TENNIS
Fenesta National sub-junior c’ship: Shanker, Rishitha win U-16 titles; Prisha luggage U-24 crown
Shanker Heisnam performed a artful all-court recreation to outwit V Thirumurugan 6-1, 6-2 within the under-16 boys closing of the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship on the DLTA Complex on Saturday.
The left-hander Thirumurugan had the sport, however not the consistency to bother the athletic opponent.
Rishitha Basireddy was equally environment friendly in taming Aishi Bisht 6-4, 6-3 for the under-16 ladies title. Rishitha had endured 4 three-set matches alongside the way in which in a draw of 64 and was fairly sharp within the closing to permit any room for a combat for her opponent. Rishitha had saved match factors and gained from being 1-5 down within the decider towards Harithashree Venkatesh within the quarterfinals.
Top seed within the under-14 boys occasion, the wiry Hruthik Katakam proved a tough nut to crack for the enormous killer Prakaash Sarran. Hruthik gained 6-4, 6-3 and that was a praise for Prkaaash’s capacity to combat.
For, Hruthik had dropped solely 10 video games in all in successful the sooner 5 matches. He had additionally gained the doubles title with Tavish Pahwa.
Prisha Shinde had little problem in successful the under-14 ladies’ title towards Anandita Upadhyay.
The Business Head of Fenesta, Saket Jain, highlighted the dedication of DCM Shriram group to help tennis for greater than three many years and offered the trophies together with famend coach Balram Singh.
The outcomes:
Under-16 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt V Thirumurugan 6-1, 6-2.
Under-16 ladies: Rishitha Basireddy bt Aishi Bisht 6-4, 6-3.
Under-14 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt Prakaash Sarran 6-4, 6-3
.Under-14 ladies: Prisha Shinde bt Anandita Upadhyay 6-1, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
$15,000 ITF males’s tennis match: Second seed Florent beats Ishaque to raise title
Second seed Florent Bax of France beat Ishaque Eqbal 6-3, 7-5 within the closing of the $15,000 ITF males’s tennis match on the Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation courts on Saturday.
Florent Bax of France, with the title within the ITF males’s tennis match in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
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Florent Bax of France, with the title within the ITF males’s tennis match in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
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Except for being stretched to 3 units by third seed Sidharth Rawat within the semifinals, it was easy crusing for the Frenchman. It was the second singles title within the skilled circuit for the 24-year-old Bax, who served 9 aces and transformed 4 of 10 breakpoints within the closing.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Shanghai Masters 2023: Bopanna and Ebden duo advances to closing
Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden beat Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul of France 7-6(0), 4-6, [10-2] within the doubles semifinals of the $8,800,000 ATP Masters tennis match in Shanghai, China, on Saturday.
The fourth-seeded Indo-Aussie pair will play seventh seeds Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina within the closing.
The outcomes:
$8,800,000 ATP, Shanghai, China: Doubles (semifinals): Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul (Fra) 7-6(0), 4-6, [10-2].
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (semifinals): Zeel Desai bt Oana Gavrila (Rou) 6-4, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF girls, Hua Hin, Thailand: Singles (semifinals): Patcharin Cheapchandej (Tha) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA National Series Junior Tennis Tournament: Tanishq Jadhav wins double crown
Tanishq Jadhav gained a double crown within the AITA National Series junior tennis match on the Joygaon Academy on Saturday.
In the under-18 boys closing, Tanishq beat Akshat Dhull 6-3, 7-5. Tanishq gained the doubles title in partnership with Jatin Nain.
Ananya Dhankar gained the ladies title beating Shatakshi Choudhary within the closing in straight units.
Results:
Under-18 boys (closing): Tanishq Jadhav bt Akshat Dhull 6-3, 7-5; Semifinals: Tanishq bt Parth Malik 6-4, 6-2; Akshat bt Mayank Sharma 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (closing): Jatin Nain & Tanishq Jadhav bt Manish Yadav & Mayank Sharma 5-7, 6-4, [10-6].
Under-18 ladies (closing): Ananya Dhankar bt Shatakshi Choudhary 6-3, 6-4; Semifinals: Shatakshi bt Shagun Kumari 6-3, 6-1; Ananya bt Tamanna Takoria 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(4).
Doubles (closing): Shatakshi Choudhary & Shagun Kumari bt Dhanvi Kale & Ananya Dhankar 7-6(0), 6-7(3), [11-9].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Schedule:
(Dates, venue): Oct. 16-21, Chennai; Oct. 23-28, Pollachi; Oct. 30-Nov. 4, Madurai; Nov. 6-11, Kodaikanal; Nov. 12-17, Kodaikanal; Nov. 19-24, Chennai; Nov. 26-Dec. 1, Coimbatore; Dec. 3-8, Erode; Dec. 10-15, Salem; Dec. 17-22, Sivakasi.
-S. Prasanna Venkatesan
MOTORSPORTS
Arjun Balu powers to victory in Touring Cars race
Veteran Arjun Balu (Race Concepts) scripted a grasp class as he shrugged off fading gentle and a drying monitor following afternoon showers to win the one race of the day within the third spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Car Racing Championship on the Madras International Circuit, right here on Saturday.
Balu, the 48-year-old a number of champion from Coimbatore, who had certified P3, made an incredible begin and overtook Ritesh Rai, the non-public entrant from Chennai, by Turn-2 within the opening lap and by no means regarded again. His huge expertise was in proof as he tip-toed previous the water puddles across the monitor with a near-flawless drive and had one thing to spare on the end. While Rai got here in second, Mumbai’s Biren Pitawalla (N1 Racing) accomplished the rostrum.
Pune’s Diana Pundole certified for pole place within the MRF Saloon automobiles class.
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Pune’s Diana Pundole certified for pole place within the MRF Saloon automobiles class.
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Behind the ITC automobiles on the mixed grid, Deepak Ravikumar led a podium sweep for Performance Racing, within the Indian Junior Touring Cars class, with Akkineni Anand Prasad and Srinivas Teja following him residence.
Mumbai’s Zahan Commissariat drove effectively to take the honours within the Super Stock class to snap a six-race win spree of TS Diljith (DTS Racing), who completed second forward of Jarshan Anand (DB Motorsport).
During the pre-lunch session, Bengaluru’s Aditya Swaminathan, in his debut single-seater season, grabbed the pole place within the MRF Formula 2000 class. Another Bengalurean, Chetan Surineni, topped the charts within the MRF Formula 1600 qualifying session.
Pune’s Diana Pundole, a mom of two, certified for pole place within the MRF Saloon (Toyota Etios) class as did Nellore’s Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) within the Formula LGB 1300 class.
Provisional outcomes (8 laps)
Indian Touring Cars (Race-1): 1. Arjun Balu (Coimbatore, Race Concepts) (16mins, 14.970); 2. Ritesh Rai (Chennai, pvt.) (16:16.353); 3. Biren Pithawalla (Mumbai, Team N1) (16:16.907).
Indian Junior Touring Cars (Race-1): 1. Deepak Ravikumar (Chennai, Performance Racing) (16:40.998); 2. Akkineni ANand Prasad (Chennai, Performance Racing) (16:59.021); 3. Srinivas Teja (Chennai, Performance Racing) (17:07.753).
Super Stock (Race-1): 1. Zahan Commissariat (Mumbai, pvt.) (17:43.689); 2. Dilijith TS (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (17:47.217); 3. Jarshan Anand (Chennai, DB Motorsport) (15:50.751 + 1 lap).
-Team Sportstar
HOCKEY
Directorate General, NCC places 16 previous JB Shah English Medium School in Steelbird fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey match
Pawan Kumar (7) and Kiratpreet Singh (5) helped Directorate General, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Jalandhar, to a 16-0 victory over JB Shah English Medium School, Modasa, in a league match of the Steelbird fortieth Nehru sub-junior hockey match on the Shivaji Stadium, Delhi on Saturday.
The outcomes (league):
Directorate General, NCC, Jalandhar – 16 (Pawan Kumar 7, Kiratpreet Singh 5, Vikash 2, Mohit, Arshdeep Singh) bt JB Shah English Medium School, Modasa – 0.
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Gumla – 4 (Shibo Minj 2, Akash Bhagat 2) bt Baruipur High School, 24 Parganas – 1 (Raj Das).
Gautam Public School, Ahmednagar – 13 (Shaikh Soab Mujib 5, Ronak Patil 2, Muradnar Om Anil 2, Vipul Kumar, Ayush Mogal, Sarthak Lagad, Soham Khirid) bt Government SSS, Kurai, Sivni.
Young Pioneer English School, Imphal, 10 (N Mahesh 3, Kartik Laishram, Suraj Singh, Th. Avinash, Th. Taiphaba, Ok Aryan, Saikhom Singh, Vishal Waribam) bt Sri Guru Nanak SSS, Rajnandgaon.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Macao Open: Gaganjeet Bhullar set for one more Top-10 end
Gaganjeet Bhullar, India’s most profitable participant on the Asian Tour, returned a card of five-under 66 to be tied tenth with 5 others on the finish of spherical three on the SJM Macao Open right here on Saturday.
A former champion at this occasion, Bhullar, who has three top-5 finishes within the final 4 begins on the Tour, had a three-putt bogey on Par-5 twelfth, as he additionally holed six birdies to mixture 11-under 202 at 71-hole course.
Bhullar is, nevertheless, 11 photographs behind Australian table-topper Min Woo Lee, who was on hearth, including 65 to 62-64 from his first two rounds to get to 22-under.
Second-placed Poom Saksansin (64) of Thailand is 20-under, adopted by Korea’s Jaewoong Eom (65) at 18-under.
As for the opposite Indians, Honey Baisoya was additionally tied at tenth after a Round of 69, which adopted 68-65 within the first couple of rounds.
Ajeetesh Sandhu, who opened the week with 63, shot 70 within the second spherical and repeated that within the third to be T-16, whereas S Chikkarangappa (70-67-70) is 6-under and T-Thirty ninth with Kartik Sharma, who after 66-65 dropped with 76 within the third spherical.
Angad Cheema (67-70-71) is T-48 Yashas Chandra (70-68-73) is T-58.
Bhullar was 3-under for the entrance 9 and went 4-under with a birdie on the eleventh earlier than he dropped his lone bogey of the day on Par-5 twelfth. He made up with birdies on the fifteenth and 18th for 66.
Baisoya had 5 birdies towards three bogeys, two of which got here on the primary and second, however he recovered effectively.
While Min Woo was very good in his 65, Poom went one higher, with a formidable 64 on the Macau Golf and Country Club adopted by Korea’s Jaewoong Eom (65). He had a superb eagle on the 18th.
New Zealand’s Ben Campbell (68) and Meenwhee Kim (69) from Korea are 4 strokes additional adrift, with each tied at fourth.
– PTI