TENNIS
ATP 250 Marrakech: Balaji and Jeevan in semifinal
Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat Tallon griekspoor and Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(3), 4-6, [10-8] to enter the doubles semifinals fo the €630,705 ATP tennis match in Marrakech, Morocco.
The Indian pair had earlier knocked out the highest seeds Marcel Granollers and Matwe Middelkoop 6-4, 7-6(1) within the first spherical.
The outcomes
$713,495 ATP, Houston, USA Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Robert Galloway (USA) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (mex) bt Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni 7-6(6), 2-6, [10-5].
€630,705 ATP, Marrakech, Morocco Doubles (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Tallon Griekspoor & Botic Van De Zandschulp (Ned) 7-6(3), 4-6, [10-8]; Pre-quarterfinals: Balaji & Jeevan bt Marcel Granollers (Esp) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) 6-4, 7-6(1).
$259,303 WTA, Bogota, Colombia Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Oksana Kalashnikova & Katarzyna Piter (Pol) bt Jessy Rompies (Ina) & Prarthana Thombare 7-5, 6-2.
€73,000 Challenger, Murcia, Spain Doubles (quarterfinals): Billy Harris (GBR) & Akira Santillan (Aus) bt Arjun Kadhe & Kaichi Uchida (Jpn) 6-7(5), 7-5, [10-6]; Pre-quarterfinals: Arjun & Kaichi bt Alberto Campos & Pablo Ruiz (Esp) 5-7, 6-2, [15-13].
$25,000 ITF ladies, Bujumbura, Burundi Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Alice Robbe (Fra) bt Sravya Shivani 6-3, 6-3; Tilwith Di Girolami (Bel) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Cristina Dinu (rou) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-3. Doubles (quarterfinals): Alice Robbe & Caroline Romeo (Fra) bt Sharmada Balu & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-0, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Telde, Spain Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Claudia Ferrer (Esp) bt Vasanti Shinde 6-1, 6-2; First spherical: Vasanti bt Carmen Martinez (Esp) 6-4, 6-4. Doubles (quarterfinals): Celia Ruiz (Esp) & Vasanti Shinde t Maria Bergen (Ukr) & Shin Jiho (Kor) 3-6, 6-3, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF ladies, Singapore Singles (quarterfinals): Ho Ching Wu (Hkg) bt Madhurima Sawant 6-1, 6-0; Pre-quarterfinals: Madhurima bt Anja Nayar (Aus) 5-2 (retired); Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-1, 6-2; Emily Welker (Ger) bt Snehal Mane 6-0, 6-0. Doubles (quarterfinals): Man Ng (Hkg) & Hanna Vinahradava bt Snehal Mane & Madhurima Sawant 6-2, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Asian under-14 match – Bhubaneswar
Top seed Maaya Rajeshwaran beat Natrada Sakulvongtana of Thailand 6-4, 6-4 to arrange a title conflict with second seed Jiyun Oh of Korea within the Asian under-14 tennis match on Friday.
RESULTS
Boys (semifinals): Min Hyuk Cho (Kor) bt Alex Lap Hang Hui (Hkg) 6-3, 6-3; Wonmin Kim (Kor) bt Andre Lam Jun Bart (Hkg) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0; Quarterfinals: Alex Hui (Hkg) bt Prakaash Sarran 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Girls (semifinals): Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Natrada Sakulvongtana (Tha) 6-4, 6-4; Jiyun Oh (Kor) bt Harithashree Venkatesh 6-0, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Maaya bt Nitya Madduri (Hkg) 6-1, 6-2; Harithashree bt Gwenn Kurniawan (Ina) 6-1, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Ramkumar sails into semifinals of ITF Futures in Chennai
Indian gamers dominated proceedings within the B. R. Adithyan Memorial ITF Futures tennis match on Friday reserving all of the 4 semifinal spots within the singles occasion.
The doubles last will even be an all-Indian affair.
No 2 seed Ramanathan Ramkumar beat fellow Indian Nikhil Poonacha 6-3,6-4 to ebook a semifinal conflict towards compatriot Sidharth Rawat.
The top-seeded Vladyslav Orlov of Ukraine bowed out of the match,retiring after being a set and 2-4 down within the second towards Tamil Nadu participant Manish Sureshkumar.
The match featured lengthy baseline rallies with each gamers in good type. Midway into the primary set it was apparent that Orlov wasn’t within the prime of his health after lengthy matches within the final 2 rounds. Manish took benefit of the superior health on the day with lengthy, aggressive baseline hitting continuously placing Orlov on the defensive.
The match ended with Orlov retiring when he was 2-4 down within the second set after dropping the primary 4-6.
Rawat, in the meantime edged out David Perez Sanz 7-5,7-6 (7). The Third-seed Digvijay Pratap Singh ousted the fifth seeded Florent Bax 6-3,6-2 within the different quarterfinal.
The doubles last shall be between Vishnu Vardhan and Nitin Kumar Sinha and the staff of Sai Karteek Reddy and T Macherla.
-PTI
CRICKET
Delhi Capitals opens its first Cricket Academy within the Northeast
The JSW-GMR co-owned IPL franchise Delhi Capitals has joined arms with ICON Sports Academy to open its first DC Cricket Academy within the Northeast. The collaboration between ICON Sports Academy and Delhi Capitals started in January 2023, however the official announcement concerning the new DC Cricket Academy was made throughout a press convention in Guwahati on Friday
The DC ICON Sports Academy is the primary cricket facility in Guwahati, which has an indoor coaching space. The academy additionally gives lodging amenities and a number of turfs for a number of budding cricketers to hone their abilities. The kids within the northeastern area have an ideal alternative to develop as cricketers with the assist of extremely certified BCCI Level 2 coaches and world-class coaching amenities.
Speaking concerning the affiliation with ICON Sports Academy, Sourav Ganguly, Director of Cricket mentioned, “The Delhi Capitals Cricket Academy in Guwahati will give many young boys and girls an opportunity to train in good gear and pitches. I am certain that we will see cricketers from the northeastern region play for India with the support of the Delhi Capitals.”
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
Gaurav Singh ends lengthy await second PGTI title with playoff victory at Delhi-NCR Open
Noida’s Gaurav Pratap Singh ended a 14-year-long await his second PGTI title together with his playoff victory on the Delhi-NCR Open right here on Saturday.
The 38-year-old Gaurav (35-68-70-71), taking part in at his residence course, put up a strong last spherical efficiency of one-under 71 earlier than prevailing in a playoff towards Faridabad’s Karan Pratap Singh (34-71-70-69).
Gaurav and Karan had earlier posted similar totals of eight-under 244 in regulation play to power a playoff.
The 22-year-old Karan, who turned professional in 2019, secured a career-best runner-up end.
Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta (69) and Greater Noida’s Sudhir Sharma (71) claimed tied third place at seven-under 245.
-PTI