TENNIS
Top seeds Naiktha and Fanni reaches girls’s doubles finals
Top seeds Naiktha Bains and Fanni Stollar beat third seeds Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina 7-5, 6-7(3), [10-1] within the doubles semifinals of the NECC $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis match on the Deccan Gymkhana on Friday.
The Indian pair did have its possibilities and did properly to race from 2-3 to 7-3 within the second set tie-break. However, Naiktha and Fanni scotched all hopes by reaching 9-0 within the tremendous tie-break earlier than Rutuja and Ankita managed to drag again a token level.
In the ultimate, the British-Hungarian pair will face fourth seeds Alexandra Eala and Darja Semenistaja.
In the singles quarterfinals, qualifier Tina Nadine Smith of Australia outplayed second seed Anastasia Tikhonova 6-1, 6-2. Tina will play Dalila Jakupovic within the semifinals.
The different semifinal might be between high seed Darja Semenistaja and third seed Moyuka Uchijima.
Results:
Singles (quarterfinals):
Darja Semenistaja (Lat) bt alexandra Eala (Phi) 7-6(6), 6-0; Moyuka Uchijima (Jpn) bt Anouk Koevermans (Ned) 6-2, 6-4; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Anca Alexia Todoni (Rou) 6-0, 1-6, 6-4; tina Nadine Smith (Aus) bt Anastasia Tikhonova 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals):
Naiktha Bains (GBR) & Fanni Stollar (Hun) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Ankita Raina 7-5, 6-7(3), [10-1]; Alexandra Eala (Phi) & Darja Semenistaja (Lat) bt Saki Imamura & Naho Sato (Jpn) 7-6(5), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF $25k Chennai: Mukund to conflict vs Sels in semis; Tomic takes on Vanshelboim
Unseeded Indian Mukund Sasikumar was on a roll defeating Russia’s Alexey Zakharov in straight units 7-5, 6-3 to enter the semifinal of the USD 25,000 ITF Futures right here on Friday.
Mukund, ranked 554th, served with pinpoint accuracy as he completed factors with highly effective forehands all through the encounter, unsettling the rhythm of the higher-ranked Russian.
Mukund might be assembly Dutchman Jelle Sels, who outperformed Frenchman Arther Weber in three units, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (1-7), 6-3.
Meanwhile, Bernard Tomic of Australia was given a scare by Austria’s Sandro Kopp earlier than profitable a hard-fought three-setter 5-7, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (8-6).
The remaining set turned out to be tense for each, who held their serves for one more 6-6, whereas Kopp was up 6-5 in the course of the tie-break and held a match level.
Tomic used his expertise to play right here, saving the match level and profitable the following two factors to win the meet and attain the semifinal.
He might be taking up Ukraine’s Eric Vanshelboim who produced a calming straight-set victory over Indonesia’s Rifqi Fitriadi 6-4, 6-4.
– PTI
KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES
Khelo India Youth Games: Madhya Pradesh to fulfill Odisha in boy’s hockey remaining
In a repeat of the earlier version, Madhya Pradesh will meet Odisha within the boys’ hockey remaining of the sixth Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) to be held right here on Saturday. In the ladies’ summit conflict, Haryana will tackle Madhya Pradesh. MP might be eager to bag a ‘double’.
The finest match of the hockey semifinals was the one between defending champion MP and Haryana in boys’ part, which was evenly paced until the ultimate whistle. In the top, MP edged out Haryana 4-3 by way of a penalty shoot, after the groups have been tied 2-2 in regulation time.
When Haryana’s Amandeep’s shot was legged away by goalkeeper Amaan Khan, it signalled the victory for MP.
The outcomes:
Hockey: Semifinals: Boys: MP 2 (Zameer Mohammad, Md. Konain Dad) bt Haryana 2 (Sunil Maan, Amit Khasa) by way of tiebreaker 4-3; Odisha 6 (Mohan Krishna, Karan Lakra, Anmol Ekka, Prem Dayal Giri, Deepak Pradhan, Rohit Kullu) bt Jharkhand 1 (Guria Sukhnath).
Girls: Haryana 7 (Rana Sakshi 2, Kajal, Manpreet Kaur, Manisha 2, Ishika, Saavi) bt Mizoram 4 (Vanlahriatpuii 2, Lalrinpuii, Lalbiaksiami).; MP 3 (Amanpreet Kaur, Soniya Kumre, Sonam) bt Odisha 1 (Tanjua Toppo).
Weightlifting:
Boys: 49Kg: 1. Babulai Hembrom (Jhr) 84 (snatch), 107 (clear & jerk) 191 (complete); 2. Rishab Prasher (UP); 3. Krushna Vyawahare (Mah); 55Kg: 1. L. Dhanush (TN) 101 (snatch), 124 (clear & jerk), 225 (complete), 2. Nikhil Koli (Mah), 3. Sosar Toma (ARN).
Girls:
40kg: 1. Jyoshna Sabar (Odi) 60 (snatch), 70 (clear & jerk) 130 (complete); 2. Priteesmita Bhoi (Odi); 3. B. Neeraja (AP); 45Kg: 1. Megha Aher (Mah) 63, 85, 148; 2. R. Bhavani (AP); 3. Payal (Har).
Shooting: Mixed workforce (finals): 10m air rifle: 1. Maharashtra, 2. Haryana, 3. WB; Trap: 1. Rajasthan, 2., TN, 3. Punjab.
-Team Sportstar
SHOOTING
World Cup: Rhythm Sangwan tops qualification
Rhythm Sangwan certified for ladies’s air pistol remaining on the high with a rating of 584, following a sequence of 97, 98, 97, 97, 96 and 99 within the taking pictures World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday.
Anuradha Devi additionally made the ultimate with a rating of 575. Manu Bhaker positioned 18th with 572, whereas competing for rating factors solely (RPO), Sainyam and Olympian Yashaswini Singh Deswal shot 576 and 568 respectively.
In males’s air pistol, Sagar Dangi made the ultimate with a rating of 582, however completed sixth.
In males’s entice, Zoravar Singh Sandhu (70) was within the seventeenth place after three rounds. Prithviraj Tondaiman (68) and vivaan Kapoor (60) have been additional down within the thirty fifth and sixty fifth spots. In the RPO part, Lakshay Sheoran and Bhowneesh Mendiratta shot 69 and 65 respectively.
In girls’s entice, Rajeshwari Kumari shot one of the best among the many Indians with 64 after three rounds. Manisha Keer (63) and Bhavya Tripathi (60) adopted her.
The outcomes: 10m air pistol: Men: . Lim Hojin (or) 241.9 (586); 2. Samuil Donkov (Bul) 241.7 (580); 3. Lauris Strautmanis (Lat) 220.4 (582); 6. Sagar Dangi 158.3 (582); 10. Ujjawal Malik 579; 18. Ravinder Singh 577. RPO: Varun Tomar 578; Kedarling Uchaganve 573.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Jay Pandya shoots 63 to take midway lead at high Pre-Qualifying I
Ahmedabad golfer Jay Pandya shot a red-hot eight-under 63 to steer on the midway stage of the Pre-Qualifying I of the TATA Steel PGTI Qualifying School right here on Friday.
Pandya was 10-under 132 after spherical two on the Golmuri Golf Course.
From a complete subject of 122 in Pre-Qualifying I, the highest 22 gamers certified for the Final Qualifying Stage because the minimize was declared at one-under 141.
The 25-year-old Pandya (69-63), who was T-14th in a single day and 4 off the lead firstly of spherical two, fired an impressive 63 to complete two photographs away from the remainder of the sector.
Pandya, who turned professional in 2020, struck it near the pins by way of the day that helped him decide up 9 birdies at the price of a lone bogey.
He ended the occasion in model with birdies on the final 5 holes. His longest putt of the day was a 25-feet conversion on the closing 18th.
Local hero Karan Taunk (68-66) secured a tied second place at eight-under 134 together with Yash Majmudar (66-68).
Sagar Raghuvanshi made a hole-in-one on the seventeenth throughout his spherical of 68. Sagar certified having completed tied fifteenth at two-under 140.
-PTI