TENNIS
Rutuja bounces again to beat Sravya
Rutuja Bhosale bounced again from a gradual begin to beat qualifier Sravya Shivani 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 within the first spherical of the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the MSLTA Centre on Wednesday.
In the pre-quarterfinals, Rutuja will play Daria Kudashova.
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty cruised previous Misaki Matsuda of Japan and arrange a second spherical towards second seed Ekaterina Makarova.
Pranjala Yadlapalli went down in three units to qualifier Ekaterina Kazionova.
THE RESULTS
Singles (first spherical): Maria Timofeeva bt Humera Baharmus 6-4, 6-1; Madhurima Sawant bt Saumya Vig 6-2, 6-3; Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Smriti Bhasin 6-2, 6-2; Vicky Van De Peer (Bel) bt Ayano Shimizu (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2; Daria Kudashova bt Elena Jamshidi (Den) 6-1, 6-3; Rutuja Bhosale bt Sravya Shivani 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Daria Marcinkevica (Lat) bt Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Ekaterina Kazionova bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Funa Kozaki & Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) & Vicky Van De Peer (Bel) 6-1, 6-2; Hiromi Abe & Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Sai Samhitha & Soha Sadiq 6-1, 6-0.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Tanushri overcomes resistance from Ananya
Top seed Tanushri Pandey overcame stiff resistance from Ananya Dhankhar 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 within the quarterfinals of the Rs. 100,000 AITA girls’s tennis event on the Joygaon Academy on Wednesday.
In the semifinals, Tanushri will play the champion of the final event on the identical venue, Chandana Potugari.
The different semifinal shall be between second seed Samaira Malik fifth seed Pavithra Reddy each of whom needed to endure three setters towards Snigdha Patibandlaand Ritu Rai respectively.
THE RESULTS (QUATERFINALS)
Tanushri Pandey bt Ananya Dhankhar 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2; Chandana Potugari bt Durganshi Kumar 6-2, 6-3; Pavithra Reddy bt Ritu Rai 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Samaira Malik bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
National choice trials: Rhythm Sangwan beats Manu Bhaker
Swapnil Kusale, topper Akhil Sheoran, Chain Singh in rifle 3-position occasion within the National taking pictures trials in Delhi on Wednesday.
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Swapnil Kusale, topper Akhil Sheoran, Chain Singh in rifle 3-position occasion within the National taking pictures trials in Delhi on Wednesday.
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Rhythm Sangwan beat qualification topper and Olympic quota winner Manu Bhaker 38-37 within the girls’s 25-metre sports activities pistol occasion within the National taking pictures choice trials on the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, on Wednesday.
After six collection of 5 photographs, Rhythm had taken a two level lead over Manu. Thereafter, it was a troublesome contest, and Manu may solely bridge the hole by one level within the subsequent 4 collection.
Simranpreet Kaur Brar positioned third forward of a number of World Cup gold medallist Rahi Sarnobat, Jaspreet Kaur, Neha, TS Divya and Shital Preetam Desai.
In the second trial of girls’s air rifle, Ramita Jindal prevailed but once more as she beat Narmada Nithin by 0.9 level for the highest spot. Ramita shot 10.6 on the final, to 10.0 by Narmada. Nancy who had shot a commendable 634.0 in qualification positioned third forward of Elavenil Valarivan, Shruti, NIsha Kanwar, Olympic quota winner Shriyanka Sadangi and qualification topper Sonam Maskar (634.5).
In the lads’s rifle 3-position occasion, it was the flip of World Cup gold medallist and Olympic quota winner, Akhil Sheoran to prime the sector forward of the opposite Olympic quota winner Swapnil Kusale by 1.4 level.
Both had certified strongly with 592 and 591 which ought to augur properly for the Olympic preparation.
Olympian Chain Singh positioned third, whereas NIraj Kumar, Adriyan Karmakar, Nishan Budha, Ganga Singh completed fourth to seventh respectively. Rishi Gireesh made the ultimate with 587, however opted to skip it.
THE RESULTS
10m air rifle: Women: 1. Ramita Jindal 252.0 (631.8); 2. Narmada Nithin 251.1 (631.6); 3. Nancy 230.4 (634.0).
25m sports activities pistol: Women: 1. Rhythm Sangwan 38 (580); 2. Manu Bhaker 37 (589); 3. Simranpreet Kaur Brar 30 (578).
50m rifle 3-position: 1. Akhil Sheoran 465.2 (592); 2. Swapnil Kusale 463.8 (591); 3. Chain Singh 451.6 (585).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Pranavi lies Eleventh as 4 Indians make 72-hole reduce at Final Stage of Ladies European Tour
Pranavi Urs, at tied-Eleventh, led 4 Indians within the race for the total card on the Ladies European Tour for 2024 after 4 rounds of the five-day Final Stage of the Qualifying School golf event on Wednesday.
Pranavi shot 74, whereas Neha Tripathi (73) was T-Thirty sixth, Vani Kapoor (76) T-Forty sixth and Amandeep Drall (75) T-56th.
With the top-65 and ties qualifying for the fifth and remaining spherical, the opposite eight Indians missed the reduce.
Those who missed the reduce have been Ridhima Dilawari (74-72-72-77) at T-88, Avani Prashanth (76-71-72-77) and Tvesa Malik (74-70-77-75) at T-88, Jasmine Shekar (75-74-75-75) at T-112, Sneha Singh (83-72-76-76) at T-144, Seher Atwal (77-73-78-81) at 146, Ananya Datar (80-79-76-79) at 148 and Durga Nittur (80-81-76-83) at 150.
After three stable rounds, Pranavi appeared to falter within the fourth spherical however she managed to carry on to a 74 regardless of two double bogeys. She had 5 birdies, three bogeys and two doubles in her spherical.
Neha had two birdies in her first 4 holes and two extra in final three however in between she dropped 4 photographs in her spherical of even par 73 on the Par-73 Al Maaden Golf Club.
The Top-20 and ties after the fifth spherical will earn a Category card, which can give the gamers a lot of the begins, whereas these between twenty first and fiftieth and ties will get standing in Category 16 with restricted begins. Those within the third group, Category 19, will get even fewer begins.
Russia’s Nataliya Guseva held a two-shot lead on the finish of the fourth day of the Final Stage of Lalla Aicha Q-School.
– PTI