Here are all the key updates and outcomes from Indian sports activities on November 10.
CUE SPORT
National Billiards & Snooker Championships to start in Chennai on Nov 21
The upcoming National Billiards & Snooker Championships is about to happen from November 21 on the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.
It would be the ninetieth version of the nationwide championship and the primary version to be held within the metropolis since 2011.
The occasion will probably be held for over 30 days and conclude on December 25, with round 1,500 cueists throughout codecs and age teams anticipated to take part.
It would additionally embrace the likes of Aditya Mehta, Rafath Habib, Vidya Pillai, Brijesh Damani, Shrikrishna Suryanarayan and Anupama Ramachandran.
The divisions anticipated on the occasion are Senior billiards & snooker for women and men, Masters snooker, 6 Reds Snooker for women and men and sub-junior and junior billiards & snooker for girls and boys.
“If you consider snooker in Europe, it is making more money than cricket, while the prize money too is quite high, nearly at par with Wimbledon tennis, which is GBP 2,50,000,” Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association (TNBSA) vice-president Rajmohan instructed PTI.
“It’s all being possible because of the visual (television) media. Gradually, with enough support, I assure you 100 per cent that we can gain immense popularity next to cricket. It is how the sport has gained popularity in England.”
Echoing Rajmohan’s ideas, TNBSA president BG Muralidharan stated that the largest problem for Indian snooker is to achieve the plenty, particularly on the grassroots stage.
“We have to reach out to more schools and universities; that’s how cricket has developed and gained popularity (in the country).”
Billiards and snooker are a few of the indoor sports activities that are but to make it to the Olympics, and Rajmohan stated efforts are being made to make sure that it’s included within the editions past 2028 Los Angeles Games.
“England and even China has come up very well (in the sport). They are all strong countries, alongside France and Germany. If these four nations push for it, it will certainly be included in the Olympics,” he stated.
“After television and social media began spreading the sport, the viewership has peaked, and it will keep escalating in the coming years. So, if this trend keeps going upwards, we will certainly get there (in the Olympics),” he signed off.
– PTI
TENNIS
Sriram Balaji reaches doubles remaining at Helsinki Challenger
Sriram Balaji in partnership with Andre Begemann beat Luke Johnson and Skander Mansouri 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-8] within the doubles semifinals of the €145,000 Challenger tennis event in Helsinki, Finland, on Friday.
The Indo-German pair had earlier overwhelmed the highest seeds Andrea Pellegrino and Andrea Vavassori 11-9 within the tremendous tie-break of the quarterfinals.
RESULTS
€145,000 Challenger, Helsinki, Finland
Doubles (semifinals): Sriram Balaji & Andre Begemann (Ger) bt Luke Johnson (GBR) & Skander Mansouri (Tun) 6-7(4), 6-4, [10-8];
Quarterfinals: Balaji & Begemann bt Andrea Pellegrino & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) 6-7(3), 6-4, [11-9]; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Marco Bortolotti (Ita) & Sergio Gornes (Esp) 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF males, Hua Hin, Thailand
Doubles (semifinals): Blake Baydon & Kody Pearson (Aus) bt David Pichler (Aut) & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Egor Agafonov & Bogdan Bobrov bt Alexandr Binda (Ita) & Chirag Duhan 6-2, 6-2.
$100,000 ITF ladies, Charleston, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-0.
– Team Sportstar
IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge: India defeats Italy, stays unbeaten after three matches
Rushil Khosla and Sohini Mohanty received their singles and doubles matches to assist India to a 4-2 victory over Italy within the third league match of the IC Rod Laver Junior tennis Challenge on the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club in San Diego, California.
India was in a spot of trouble after Manas Dhamne and Asmi Adkar had misplaced their singles matches, however each of them rose to the event within the girls and boys doubles later.
It was the third successive victory for the Indian group after those towards Britain and USA. It was the primary loss in three matches for Italy.
India will play Argentina and South Africa within the final two league matches. The topper of the league would be the champion.
Result (League stage)
India bt Italy 4-2 (Manas Dhamne misplaced to Lorenzo Angelini 5-7, 5-7; Rushil Khosla bt Michele Mecarelli 6-2, 6-1; Asmi Adkar misplaced to Ilary Pistola 2-6, 1-6; Sohini Mohanty bt Ylenia Zocco 6-2, 1-6, [10-4]; Rushil & Manas bt Michele & Lorenzo 6-4, 6-2; Asmi & Sohini bt Ilary & Ylenia 7-6(4), 6-1).
– Team Sportstar
ITF Masters: Janweaj beats prime seed Jindel in over-75 remaining
Narender Janweja beat prime seed Ashok Jindel 6-0, 6-3 within the over-75 remaining of the ITF Masters tennis event on the Indore Tennis Club.
He dropped solely 5 video games in all in profitable his three matches for the title.
Narender received the doubles title in partnership with Ashok Jindel. The duo dropped solely two video games in all in two rounds after a bye within the first.
The outcomes (finals)
Over-60: Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt Nirmal Kumar Ranjan 4-0 (retired).
Doubles: Arun Aggarwal & Nagaraj Revanasiddaiah bt OP Dikshit & Pramod Dixit 7-6(1), 6-1.
Over-65: Ajeet Bhardwaj bt Eknath Kinikar 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: Ajeet Bhardwaj & SJS Randhawa bt Rakesh Kohli & Yogesh Shah 5-7, 7-5, [10-7].
Over-70: AJS Chhatwal bt George Thomas 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: AJS Chhatwal & Ramarao Dosa bt Surinder Mohan Sharma & VLSN
Raju 6-4, 5-7, [10-0].
Over-75: Narender Janweja bt Ashok Jindel 6-0, 6-3.
Doubles: Narender Janweja & Ashok Jindel bt Paras Chhajed & Francis Rodrigues 6-0, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Top seed Neeraj wins AITA event in Chandigarh
Neeraj Yashpaul emerged champion within the AITA males’s tennis
event in Chandigarh on Friday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Neeraj Yashpaul emerged champion within the AITA males’s tennis
event in Chandigarh on Friday.
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SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Top seed Neeraj Yashpaul overcame a sluggish begin to beat third seed Jagmeet Singh 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 within the remaining of the Rs.2,50,000 AITA males’s tennis event, sponsored by HPCL and Mittal Energy, on the CLTA Complex in Chandigarh on Friday.
Neeraj performed strong by means of the event and didn’t drop a set earlier than the ultimate.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BADMINTON
More than 1000 gamers to take part in Krishna Khaitan U-19 badminton event
More than 1000 gamers are scheduled to compete within the Yonex Sunrise thirtieth Krishna Khaitan all-India under-19 badminton event to be held on the Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium, Sector-3, Panchkula, from November 14 to twenty.
The event, that includes singles, doubles and combined doubles occasions, will carry a complete money prize of Rs.4,00,000.
The essential draw matches will probably be performed from seventeenth, after the qualifying occasions over the primary three days.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
GOLF
Shubhankar opens strongly with 68 in South Africa
India’s Shubhankar Sharma opened with a powerful 4-under 68 within the first spherical of the Nedbank Golf Challenge to present himself an opportunity to safe his place within the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
With three birdies, an eagle and one bogey, he was tied eighth and two pictures behind the 4 co-leaders that included world No. 8 Max Homa in Sun City on Friday.
Homa overcame an absence of aggressive motion to take a share of a four-way tie for the lead on the Gary Player Country Club.
The world No. 8, making his debut in Sun City, transformed a powerful closing birdie to affix Englishman Dan Bradbury, Denmark’s Nicolai Højgaard and Sweden’s Vincent Norrman on six beneath par following rounds of 66.
Homa, who top-scored for the US Team on the Ryder Cup final month, posted a clear card in ‘Africa’s Major’ regardless of not teeing it up competitively because the biennial contest at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.
Fellow Ryder Cup star Højgaard wasted no time in setting the clubhouse goal as he recovered from a gap bogey within the first group of the day to earn a share of the primary spherical lead and be properly positioned as he targets a late surge up the Race to Dubai Rankings.
Bradbury continued his love affair with South Africa along with his opening spherical of 66 which included a shocking 75-foot eagle putt on the par 5 ninth gap.
The 24-year-old began the yr with none taking part in privileges on the DP World Tour earlier than profitable the Joburg Open in November 2022 whereas taking part in on an invitation.
The main quartet is accomplished by Swede Norrman, who has confirmed himself as a person who is aware of find out how to win in latest weeks.
The 25-year-old, who can also be making his event debut this week, went bogey free as he appears to be like to make it three victories in his final 10 worldwide begins following his triumphs on the Barbasol Championship and Horizon Irish Open.
The leaders sit one shot away from three gamers in a share of fifth place, with Frenchman Julien Guerrier and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune becoming a member of Poland’s Adrian Meronk on 5 beneath par.
Meronk, a four-time DP World Tour winner, is at present third on the Race to Dubai and a win in South Africa this week would preserve his hopes of profitable the season-long Rankings alive.
-PTI
Bhullar, Kochhar Tied-Twelfth in Hong Kong
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar and Karandeep Kochhar carded an identical rounds of 4-under 66 to be Tied-Twelfth on the USD 2 million Hong Kong Open on Friday.
They additionally had related playing cards of 67 every within the first spherical.
Thailand’s Phachara Khongwatmai carded a superb 7-under-par 63 with 10 birdies and three bogeys to take the lead at 12-under. He shot 5-under 65 on the primary day.
He leads Australian Cameron Smith (66) and Sangmoon Bae (63) from Korea by one shot.
Ajeetesh Sandhu added 68 to his first spherical 66 and was 6-under for T-21 whereas Rashid Khan (69-67) was T-40. Veer Ahlawat (68-69) at 3-under was T-52 and the one different Indian to make the lower.
S Chikkarangappa (70-69), SSP Chawrasia (74-65), Shiv Kapur (68-73) and Honey Baisoya (73-73) missed the lower, which fell at 2-under.
Bhullar began on the eleventh, which is the opening gap on the again 9 on the Hong Kong Golf Club, and had 5 birdies towards one bogey, the identical as Kochhar, who teed off from the primary and had birdies on his first three holes. Sandhu teeing off from the eleventh had three birdies towards one bogey.
American Micah Laurent Shin (63), Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana (64), Kiwi Ben Campbell (64) and Harrison Crowe (65) from Australia are one shot additional again – within the penultimate leg of this yr’s International Series.
-PTI
Tvesa, Avani and Pranavi lead six Indians into Final stage of LET Q-School
Tvesa Malik took step one in direction of getting again her standing on the Ladies European Tour, taking the highest honours within the Pre-Qualifier Asia with a remaining spherical of 2-under 70 and a complete of 7-under 209 for 54 holes.
The previous couple of teams had been nonetheless on the entrance 9 on the Classic Golf and Country Club in Gurugram when the gamers needed to endure a 40-minute stoppage on account of thunder and rain.
Avani Prashanth, who will keep novice until she performs the LET Q-School’s Final stage, shot 1-over 73 for a complete of 4-under 212 and completed second.
Fellow Bengalurean Pranavi Urs, who in 2023 divided her time taking part in on numerous excursions globally, struck 4 birdies in a five-hole stretch between the 14th and the 18th to complete third with a event combination of 3-under 213.
A complete of eight women are assured of a spot within the 90-hole five-round Q-School Final in Marrakech, with six of them being Indians.
Following the top-three Indians within the event was Singapore’s Sock Hwee Koh (70) in fourth place at 2-under 214.
Durga Nittur (70) and Ridhima Dilawari (73) had been tied for the fifth place at 1-under 215, whereas Thailand’s Saraporn Chamchoi (70) and India’s Jasmine Shekar (70) had been tied for seventh place.
Tvesa, after struggling along with her type for a very good a part of the final two years, has begun to point out a welcome return to type with two wins on the home Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour.
“I feel I have begun playing well after putting in a lot of hard work over the past few months,” stated Tvesa, who completed three pictures forward of novice Avani, who at 17, is seeking to take her first steps into skilled golf.
Tvesa added, “I am still working on my game, though the scoring is coming back. It is like a work in progress, but for now getting to the Final Stage was the immediate goal. To do that without much fuss felt good.”
Avani was happy to maneuver ahead, however added, “The putting did not work this week, despite the 67 on the second day. The greens seemed rather slow, and the rain did not help. But I stayed focused on getting the job done.”
Pranavi was additionally comfortable to get to the Final Stage, extra so after flirting with hazard at one level within the remaining spherical. “I am just looking forward to a couple of other events and then the Final stage,” she stated.
-PTI