TENNIS

Munich Open: Yuki-Saketh pair reaches semifinals

The all-Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni reached semifinals of the Munich Open, an ATP250 occasion, on Thursday.

Yuki and Saketh have been 5-2 up within the opening set towards Dustin Brown and Adam Pavlasek when the Jamaican-Czech pair was pressured to retire from the match.

RESULTS

ATP250 Munich

Men’s Doubles, Quarterfinal - Yuki Bhambri/Saketh Myneni bt Dustin Brown (JAM)/Adam Pavlasek (CZE) 5-2 retd.

ATP Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

Singles, Round of 16 - [7] Nicholas David Ionel (ROU) bt [Q] Sumit Nagal 7-5, 7-6(6)

ITF W25 Nottingham

Singles, Round of 16 - [4] Adithya Karunaratne (HKG) bt Rutuja Bhosale 4-6, 6-2, 6-2

ITF W15 Monastir

Singles, Round of 16 - [Q] Maelle Leclercq (FRA) bt [6] Jennifer Luikham 3-6, 7-6(10), 6-4

-Team Sportstar

AITA males’s match: Top seeds Neeraj, Ajay arrange title conflict

The high two seeds Neeraj Yashpaul and Ajay Kundu arrange a title conflict within the Rs.100,000 AITA males’s tennis match on the Harvest Academy, Jassowal, on Thursday.

Neeraj beat third seed Sunil Malik for the lack of three video games, whereas Ajay had higher problem from fourth seed Rhythm Malhotra for his 6-4, 7-6(2) win.

The outcomes

Semifinals: Neeraj Yashpaul bt Sunil Malik 6-1, 6-2; Ajay Kundu bt Rhythm Malhotra 6-4, 7-6(2);

Quarterfinals: Neeraj Yashpaul bt Akash Katewal 6-4, 6-0; Sunil Malik bt Yuvraj Soni 6-2, 6-4; Rhythm Malhotra bt Amit Bzad 6-2, 6-1; Ajay Kundu bt Rakshit Dhankhar 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-0.

-Team Sportstar

GOLF

Ahmedabad Open: Shamim Khan maintains lead with resilient second spherical show

Delhi’s Shamim Khan held on to his in a single day lead with a resilient second spherical show of an even-par 36 on the Ahmedabad Open on Thursday.

Two-time PGTI Order of Merit champion Shamim (31-36), who loved a two-shot lead after spherical one, totalled five-under 67 on the midway stage to remain forward of the remainder of the sector by one shot a the Rs 1 crore occasion.

Noida’s Amardeep Malik (32) and Ahmedabad-based Samarth Dwivedi (34), each of whom submitted flawless playing cards, have been tied for second at a complete of four-under 68 together with Bengaluru’s Shaurya Binu (34), Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul (35) and Faridabad’s Abhinav Lohan (35).

The first two rounds of the occasion on the Glade One Golf Resort & Club comprised 9 holes every. After the completion of 18 holes on Thursday, the minimize was utilized at one-over 73. Fifty-two professionals and one beginner made the minimize.

The third and fourth rounds will now comprise 18 holes every. The match shall be performed over a complete of 54 holes. The par for the course within the first two rounds was 36. The par for the course within the third and fourth rounds shall be 72.

Shamim, a winner of 17 skilled titles together with 15 on the PGTI, had a poor begin to the day with bogeys on the primary two holes the place he struggled across the greens.

Shamim then rallied with birdies on the fifth and ninth, touchdown an correct method inside 4 ft on the previous and changing an 18-footer on the latter. He additionally scrambled effectively from a tricky spot on the seventh to salvage a par with a 30-feet conversion.

“It was a very satisfactory round, considering the bad start I had, the tight flags and the wind today. I felt I fought back really well,” Shamim stated.

“The par on the seventh stood out for me as I was in a tough spot there after hitting the sprinkler and then landing in the bunker. The long conversion on the closing ninth was a bonus as I wasn’t expecting that to roll in.”

Amardeep, who dropped three photographs on the primary two holes in spherical one, made a grand restoration together with his 32 on day two that pushed him up 33 spots on the leaderboard. Malik signed off his second spherical with a 20-feet birdie conversion on the ninth.

-PTI

SDAT shortlists overseas coaches

The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) has shortlisted overseas coaches and is predicted to finalise the candidates by the top of April. Speaking to Sportstar on Thursday, J. Meghanatha Reddy, member secretary of SDAT stated, “We will hire two coaches from athletics, one from hockey and one from tennis.” 

SDAT is contemplating hiring overseas coaches in different disciplines, too. 

The candidates: 

Athletics: Samma Armand Alex (Africa), Alessandro Vigo (Spain); Jani Ratia (Spain); Bedros Bedrosian (Romania), Horace Michael Vassel (Jamaica), Yoandris Betanzos Francis (Cuba); Hockey: Erik Wonink (The Netherlands), Anthony Farry (USA), Roelant Oltmans (The Netherlands); Tennis: Sanjai Sundaram (USA).

-Team Sportstar