyanagar; SH 25-17, 25-16, 25-8; Mandya bt Shimoga 14-25, 25-15, 25-13, 25-9; Group B: Sports Hostel Mysore bt Chitradurga 25-6, 25-10, 25-21; SAI bt Chikmagalur 25-14, 25-7, 25-23; Chikmagalur bt Chitradurga 25-15, 25-17, 25-15.