TENNIS
Zeel, Rashmikaa meet in all Indian closing; Cherubini-Schmidt win doubles title at ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour
Zeel Desai actually confirmed her zeal to come back again from the brink of defeat after being a match level down towards Rutuja Bhosale to arrange an all-Indian closing conflict towards reigning National champion Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty within the Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour.
In contrasting semifinals performed on the Bowring Institute courts right here on Saturday, Zeel received a hard-fought 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over third seeded Rutuja whereas Rahsmikaa surprised second seed Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand 6-2, 6-1.
The Italian-German pair of Diletta Cherubini and Antonia Schmidt got here again from a set down and lifted the ladies’s doubles title beating the fourth seeded duo of Punnin Kovapitukted of Thailand and Anna Ureke 4-6, 7-5, 10-4. The winners took residence a cheque of US$ 1437 and 50 WTA factors whereas the runners-up pocketed US$ 719 and 30 WTA factors for his or her effort.
Results (All Indians until talked about; pre-fix denotes seeding)
Women’s singles (Semifinals)
Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty bt 2-Lanlana Tararudee (THA) 6-2, 6-1;
Zeel Desai bt 3-Rutuja Bhosale 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Doubles (Final)
Diletta Cherubini (ITA)/Antonia Schmidt (GER) bt 4-Punnin Kovapitukted (THA)/Anna Ureke 4-6, 7-5, 10-4
-Team Sportstar
ITF males’s tennis event: Ramkumar Ramanathan beat second seed Louis Wessels
Ramkumar Ramanathan beat second seed Louis Wessels of Germany 7-6(3), 6-3 within the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the GA Ranade Centre on Saturday.
In the ultimate, Ramkumar will play the nationwide champion Siddharth Vishwakarma, who beat qualifier Harrison Adams in straight units.
Ramkumar received the doubles title in partnership with Purav Raja.
The outcomes:
Singles (semifinals): Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Harrison Adams (USA) 7-6(5), 6-4; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Louis Wessels (Ger) 7-6(3), 6-3.
Doubles (closing): Purav Raja & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Harrison Adams (USA) & Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) 6-3, 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ITF juniors: Rishitha Basireddy outclasses high seed Sohini Mohanty
Rishitha Basireddy outclassed high seed Sohini Mohanty 6-3, 6-0 to win the ladies title within the ITF junior tennis event on Saturday.
In the boys closing, high seed Rethin Pranav beat Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-2, 7-5.
It was a double crown for each Rishitha and Rethin.
Earlier, Rishitha had received the ladies doubles title in partnership with Sohini Mohanty.
Rethin had received the doubles title as the highest seed, together with Moise Kouame of France.
The outcomes (finals):
Boys: Rethin Pranav bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-2, 7-5.
Girls: Rishitha Basireddy bt Sohini Mohanty 6-3, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Teja Tirunelveli loses semifinals
The fantastic run of Teja Tirunelveli was stopped, as she obtained crushed 6-1, 6-1 by third seed Kateryna Lazarenko of Ukraine within the $15,000 ITF girls’s tennis event in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Saturday. The sixth seed Teja had earlier crushed the highest seed Evgeniya Burdina.
The outcomes:
€118,000 Challenger, Valencia, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Andrea Pellegrino & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF girls, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (semifinals): Kateryna Lazarenko (Ukr) bt Teja Tirunelveli 6-1, 6-1.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SQUASH
Northern India championship- Shireen Kalra via to second spherical
Shireen Kalra fought previous Arnavi Negi 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 within the under-11 women first spherical of the Northern India squash championship on the Delhi Gymkhana Club right here on Saturday.
The outcomes (first spherical):
Under-17 boys: Rayansh Gupta bt Sahir Sethi 11-4, 11-5, 11-3; Ayaan Kuchhal bt Zrawar Sandhu 11-8, 12-10, 11-8; P Meyyappan bt Jiyad Ahmed 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Advay Bhuwalka bt Shiv Dev Mittal 11-0, 12-10, 11-9; Vairaj Singh bt Suhaan Jauhar 11-3, 11-1, 11-4; Adit Kabade bt Chetan Rao 11-6, 11-2, 11-3; Udit Mishra bt Mohd. Azad 11-1, 11-0, 11-2; Abhinav Singh bt Vihaan Bahl 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Ahaan Bera bt Vansh Khurana 11-2, 11-2, 11-1.
Under-11 women: 1. Naina Goel bt Seher Chaudhary 11-5, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6; Alekha Jalan bt Anam Yadav 11-0, 11-1, 11-0; Kavya Jhawar bt Aadhya Chauhan 11-0, 11-0, 11-1; Mansirat Kaur bt Aki Kojima 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Kanishkaa Vishnoi bt Garvi Choudhary 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Shireen Kalra bt Arnavi Negi 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6; Isha Shelke bt Dia Anand 11-0, 11-0, 11-3; Naina Anand bt Suhasini Mishra 11-3, 11-7, 11-4.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
SHOOTING
66th National taking pictures championship: Sarabjot Singh and Surbhi Rao clinch blended air pistol gold
Sarabjot Singh and Surbhi Rao beat qualification toppers Anjali and Abhinav Choudhary 16-14 to clinch the blended air pistol gold for Haryana within the 66th National taking pictures championship on the Madhya Pradesh Academy, Bhopal, on Saturday.
In the blended air rifle occasion, held on the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, Mehuli Ghosh and Abhinav outplayed Darius and Tilottama Sen 16-6, in successful the gold for West Bengal. R Narmada and Sri Karthik Sabari Raj received the bronze, beating Punjab’s Arjun and Samiksha Dhingra 17-15.
The outcomes:
Mixed air pistol: 1. Haryana (Sarabjot Singh, Surbhi Rao) 16 (576); 2. Rajasthan (Anjali, Abhinav Choudhary) 14 (578); 3. Services (Vikram, Yogita) 16 (576); 4. Uttarakhand (Yashasvi, Abhinav) 14 (576).
Juniors: 1. Haryana (Shiva, Palak) 16 (576); 2. Uttar Pradesh (Yash, Urva) 10 (577); 3. Andhra Pradesh (Mukesh Melavalli, Dwaram) 17 (576); 4. Rajasthan (Anjali, Abhinav Choudhary) 9 (575).
Mixed air rifle: 1. West Bengal (Mehuli Ghosh, Abhinav) 16 (633.0); 2. Karnataka (Darius, Tilottama Sen) 6 (631.3); 3. Tamil Nadu (R Narmada, Sri Karthik Sabari Raj) 17 (630.2); 4. Punjab (Arjun, Samiksha Dhingra) 15 (629.9).
Juniors: 1. Haryana (Himanshu, Shruti) 17 (629.9); 2. Madhya Pradesh (Gautam, Satyarth) 13 (628.2); 3. West Bengal (Abhinav, Swati) 16 (627.6); 4. Andhra Pradesh (Maddineni, Nishitha) 10 (627.2).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
ARCHERY
National archery championships 2023: Tarundeep, Sangeeta high qualification spherical
Tarundeep Rai and Sangeeta topped recurve women and men charts within the qualification spherical of the National archery championships at Ayodhya on Saturday.
Tarundeep scored 689, bettering Atanu Das’ 687, to set a championships document.
B. Dhiraj, who lately earned an Olympic qualifying spot, was second with 683.
Sangeeta collected 668 to remain 4 factors away from second positioned Bhagora Bhargavi Vargishkumar.
The outcomes: Recurve: Qualification spherical:
Men: 1. Tarundeep Rai (SSCB) 689, 2. B. Dhiraj (SSCB) 683, 3. Mrinal Chauhan (Jha) 680, 4. Juyel Sarkar (WB) 679, 5. Yashdeep Bhoge (Mah) 678, 6. Goldi Mishra (Jha) 677, 7. Neeraj Chauhan (AIP) 674, 8. Takhellambam Sen Meitei (Man) 672, 9. Sunny Kumar (Miz) 672, 10. Rampal Choudhary (Raj) 671.
Women: 1. Sangeeta (Har) 668, 2. Bhagora Bhargavi Vargishkumar (Guj) 664, 3. Ridhi Phor (Har) 659, 4. Madhvi Chauhan (UP) 655, 5. Aditi Jaiswal (WB) 653, 6. Tanisha Verma (Har) 651, 7. Simranjeet Kaur (Pun) 651, 8. Ruma Biswas (WB) 650, 9. Kratika Bichpuriya (MP) 648, 10. Komalika Bari (Jha) 647.
-Y. B Sarangi
GOLF
Om Prakash Chouhan wins yr’s third title
Om Prakash Chouhan fired a strong four-under 68 within the closing spherical to pip Sachin Baisoya by one shot and clinch the IndianOil SERVO Masters, his third title of the yr, right here on Saturday The 37-year-old Chouhan, who initially hails from Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, ended with a complete of 18-under 270 on the Rs 80 lakh occasion.
Chouhan, who’s now hooked up with the Kalhaar Blues & Greens golf course in Ahmedabad, took residence the successful cheque value Rs 12 lakh that helped him set a brand new document for season’s earnings on the PGTI.
‘OP’, as he’s popularly recognized on the tour, now has season’s earnings of Rs 96,41,659 which noticed him prolong his lead within the TATA Steel PGTI Ranking and likewise go previous Manu Gandas’ 2022 earlier season’s earnings document of Rs 88,50,688.
Baisoya’s robust end with a 67 meant he took the runner-up spot at a event whole of 17-under 271. He continued in second place on the PGTI’s advantage record. He presently trails Order of Merit chief and good pal Chouhan by practically Rs 25 lakh.
-PTI
Aditi Ashok lies tied second at Andalucia on LET
Indian golfer Aditi Ashok fired a bogey-free four-under 68 that catapulted her into the tied second spot after the second spherical of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España.
At seven-under for 36 holes, Aditi, who received the season-opener in Kenya, is simply two photographs behind Australia’s Kirsten Rudgeley (66-69) who’s nine-under. The Indian shot 69 within the first spherical.
India’s different participant within the Tour Championships, Diksha Dagar shot 72-71 to lie at T-23. Currently she is third within the Race to Costa Del Sol, the order of Merit for Ladies European Tour.
Aditi had birdies on the third, fifth and ninth and added a 4 birdie on the thirteenth for her 68.
Diksha had a bogey on the primary and two birdies on the ninth and thirteenth.
-PTI
Joburg Open: Shubhankar Sharma makes the reduce
Shubhankar Sharma added 1-under 69 to his first spherical even-par 70 to make the reduce within the Joburg Open positioned tied-Forty third.
Sharma, who’s making an early begin to his DP World Tour marketing campaign, had two birdies and a double bogey in his first spherical.
He added three birdies towards two bogeys within the second.
World No. 1,214 Nikhil Rama shot an excellent, bogey-free spherical of 62 on day two to take a one-shot lead into the weekend on the Houghton Golf Club.
He is taking part in in solely his tenth DP World Tour occasion and has made simply two cuts with a finest end of tied-Thirty third right here 12 months in the past.
-PTI
BOXING
National boxing c’ship: Sanjeet, Sachin win
Leading boxers, together with Sanjeet, Sachin Siwach and Kavinder Singh Bisht, made successful begins on the opening day of the National boxing championships on the SAI Indoor Hall in Shillong on Saturday.
Important outcomes (preliminary rounds):
51kg: Nikhil Bhuiya (Jha) bt Rishi Kushwan (Raj) 4-1; 54kg: Pawan (SSCB) bt Jackson Pukhrambam (Man) 5-0; 57kg: Sachin Siwach (RSPB) bt Manish Rathore (UP) 5-0, Kavinder Singh Bisht (Utk) bt Kailash Jadhav (Mah) 5-0; 60kg: Harsh (AIP) bt V. Manikandan (TN) 5-0, Varinder Singh (RSPB) bt Amlesh Kumar (Bih) 5-0; 71kg: Akash Sangwan (SSCB) bt Hitesh Kumar (Dnh) 5-0, Nikhil Dubey (RSPB) bt Tinson Joseph (Ker) ABD-R2; 75kg: Pravesh Kumar (Har) bt Sai Teja Seela (AP) 5-0, M.Praveen Kumar (TN) bt Yash Kerketta (Cht) 4-1, Deepak (SSCB) bt R.Malsawmtluanga (Miz) 4-1; 86kg: Aswin Ramesh (TN) bt Lalit Kumar (Del) 5-0; 92kg: Sanjeet (SSCB) bt Jagadheeshwaran J. (Kar) RSC-R1.
-Y.B Sarangi