Indian sports activities news wrap: March 17

Here are all the foremost updates, scores and outcomes of Indians from the world of sports activities on Sunday, March 17.

TENNIS

Ramkumar triumphs, wins twenty first singles title

Ramkumar Ramanathan cruised previous Karan Singh 6-2, 6-2 within the closing of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the DLTA Complex on Sunday.

It was the twenty first singles title within the skilled circuit for the 29-year-old Ramkumar, who was ranked a career-best 111.

Except for dropping serve as soon as, the 409th ranked Ramkumar not often put a foot mistaken within the match. He didn’t give any probability for the 20-year-old Karan, who had carried out very properly to beat a bunch of fine gamers, together with the highest seed Evgeny Donskoy, alongside the way in which.

Starting with the Davis Cup towards Pakistan in Islamabad, adopted by the 4 Challengers in Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune and Delhi, aside from the PSPB event final week, it was the seventh successive week of competitors for Ramkumar.

He had used all his expertise to maintain himself in aggressive form proper by means of, and dropped solely 27 video games in all in 5 matches this week.

Ramkumar additionally did properly to hunt the steering of coach T. Chandrasekaran, who accompanied him for all of the tournaments, beginning with the Challenger in Chennai.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

Shrivalli loses singles closing in Indore

Second seed Dalila Jakupovic beat Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-3, 6-2 within the closing of the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Indore Tennis Club on Sunday.

It was the second singles title in a row for the 32-year-old Dalila following her double crown final week in Nagpur.

After Shrivalli’s high-quality run, when she had overwhelmed the highest seed Irina Bara of Romania, Viktoria Morvayova of Slovakia, Justina Mikulskyte of Lithuania and Polina Iatcenko of Russia, dropping one set alongside the way in which, it was an anti-climax for the native followers, who had taken each out there seat.

However, because the secretary basic of the All India Tennis Association (AITA), Anil Dhupar, put issues in perspective throughout the presentation ceremony, the 22-year-old Shrivalli had been admitted within the hospital in a single day with excessive fever, warmth stroke and dehydration aside from an upset abdomen. She was discharged solely within the morning, and had little or no time for any preparation to play the ultimate with full vitality.

In such a state of affairs, it was courageous on the a part of Shrivalli to have stepped on court docket and make a struggle of it, though the artful Dalila gauged her stage of power with repeated drop pictures.

Within the constraints, Shrivalli did play higher because the match progressed, however couldn’t capitalise on her probabilities. She may convert solely certainly one of 9 break factors within the match.

In distinction, the skilled Dalila performed sharp, shifting the opponent across the court docket on a regular basis, and transformed 5 of six break factors to clinch the competition in simply over an hour.

It was the eighth singles title in her profession for Dalila, who was ranked a profession excessive 69 in 2018. She didn’t drop a set in the entire event and conceded solely 24 video games in all to her 5 opponents.

– Kamesh Srinivasan

GOLF

Diksha rides a roller-coaster to make lower on Epson Tour

Diksha Dagar had six birdies and an equal variety of bogeys as she carded an even-par 71 to make the lower on the IOA Golf Classic right here.

The Indian, who had shot 3-over 74 within the first spherical, totalled 3-over and made the ultimate spherical on the road, because the lower was utilized at 3-over.

Diksha, who’s planning to play just a few occasions on the Epson Tour, may even get some begins on the LPGA occasions, that are co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour (LET).

A two-time champion on LET, Diksha had a high-quality begin within the second spherical with birdies on the primary and third. She dropped a shot on the fourth, however a birdie on the sixth meant she had the momentum. However, back-to-back bogeys on the seventh and the eighth and a par on the ninth, meant she turned in a good par.

On the again 9, there have been birdies on the tenth and the eleventh, bogeys on the thirteenth and the 14th, adopted by a birdie on the sixteenth with a bogey on the seventeenth as she ended the roller-coaster experience with even par.

Diksha is coming off two top-10 finishes on the Ladies European Tour, and also will play at subsequent week’s Epson Tour occasion, earlier than getting again to the Ladies European Tour.

– PTI

SHOOTING

Lakshya Cup: Himanshu Talan beats Mohit Gowda

Himanshu Talan beat Mohit Gowda by 2.2 factors to win the 14th RR Lakshya Cup air rifle competitors on the Karnala Sports Academy in Panvel on Sunday.

The title fetched a money prize of Rs.150,000 for the military shooter.

In the blended competitors open for each women and men, Gurjant Singh received the bronze forward of Ananya Naidu and Sonam Maskar. Qualification topper Anannya (631.9) completed eighth behind Sandeep and Kiran Jadhav, the opposite two finalists.

Dronacharya awardee and Olympic finalist Suma Shirur had promoted the gender impartial idea method again in 2008, conserving 60 pictures for the mixed occasion, when girls shot solely 40 as per the worldwide guidelines then.

Only in 2017 did the worldwide capturing federation, ISSF make it equal for women and men with 60 pictures, and finally introduced in blended pairs competitions within the Tokyo Olympics.

Over the years, a few of the high shooters like Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Shriyanka Sadangi have used the Lakshya Cup as a stepping stone for his or her glittering profession.

In the junior part, Ojasvi Thakur received the title, a half level forward of Talwar Singh, and pocketed Rs.75,000. Ajay Malik received the bronze, whereas qualification topper Parth Mane (631.7) positioned sixth.

The High Performance Director of the National staff, Dr. Pierre Beauchamp, was the chief visitor.

The outcomes:

Seniors: 1. Himanshu Talan 251.2 (628.9); 2. Mohit Gowda 249.0 (629.5); 3. Gurjant Singh 228.2 (628.6).

Juniors: 1. Ojasvi Thakur 252.0 (626.6); 2. Talwar Singh 251.5 (627.9); 3. Ajay malik 229.8 (628.4).

– Kamesh Srinivasan

FOOTBALL

  Real Kashmir FC give up a degree to Delhi FC on residence turf

Real Kashmir FC needed to accept their third consecutive draw within the I-League as they had been held 1-1 by Delhi FC in an important match on their residence turf on Sunday. Both targets got here within the second half.

Delhi FC took the lead by means of Gurtej Singh (52’) early within the second half earlier than conceding an personal objective within the latter levels (82’) of the match to take residence a degree.

The draw did little to spice up Real Kashmir’s probabilities within the title race, however they’ve solely guilty themselves for lacking a number of probabilities.

The Ishfaq Ahmed-coached aspect discover themselves within the second spot within the standings with 36 factors from 20 matches after the match. They have 10 wins, six attracts and 4 defeats towards their title.

-PTI

BILLIARDS

Advani eyes one other dominant run at CCI Billiards Classic

Defending champion Pankaj Advani will look to proceed his dominant run when he leads a gifted group of Indian and worldwide cueists on the CCI Billiards Classic starting right here on March 21.

Offering a complete prize purse of Rs 10.15 lakh, the event, organized by the Cricket Club of India, will kick off on the Sir Wilson Jones billiards corridor right here.

Advani, India’s most profitable cueist with 27 World Championship titles to his title, has been in stellar kind with three consecutive wins at CCI prior to now yr.

He secured the CCI Classic Snooker title in January 2023 and efficiently defended it earlier this month. Additionally, he claimed the CCI Classic Billiards championship final April, demonstrating his dominance on the venue.

Challenging Advani are high Indian gamers comparable to National champion Dhruv Sitwala, National runner-up Sourav Kothari, and Maharashtra No. 1 Mahesh Jagdale, together with a number of different gifted contenders.

The event has additionally attracted 5 worldwide gamers, together with Peter Gilchrist of Singapore and Englishmen David Causier, Peter Sheehan, Chris Taylor, and final yr’s runner-up Rob Hall.

Former world champions like Rupesh Shah, Ashok Shandilya and Devendra Joshi may even be in rivalry.

The event format contains 24 seeded gamers in the primary draw, who will probably be joined by eight qualifiers. The gamers will compete in round-robin league matches, with the highest two from every group advancing to the knockout stage.

The championship winner will obtain a prize of Rs 250,000 together with a trophy, whereas the runner-up will probably be awarded Rs 150,000.

-PTI

CYCLING

HCL Cyclothon: Vishwajeet, Chayanika win males’s and ladies’s elite race

Vishwajeet Singh and Chayanika Gogoi of Railways received the boys’s and ladies’s elite race within the HCL Cyclothon that was flagged off on the Gaur Chowk on Sunday.

Harshveer Sekhon of Punjab and Dinesh Kumar of Air Force completed second and third respectively, within the elite males’s competitors.

Swasti Singh of Odisha and Muskan Gupta of Gujarat had been the second and third-place winners of the elite girls’s race.

The Cyclothon had many age teams and classes, catering to professionals and amateurs, carrying an total prize purse of 33.6 lakh rupees.

More than 2500 cyclists, together with 150 professionals, from throughout the nation took half within the occasion that was geared to advertise biking as a wholesome life-style alternative.

“We are thrilled by the overwhelming response and success of this year’s HCL Cyclothon, with a significant increase in the number of participants from last year. We are proud to support an initiative that promises not only physical well-being but also a sense of community and healthy competition”, mentioned Sundar Mahalingam, president of Strategy at HCL Corporation.

The Chairperson of HCL Tech, Roshni Nadar, and Shikhar Malhotra, Director of HCL Corporation, additionally participated within the beginner race of 27 kilometres and 55 kilometres respectively.

More than 100 policemen, residents and 50 school ladies from close by villages additionally pedalled alongside the cyclists to advertise the trigger.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

HOCKEY

Senior Women’s National Championship: Haryana, Odisha and Mizoram win

Haryana, Odisha and Mizoram registered victories in its respective matches of the Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship on Sunday.

Thanks to its wins, Haryana and Odisha sealed its berth within the quarter-finals.

Haryana placed on one other dominant show to crush Pudducherry 22-0 in a Pool D match to earn its second consecutive win of the event.

Odisha defeated Chandigarh 6-1 in a Pool E contest, whereas Mizoram triumphed over Rajasthan 20-2 in a Pool F conflict.

In Saturday’s closing two matches, Tamil Nadu beat Gujarat 6-0 and Uttarakhand triumphed towards Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu in a Pool G match.

– PTI

POLO

Jindal Panther-Delta Polo: Rajasthan Polo Club wins closing

Salvador Jauretche scored 4 targets in guiding Rajasthan Polo Club to an 8-7 victory over Jindal Panther-Delta Polo within the closing of the Northern India championship on the Jaipur Polo floor right here on Sunday.

Mare Winter was adjudged the ‘best polo pony’ and Jaisal Singh was declared the ‘’most respected participant”.

The outcomes (closing): Rajasthan Polo Club 8 (Salvador Jauretche 4, Padmanabh Singh 2, Jaisal Singh 2) bt Jindal Panther-Delta Polo 7 (Siddhant Sharma 4, Naveen Jindal 2, Simran Shergill).

-Kamesh Srinivasan