Chennai
BOXING
Youth Men’s National Boxing Championships: Asian Junior Champion Krrish Pal strikes to pre-quarters
Krrish Pal, the 2022 Asian junior boxing champion, confirmed his prowess and superior to the pre-quarterfinals on the second day of sixth Youth Men’s National Boxing Championships in Gangtok, Sikkim.
In the 48kg spherical of 32 bout, Krrish, representing Chandigarh, confronted Lovepreet Singh of Rajasthan. Krrish proved to be too fast for his opponent proper from the start and neatly landed a mixture of punches. As a outcome, the referee needed to cease the competition within the first spherical. He will tackle Mohammad Junad of Telangana within the subsequent spherical.
Three extra boxers from Chandigarh- Aaditya Raj (71kg), Bhavya Saini (80kg) and Ankush (92+kg) additionally gained their respective bouts and progressed to the subsequent spherical. Aadtiya blanked Jammu & Kashmir’s Raizwan whereas Bhavya gained unanimously in opposition to Goa’s Suyashparab. Ankush defeated Rishi Govindu of Andhra Pradesh by RSC within the first spherical.
In different bouts of the day, Maharashtra’s Usman Ansari (51kg) outclassed Upmanyu of Himachal Pradesh within the first spherical whereas Tamil Nadu’s T Kowshik (60kg) obtained the higher of Adarsh Pradhan of Sikkim in a 4-1 break up verdict.
Punjab’s Bhupender Singh additionally moved to the subsequent spherical after defeating Bengal’s Sakir Ahmed 5-0 within the 54kg spherical of 32 conflict. Karan Kumar (51kg), Honey (57kg), Lovi (63.5kg) and Vansh Sharma (71kg) had been the opposite boxers from Punjab to advance to the subsequent spherical.
– Team Sportstar
GOLF
Seher grabs lead, Gaurika and Kriti chase exhausting in eighth leg of WPGT
FILE PHOTO: Seher Atwal.
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Seher Atwal grabbed a final gap birdie and with it the only real lead within the eighth leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2023 on the Clover Greens in Hosur on Thursday.
Seher, who trailed in a single day chief Gaurika Bishnoi (68-70) by one shot, is now one forward with rounds of 69-68 and a complete of 137.
Rookie Kriti Chowhan confirmed that she is settling into professional golf with a nice spherical of 5-under 67, which was one of the best card of the day, and moved to 3rd, up from in a single day tied seventh place. Kriti has playing cards of 72-67.
Hitaashee Bakshi turned in a constant card with 2-under 70 after a primary spherical 71 to be tied fourth at 141 alongside beginner Keerthana Rajiv (71-70), whereas one other beginner Saanvi Somu (71-71) is sixth as the highest six are beneath par for 36 holes.
Just two photographs separate the highest three gamers and three others are inside 5 of the chief to arrange a decent end.
The amateurs continued to do nicely as Anvitha Narender (74-71) was seventh and Ayushi Dutta (73-73) was tied eighth alongside Rishika Muralidhar (74-72) and Jasmine Shekar (72-74).
Seher obtained off to a blazing begin with birdies on first and second and added additional positive aspects on the Par-3 fourth and Par-4 seventh and was 4-under 32 for the entrance 9. She ran up a string of pars from tenth to sixteenth, earlier than dropping her first shot of the day on Par-5 seventeenth. She shortly made up with a birdie on 18th for a card of 68.
Gaurika had an excellent run of three birdies in a row from ninth to eleventh and had two different birdies on the primary and 18th. Her three dropped photographs got here on the third, twelfth and 14th for a day’s rating of 2-under 70.
Kriti Chowhan’s 67 was most spectacular with 4 birdies on the entrance 9 and three on the again 9. She gave away photographs on fourth and the 18th.
Among different huge names within the subject, Sneha Singh, twice winner this season, was tied eleventh with 73-74 and Tvesa Malik (76-72) was tied thirteenth.
The minimize fell at 9-over 153 and 25 gamers made the ultimate spherical.
-PTI
Amateur Avani Prashanth playing cards 65, lies second amongst professionals in German Masters
FILE PHOTO: Avani Prashanth
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India’s high beginner Avani Prashanth continued her stellar run in 2023 as she opened her marketing campaign on the Amundi German Masters with a sensational 7-under 65 that included an albatross.
Avani was mendacity second, one shot behind Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey (64), who began from the again 9 and had 10 birdies and two bogeys. The spherical was but to complete, although all 5 Indians had completed for the day.
Among the opposite Indians, Diksha Dagar (69) was tied sixth. Vani Kapoor shot 73 and was Tied-Forty eighth, Ridhima Dilawari carded 3-over 75 to be Tied-84th and Amandeep Drall was Tied-87 with 105.
While Avani had six birdies and an albatross in opposition to two bogeys, Dagar, who has had two Top-10 finishes not too long ago on the LET, had 5 birdies in opposition to two bogeys Avani is taking part in on particular sponsor’s exemption on the Ladies European Tour occasion. She gained the Queen Sirikit particular person honours after which topped the Asian Games for Indian crew in addition to logging a Top-10 at Magical Kenya Ladies Open, an occasion that was gained by one other Bangalore golfer Aditi Ashok.
Avani was ninth in Kenya and earlier she was T-12 at Hero Indian Open, additionally a outstanding occasion on LET.
The world’s eightieth ranked beginner, Avani, who plans to show professional in the direction of the latter a part of the yr, performed within the first group of the day. She began with 4 pars and a bogey on Par-3 fourth. Then she turned the tide with three birdies in 4 holes and turned in 2-under.
On the again 9 of the Golf and Country Club, Seddiner See, a city in Brandenburg in Germany, Avani went birdie-albatross-birdie from twelfth to 14th. “It was thrilling to register an albatross on the Par-5 13th. I hit a 5 iron from 197 yards, and it went in,” stated Avani, whose first albatross got here as an eight-year-old in a apply spherical on the Eagleton Golf Course in 2015.
“I feel I still left a few shots out there on the green which were 7-8 footers. Driving was excellent, missed one fairway, on the 18th and that became a Bogey.”
On the par-3 fourth, she hit a very good tee shot monitoring to the pin however the wind all of a sudden blew from the north and carried the ball, 25 yards proper. It was a really powerful up and down and she or he couldn’t make it.
Avani added, “I have been using an app, Upgame, to assess my game and it is helping.” Johanna Gustavsson of Sweden was sole third with a 6-under 66, whereas Kristyna Napoleava of Czech Republic and Cara Gainer of England had been tied fourth with 68 every.
-PTI
SHOOTING
Kumar Surendra Singh championship: Varun Tomar beats Sharvan Kumar to air pistol gold
From left to proper – Silver medallist Sharvan Kumar, champion Varun Tomar
and bronze medallist Sagar Dangi within the males’s 10m air pistol on the Kumar Surendra Singh capturing championship in Bhopal on Thursday.
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Varun Tomar pipped qualification topper Sharvan Kumar (584) by 0.7 level for the air pistol gold within the twenty first Kumar Surendra Singh pistol championship on the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal on Thursday.
Varun had certified with a rating of 581. He had a strong begin within the first two five-shot sequence within the closing and sustained the great work to tug by to the gold, particularly with the final two photographs.
In the junior part, Kamaljeet shot a high rating of 584 in qualification and cruised to the gold, 3.4 level forward of Jonathan Antony.
Yash Tomar was fairly outstanding as he gained the bronze within the junior and youth sections, other than the gold within the sub-youth occasion.
RESULTS
10m air pistol
Men: 1. Varun Tomar 241.9 (581); 2. Sharvan Kumar 241.2 (584); 3. Sagar Dangi 219.4 (582).
Juniors: 1. Kamaljeet 243.7 (584); 2. Jonathan Antony 240.3 (579); 3. Yash Tomar 218.9 (580).
Youth: 1. Sahil 244.7 (578); 2. Tanmay Kumar 242.0 (578); 3. Yash Tomar 221.3 (580).
Sub-youth: 1. Yash Tomar 580; 2. Jonathan Antony 579; 3. Abhinav Deshwal 576.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Trap shooters eye Asian Games spots at 4th National shotgun choice trials
The better of entice shooters within the nation shall be vying to substantiate their berth for the Asian Games and Asian Championships within the fourth National shotgun choice trials being staged on the Madhya Pradesh Academy over the subsequent three days from Friday.
Quite apparently, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman, former World Champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Olympic quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta, Asian Games silver medallist Lakshay Sheoran and Olympian Kynan Chenai have been clubbed collectively in one of many 16 squads.
Similarly, within the ladies’s part, Shreyasi Singh, Preeti Rajak, Manisha Keer, Rajeshwari Kumari, Sabeera Haris and Bhavya Tripathi discover themselves collectively within the first squad.
Olympian Shagun Chowdhary, Kirti Gupta, Aadya Tripathi and Pragati Dubey are within the second squad, together with Mahima Vishwakarma and Aashima Ahlawat.
The ladies are in six squads, with different main shooters like Seema tomar, Varsha Tomar unfold out in several squads.
There shall be two rounds of 25 birds on the primary two days of entice competitors, and the third day could have one spherical adopted by the finals for the highest six.,
– Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Bopanna-Ebden pair progresses to semifinals in Stuttgart
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden beat the all-Italian duo of Lorenzo Musetti and Lorenzo Sonego 6-1, 7-5 to succeed in the semifinals of the ATP250 occasion on grass in Stuttgart, Germany, on Thursday.
The Indo-Australian pair will subsequent face the fourth-seeded German duo of Tim Puetz and Kevin Krawietz.
RESULTS
ATP250, Stuttgart, Germany
Doubles (quarterfinals): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) & Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) 6-1, 7-5
-Team Sportstar