Here are all the key updates, scores and outcomes of Indians from the world of sports activities on Monday, March 11.
GOLF
Diksha registers second straight Top-10 end, Pranavi T-17
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar registered her second straight Top-10 end with a gentle 1-under 71 on the third and remaining day of the Aramco Team Series.
Diksha, who shot 69-70 within the first two rounds, completed 6-under 210 and was Tied-sixth.
Fellow Indian, Pranavi Urs, enjoying her first season on the Ladies European Tour, additionally had a good end after an excellent par 72 on the ultimate day. At 3-under for 54 holes, Pranavi completed T-17.
It has been an excellent begin for the 2 Indians, who’re each a number of winners on their dwelling tour, the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour.
Diksha was T-9 at Morocco after being T-19 in Kenya, whereas Pranavi, the No. 1 golfer in India in 2022, was T-5 in Morocco.
Pranavi is now 14th on the LET Order of Merit and Diksha is seventeenth.
Diksha had combined emotions as she stated, “It wasn’t easy but on some few holes I had good shots. Because of the wind I struggled a bit but I made some great up and downs and it was alright. I’m happy with that. But on some of the birdie holes, I made a few silly mistakes which could have been easily birdie.”
Pranavi was glad together with her first Aramco Team Series occasion.
“It was my first-ever team series so I absolutely loved playing with Bronte (Law) and Sophia (Popov). I think the first hour was pretty good, it was a bit of a roller coaster but overall I think I’ve been playing pretty and it was good to keep the momentum going from Morocco. I think I did fairly well.”
– PTI
Amandeep prepared for all challengers in sixth leg of WPGT
Amandeep Drall might be among the many favourites to win the sixth leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour, which will get underway on the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram this week.
With 46 gamers, it will likely be the best ever on the WPGT, and the prize purse might be a whopping Rs 25 lakhs. The gamers might be enjoying over 4 rounds and 72 holes.
Amandeep might be challenged by Vani Kapoor, Hitaashee Bakshi and Sneha Singh. While Vani featured in Singapore final week, Hitaashe leads the WPGT Order of Merit, whereas Sneha is the one a number of winner this season.
The subject additionally contains the promising newbie Vidhatri Urs, who has additionally gained on the Pro Tour this season.
One of the fascinating options this week is that the complete three-member Indian Golf Union’s crew for the Queen Sirikit Cup, Vidhatri, Zara Anand and Heena Kang are within the subject.
It has been a closely-contested season to date with 4 completely different winners within the final 5 occasions. All of them are within the subject this week.
Among the others on the lookout for their first win of 2024 might be Gaurika Bishnoi, who was second to Amandeep final week, together with Ridhima Dilawari, Neha Tripathi, Seher Atwal and Khushi Khanijau. A complete of seven amateurs might be enjoying on the sector.
– PTI
TENNIS
Indian Wells: Bopanna-Ebden crash out in first spherical
Top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden had been edged out 7-6(1), 4-6, [10-8] within the doubles first spherical by Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen of Belgium within the $12,418,990 ATP Masters tennis match in Indian Wells, USA.
The Indo-Aussie pair collected $18,640 and there was no ATP level for first spherical.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Leading Indian gamers eye success at $25,000 ITF males’s match
After the wholesome spell of 4 Challengers in latest weeks, main Indian gamers Ramkumar Ramanathan, S Mukund, Siddharth Vishwakarma, Sidharth Rawat, Manish Sureshkumar and Nitin Kumar Sinha will try to capitalise on the $25,000 ITF males’s match to be performed on the DLTA Complex in New Delhi from Tuesday.
The undeniable fact that the younger Manas Dhamne, who’s coaching on the Piatti Centre in Italy, has been introduced into the fold with a wild card augurs effectively for his progress. It additionally provides an opportunity for the tennis fraternity within the nation to gauge his progress.
Manas will open in opposition to sixth seed Florent Bax of France, who had made the ultimate at this venue some months in the past.
Mukund was sensible in Pune through the Challenger earlier than he needed to give a walkover within the quarterfinals owing to an upset abdomen. He will open in opposition to Karan Singh who’s equally hungry to exhibit his sturdy sport.
Ramkumar Ramanathan has been tuning himself properly on the venue through the PSPB match final week and needs to be prepared to say his large sport. He begins in opposition to Thanapet Chanta of Thailand.
Manish Sureshkumar might be up in opposition to second seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan.
Apart from these gamers, it will likely be fascinating to see the efficiency of gamers like Chirag Duhan, Vishnu Vardhan, and Dev Javia amongst others who’ve reached the third and remaining qualifying spherical.
The tall and wiry Chirag additionally did fairly effectively through the PSPB match and might be eager to indicate his progress as he has been coaching on the Patrick Mouratoglou Centre in France for some months, aside from competing within the worldwide circuit, particularly in Tunisia.
Well, the seasoned Evgeny Donskoy who has a victory over Roger Federer, is the highest seed and had gained the match the final time he had performed on the venue. It might be fascinating to see how effectively wild card entrant Shivank Bhatnagar performs in opposition to Donskoy, ranked 267 in the intervening time.
Overall, one other thrilling week of tennis in retailer.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
The seedings:
1. Evgeny Donskoy, 2. Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb), 3. Ramkumar Ramanathan, 4. S Mukund, 5. Nam Hoang Ly (Vie), 6. Florent Bax (Fra), 7. Siddharth Vishwakarma, 8. Sidharth Rawat.
ITF: Shrivalli faces high seed Irina Maria in opener
National champion Shrivalli Bhamidipaty will open in opposition to high seed Irina Maria Bara of Romania within the $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match to be performed on the Indore Tennis Cllub from Tuesday.
After the latest spell of top of the range tennis, it will likely be one other likelihood for Shrivalli to make a mark.
Third seed Ankita Raina, who opted to avail a wild card entry, will begin in opposition to Ya-Husan Llee of Chinese Taipei, and finds herself within the second quarter together with seventh seed Polina Iatcenko.
Another participant who has been catching consideration in latest occasions, Sahaja Yamalapalli will play Zeel Desai. Asian Games combined doubles gold medallist Rutuja Bhosale, fairly sturdy in singles, might be up in opposition to fourth seed Mananchaya Sawangkaew of Thailand.
Riya Bhatia will play sixth seed Sohyun Park of Korea. The champion of the final match in Nagpur, Dalila Jakupovic has been seeded second and can await a qualifier.
Saumya Vig, Soha Sadiq, Humera Baharmus, Maaya Rajeshwaran, Akanksha Nitture, Vaishnavi Adkar and Suhitha Maruri have made the third and remaining qualifying spherical. Some of them will make the principle draw and strengthen the Indian problem.
The seedings:
1. Irina Maria Bara (Rou), 2. Dalila Jakupovic (Slo), 3. Ankita Raina, 4. Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha), 5. Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu), 6. Sohyun Park (Kor), 7. Polina Iatcenko, 8. Diana Marcinkevica.
– Kamesh Srinivasan