GOLF
Lahiri, Bhullar set for marketing campaign in Jakarta
Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri will hope to finish his lengthy title drought when he tees off on the BNI Indonesian Masters right here on Thursday.
Even although Lahiri has carried out nicely on the PGA Tour and now on the LIV Tour, a win has eluded him because the 2015 success on the Hero Indian Open.
The 36-year-old, who continues to play the LIV Golf League, was the runner-up within the 2022 version of the occasion in Indonesia.
While Lahiri received this occasion in 2014, no Indian has had as a lot success in Indonesia as Gaganjeet Bhullar, who has received 3 times on this nation.
In reality his first Asian Tour success got here in Jakarta, when he received the Indonesia President Invitational in 2009. He received once more in 2013 and received the Indonesia Open in 2016.
The different Indians within the subject are Rashid Khan, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Veer Ahlawat, Karandeep Kochhar, SSP Chawrasia, Shiv Kapur, S Chikkarangappa, Honey Baisoya and Yashas Chandra.
Lahiri stated, “It’s at all times enjoyable to be again right here, I actually get pleasure from coming again. I get pleasure from this golf course. I believe it units up good for me and I’ve carried out nicely over time and yeah, it’s at all times enjoyable to return right here “Over the years, Indonesia was certainly one of my favorite stops once I was enjoying on the Asian Tour as a result of there was a large Indian expat neighborhood.
– PTI
POLO
Girdhari Cup: Jindal Panther beats Delta basis 8-4
Siddhant Sharma scored 4 targets to assist Jindal Panther to a 8-4 victory over Delta Foundation in a league match of the Girdhari Cup polo event on the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, on Wednesday.
In the semifinals to be performed on Friday on the Jaipur Polo floor, Jindal Panther will meet 61st Cavalry/Royal Enfield, and the opposite match will likely be between Vimal Arion Achievers and Delhi Foundation.
The outcomes (league):
Jindal Panther 8 (Siddhant Sharma 4, Dino Dhankar 2, Naveen Jindal, Simran Shergill) bt Delta Foundations 4 (Salim Azmi 2, Padmanabh Singh 2).
VimalArion Achievers 6 (Abhimanyu Pathak 3, Hurr Ali 2, Daniel Otamendi) bt Sahgal Stud 1 1/2 (Naveen Singh, handicap 1/2).
– Team Sportstar
TENNIS
ITF girls’s event: Riya Bhatia beats Mia Saveljic 6-3, 6-0
Riya Bhatia beat Mia Saveljic 6-3, 6-0 within the first spherical in a draw of 64 within the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Riya additionally made the doubles quarterfinals in partnership with Lauren Proctor.
The outcomes:
$80,000 Challenger, Kobe, Japan
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Niki Poonacha & Divij Sharan bt Karol Drzewiecki (Pol) & Zdenek Kolar (Cze) 6-4, 6-2; Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Shinji Hazawa & Yuta Shimizu (Jpn) 6-7(6), 6-4, [10-5]; Chung Yun Seong (Kor) & Ruben Gonzales (Phi) bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Arjun Kadhe 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF males, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (first spherical): Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Rohan Mehra 7-5, 7-6(3).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) & Shintaro Imai (Jpn) bt Pruchya Isaro (Tha) & Parikshit Somani 6-3, 4-6, [10-8].
$25,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first spherical): Hady Habib (Lbn bt Chirag Duhan 6-1, 6-0.
$25,000 ITF girls, Austin, USA
Singles (first spherical): Mary Stoiana (USA) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF girls, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Singles (first spherical): Riya Bhatia bt Mia Saveljic (USA) 6-3, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Lauren Proctor (USA) bt Carolyn Ansari & Haley Giavara (USA) 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF girls, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lee Bathellier & Louna Zoppas (Fra) bt Lakshmi Gowda & Pawinee Ruamrak (Tha) 6-4, 7-5.
– Team Sportstar